Trained Parrot BlogParrot Wizard Online Parrot Toy StoreThe Parrot Forum

Is my bird okay?

New to the parrot forum? Introduce yourself and your flock to us.

Re: Is my bird okay?

Postby liz » Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:02 am

To explain how difficult it is to see illness in a bird. Cockatiel, Amy, would dance when her mate Bubba would sing. She was dancing on day and then dropped dead off the perch.
User avatar
liz
Macaw
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is female
Posts: 7234
Location: Hernando FL
Number of Birds Owned: 12
Types of Birds Owned: DYH Amazon Rambo
BF Amazon Myrtle
Cockatiels: Shadow Tammy Flutter Phoenix Jackie
Andy Impy Louise Twila Leroy
Flight: Yes

Re: Is my bird okay?

Postby mmeager » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:08 am

That speaks a million words Liz, and something we all need to be so aware of, I study my little bird intently, his every move, I have learned to read him well, but I also know how well he can fool me if he has too, that's something always on my mind.
User avatar
mmeager
Cockatiel
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is male
Posts: 63
Location: Melbourne Australia
Number of Birds Owned: 2
Types of Birds Owned: Indian Ring Neck
Flight: Yes

Re: Is my bird okay?

Postby liz » Mon Jun 05, 2017 5:34 am

My little Cockatiels are so special. All they require from me is food, water and clean up. Each one knows it's name and the other's names. Some days I only actually look at them twice. I talk to each one (except when at my son's) every time I feed and clean them. I now do role call and each one answers to it's name. But even with the twice a day inspection they have fooled me .
User avatar
liz
Macaw
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is female
Posts: 7234
Location: Hernando FL
Number of Birds Owned: 12
Types of Birds Owned: DYH Amazon Rambo
BF Amazon Myrtle
Cockatiels: Shadow Tammy Flutter Phoenix Jackie
Andy Impy Louise Twila Leroy
Flight: Yes

Re: Is my bird okay?

Postby 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!
Pajarita
Norwegian Blue
 
Gender: This parrot forum member is female
Posts: 18701
Location: NW Pa
Number of Birds Owned: 30
Types of Birds Owned: RoseBreasted too, CAG, DoubleYellowHead Amazon, BlueFront Amazon, YellowNape Amazon, Senegal, African Redbelly, Quaker, Sun Conure, Nanday, BlackCap Caique, WhiteBelly Caique, PeachFace lovebird, budgies,
Flight: Yes

Previous

Return to Introductions

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests

Parrot ForumArticles IndexTraining Step UpParrot Training BlogPoicephalus Parrot InformationParrot Wizard Store