Yes my little Mozzie gave me a heart attack and reduced me to tears in the last half an hour.

 

She was inside with Harley and I noticed that she has taken to beating him up so I decided that was it she was going to have to go into the avairy. I catch her, get bitten, release her into the aviary and she flys straight into the back wall and drops like a log onto the ground. I freak out and fear that she has broken her neck or something. I go down to get and get her and she is breathing but just limp in my hands does not even try and bite me Rush her inside put her in the makeshift hospital cage (got to get a better one) give her a heat lamp and wait.... and wait.... and call the vets after hours... and wait... and it seemed like 4 hours but infact is like 20 mins. Then like a light bulb she sits up and is chirping away and trying to escape as if nothing happened.....

 

So I figure that I will leave her for tonight if she still seems happy tomorrow then I will try her again in the aviary, have no clue what happened hopefully she was only stunned.

 

My heart is still racing a bit and I feel sick... someone remind me why I have birds again????

Edited June 15, 200817 yr by maesie

Yes my little Mozzie gave me a heart attack and reduced me to tears in the last half an hour.

 

She was inside with Harley and I noticed that she has taken to beating him up so I decided that was it she was going to have to go into the avairy. I catch her, get bitten, release her into the aviary and she flys straight into the back wall and drops like a log onto the ground. I freak out and fear that she has broken her neck or something. I go down to get and get her and she is breathing but just limp in my hands does not even try and bite me Rush her inside put her in the makeshift hospital cage (got to get a better one) give her a heat lamp and wait.... and wait.... and call the vets after hours... and wait... and it seemed like 4 hours but infact is like 20 mins. Then like a light bulb she sits up and is chirping away and trying to escape as if nothing happened.....

 

So I figure that I will leave her for tonight if she still seems happy tomorrow then I will try her again in the aviary, have no clue what happened hopefully she was only stunned.

 

My heart is still racing a bit and I feel sick... someone remind me why I have birds again????

 

Oh no! I hope she's okay now.

 

Why do you have budgies? Because they're cute, colourful and just plain silly birds

Oh I hope Mozzie is going to be okay. (((Hugs)))

It tears at our hearts when these little creatures hurt themselves

 

Hopefully she was just stunned. You have done everything right so far

Is she allowed out to fly around in big spaces normally??? She may have gotten a fright with the amount of space she had in the aviary???

Is she allowed out to fly around in big spaces normally??? She may have gotten a fright with the amount of space she had in the aviary???

 

I think this was the issue she has always been in small cages and then my Patio cage then the breeding cage and now a MASSIVE aviary I think she just flipped and didn't get it. Hopefully she can adjust if she is okay tomorrow.

Is she allowed out to fly around in big spaces normally??? She may have gotten a fright with the amount of space she had in the aviary???

 

I think this was the issue she has always been in small cages and then my Patio cage then the breeding cage and now a MASSIVE aviary I think she just flipped and didn't get it. Hopefully she can adjust if she is okay tomorrow.

 

 

Pop her in a smalll cage and take her into the aviary in it - open the door to the small cage (and peg it), then leave her there to make her own way into the aviary. it could take a while, but she should be a lot more calmer that way

Edited June 15, 200817 yr by **Liv**

That was the plan, hopefully she can get an idea on the side before she take it on! She seems happy enough now.

Poor thing, hope she is fine now

She seemed happy today when I got up a bit annoyed about being in a cage by herself but hey she was the one that flew into the wall!

 

Will try her in the aviary tonight when I get home from work.

Personally i always put new birds in the aviary in the morning. that way they have all day to explore it before having to roost for the night. I don't know if it holds any truth, but thats just what i do :hap:

 

Good luck when she goes in

oh dear. l hope she is okay

It sounds like she was stressed. It could have been from whatever hormonal rage she was in when you caught her inside, the bite was probably triggered by that also, and then being taken to an unknown environment...each thing in and of itself probably nothing but added one upon another was enough to overload her system, she bolted and hit the wall. If she was going good it probably stunned her some - like when wild birds fly into your window. Sometimes they just bounce off and keep going, sometimes they drop like a rock and take up to an hour to recover before they can fly again. Glad she has recovered, and hopefully the next time in the aviary will not provoke the same response.

Edited June 16, 200817 yr by Rainbow

Noramlly I would have not put a bird in the large Avairy that late at night but I had a cage shortage and without putting her in the hospital cage it was the only option left to me.

 

As for the bitting her name is Mozzie for a reason I have never handled her and NOT been bitten and she can bite through most things!

 

She seemed fine when I left for work today. Going to check her again when I get home then turn on all the lights and put her out letting her get use to the environment.

 

I know I stuffed up which made it all the more worse (yes my english is real good! :sad: )