by Pajarita » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:02 am
It's the truth that we need to keep a VERY vigilant eye on them. I check on mine twice a day (morning and evening] and that means not only looking at their poops, their bodies (for discharge or wounds], how much of the food is left but also their behavior and vocalizations. But even been very careful is not enough. When I had the large birdroom in Pa, all the tiels were loose except the handicapped ones that were in a flight cage that also had branches sticking out and up for perching. One day I was cleaning the cage and one hen perched on a branch at my exact eye level and I was thinking to myself how beautiful she looked (good weight, gorgeous plumage, bright eyes, etc] when I bent over to pull out the bottom tray of the cage and I head a PLOP! When I looked, the beautiful hen had dropped dead right then and there and practically in front of my very eyes!