Everything posted by Paul Smith
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Bird Not 100%
Heheh. You might be on to something.
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I used it to make the seed stick. I was hoping that she might find she likes honey and then I could use it to get her to try other foods, withdrawing it later. I just took a barage of abuse from her when I was covering her cage . I'd say it's because I've interrupted her routine and she wasn't happy with the food offering.
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She is really different today. She has been chirping and flitting about almost non stop all day. I'm trying to trick her into eating something other than seed by giving her honey soaked vegie pieces with seed scattered over it. So far she just looks at it and throws a tantrum. She's taken up doing the Dolphin sound thing today too. She trying to get out of the cage by digging away at the wire bottom and then rolling on her back and waving her legs when she can't get out. I'm surprised she hasn't hurt herself with all of activity...strange creature.
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The ring on her leg is green and being a young looking bird she must be a 2007 model.
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I'll have to get back to you on that. I don't want to stress her by handling her. I should be able to get a look at what colour it is though.
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I hear you. She's so bizarre. This afternoon she'll only shut up long enough to eat. She's flitting about and kind of hopping along her perch. She seems very exited about the wild parrots she can hear outside. She moves quickly all over and seems to want to get out of the cage. If it wasn't for the slumped rest periods earlier you'd think she was okay. I put a mirror up this morning. Maybe that has helped her attiude. She has also been happily pecking at the seeding grass I gave her. Until now she would only eat her normal seed. I'll keep watching her closely. No vet trip before Monday.
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Here she is. That's how she spends most of her time although she ate even more than usual this morning. I know she'll probably have to go to a vet but I'm doing this just in case someone recognises something they've seen before.
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Oh...gotcha. Thanks. I'll give it a try This bird appears to have the same goofy toe problem as mine. Same colour too.
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okay I'm going to seem like a dummy but I can't picture that. At the moment her cage is covered by a towel to give her some peace. Do you mean it the lamp should maybe by layed on it's side during the day so that she gets the ambient heat from it?
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Thanks for the welcome folks. I read somewhere that they like to be between 30 and 34 degrees. Is that correct? I can turn the reverse cycle air conditioning up. I'll be sweating though.
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I'll see what I can do about a picture. She pulls away if I get too close.
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She's eating plenty and she's the only bird I have so I guess she's automatically quarantined. Would giving her a buddy help? Maybe she'd copy the other bird and start eating properly. I'll put some seeding grass and a leafy branch in the cage tomorrow and see if she picks at them. I don't want to stress her uneccesarily so I don't handle her and because of that can't get close enough to her tag to get the breeder number. If I can somehow get the number how do I find out which breeder it is?
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My nephew found an exhausted Budgie in the gutter and my parents looked after it for about 3 weeks. I have it now and she obviously has a a couple of problems but so far hasn't gotten any worse. Her appetite seems good and she drinks water. She has her spritely moments and calls to the many types of wild parrots around here. Most of her time however is spent quietly on her perch with her head tipped forward and on two feet. She is having a moult and may be stuck in it. She only eats seed. I have tried peas and carrot but she's not interested. She also does not touch the Cuttlefish bone. I don't think she's been taught what to eat. Today I got some "Avian Science" Moulting Tonic to see if she peps up. I also put shell grit in her food but have no idea whether she's using it or not. She's pooping in black and white and it might be hardening a little but I can't be certain. This is only her second day here. Her other issue is her inside toe or claw on each foot is a bit deformed and the nails are pointing upwards. She seems to be perching on top of them as they don't sit right. I thought I'd run it ny you to see if you have any ideas.