When to take hormonal GCC to vet

Opeth_girl · Oct 7, 2020

Hello,

I’m new here but not to birds. I have several finches, doves etc as well as a GCC and a pair of budgies. My question is about Zoe, the cheek. She(who I’m pretty sure is actually male)is 15yrs old and stuck in a horrifically aggressive nesting phase. She has been like this for 3 weeks, but instead of coming out of it, she is getting worse. She has claimed under my bed and is violently attacking me. What concerned me yesterday was that I noticed during her attack that she has plucked herself bald from under her left wing across her back! She has never done that before. I panicked and called to made an appointment for her for Friday. I cleaned out anything “nesty” she had shredded and put her in her cage with a treat.

Now that I’m calm, does she need to go? I only ask because it means losing a days pay to take her and I’ll probably get in trouble lol. Will reducing light levels, treats, less touching etc work? I admit I haven’t been putting her to bed early enough and I’m now home in the evening for extra snuggles. If you think she should go, I absolutely will take her(him) Thanks for your thoughts

SailBoat · Oct 7, 2020

It really helps to know where in this huge World you are location. As the Northern Hemisphere is now at the very end hormonal season and the Souther Hemisphere is just starting.

YES, keep your Avian Medical Professional's visit! A Parrot that has not displayed this level of response in the past is worth understanding why. Ask for a full spectrum blood test. Also consider have your Parrot DNA sex tested.

If you are not working with either of the two sleep cycles you really need to adopt one or the other.
- The first is you allow your Parrot to follow the natural day /night cycle in your area, as it becomes darker, its sleep time, as it becomes lighter is time to be up and around.
- The Second is you manually adjust the sleep schedule to 12 hours of sleep and 12 hours of up and around time. If you chose this cycle, you will need to start with 14 or more hours of sleep and than adjust to 12 hours.

Diet: Varies with species, but commonly, target reducing the added sugar contain, which exists in some dry food sources, plus reducing fruit intake, which are also high in natural sugar.

fiddlejen · Oct 7, 2020

Opeth_girl said:
Hello,

I’m new here but not to birds. I have several finches, doves etc as well as a GCC and a pair of budgies. My question is about Zoe, the cheek. She(who I’m pretty sure is actually male)is 15yrs old and stuck in a horrifically aggressive nesting phase. She has been like this for 3 weeks, but instead of coming out of it, she is getting worse. She has claimed under my bed and is violently attacking me. What concerned me yesterday was that I noticed during her attack that she has plucked herself bald from under her left wing across her back! She has never done that before. I panicked and called to made an appointment for her for Friday. I cleaned out anything “nesty” she had shredded and put her in her cage with a treat.

Now that I’m calm, does she need to go? I only ask because it means losing a days pay to take her and I’ll probably get in trouble lol. Will reducing light levels, treats, less touching etc work? I admit I haven’t been putting her to bed early enough and I’m now home in the evening for extra snuggles. If you think she should go, I absolutely will take her(him) Thanks for your thoughts

I would think it would be best to have a Vet see this bird. Since the bird is 15 years old this is new behavior, and along with that the new plucking, it really would be wisest to get it checked out.

Opeth_girl · Oct 7, 2020

Hi

I live in Ontario Canada. She always gets hormonal in April and October, just not to this extent to my knowledge. A bit of background: I’ve had her since she was 3 months old. She has never had health problems other then an infection 10yrs ago. Her sleep has never been ideal due to my working 12hr shifts from 8-8 (She is free during the day in a bird safe room, not locked up. She is checked on when my bf goes home for lunch) I figured seeing me was more important then an extra hr of sleep. The vet agreed at the time.
Bird lights are on a timer, with a 3hr off period in the afternoon for down time. She would get up at 7 and go to bed around 10pm. When she was younger, it wasn’t a problem, but perhaps is now.
I recently switched to 10hr Work days due to health problems and wanting to have a life again. This behaviour started at almost that same time. She is bonded to me quite fiercely lol. Anyway, I will keep the appointment then as better safe then sorry. Thanks so much

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