Trillium
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- Aug 27, 2011
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- Parrots
- Oscar - Blue Crowned Conure, Cosmo & Loki - Lovebirds, Moonbeam, Tofu, Fleur, Batbat, Madge, Cilantro, Tansy, Blueberry, Baby - American Budgies, Joe - English Budgie
I've never had an issue with my blue crowned conure before last night. Last night (Thursday) he went "to bed" which means wheeling his large cage into my bedroom, covering it half way and letting him sing to the closet for an hour before falling to sleep. Well he had a tough time of it. I was concerned when I also went to bed later that night to hear a loud "swish swish" at an interval of about 30 seconds or so. I thought he was blowing kisses like he does on occasion, but when I stealthily peeked in, I realized his wings were twitching - like little spasms. I stayed up all night, I tried holding him for about an hour and it stopped as he slept on my chest. Then when he was back in his cage, it started again.
He is 7 years old. He has had no environmental changes. He is in a molt, but I notice no feathers amiss on his wings or below. He does not do this during the day. Nothing else twitches. He eats Zupreme (the fruity, colorful ones) and has since able to eat solid foods. He also has a small dish of treat parrot seed mix in the morning. This contains sunflowers, safflowers, peanuts, corn, pellets and some grains I don't recognize.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I absolutely hate the local emergency vets, as they have never been any help for my parakeets and lovebirds, but if advised, I'll bring him. I'm a birdy-mom wreck!
You know how it goes, your feathered baby is fine until night and then you're on your own until daytime... and almost always on a saturday night, of course so you'll have to wait until Monday. And because of the hurricane, my vets office is already closed until Tuesday (talk about jumping the gun!). I left a message with the answering service, but have had troubles with them before. :smile005:
He is 7 years old. He has had no environmental changes. He is in a molt, but I notice no feathers amiss on his wings or below. He does not do this during the day. Nothing else twitches. He eats Zupreme (the fruity, colorful ones) and has since able to eat solid foods. He also has a small dish of treat parrot seed mix in the morning. This contains sunflowers, safflowers, peanuts, corn, pellets and some grains I don't recognize.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I absolutely hate the local emergency vets, as they have never been any help for my parakeets and lovebirds, but if advised, I'll bring him. I'm a birdy-mom wreck!
You know how it goes, your feathered baby is fine until night and then you're on your own until daytime... and almost always on a saturday night, of course so you'll have to wait until Monday. And because of the hurricane, my vets office is already closed until Tuesday (talk about jumping the gun!). I left a message with the answering service, but have had troubles with them before. :smile005:
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