Hello all.
This is my first post, and I'll be posting it in both the general health and conure sections. I wish my first post could be about something a little less serious, however...
Our black-capped conure Franklin was riding around on the top of my pants behind my back (above my rear-end, in other words). I felt him making strange movements! I reached behind my back and he stepped up.
He was bobbing his head up and down rapidly (something he never does!) and his mouth was open. There was frothy saliva in his beak. He was making kind of labored breathing noises. Thinking he might be choking on something, I rubbed his throat.
Then I ran out to where his cage was and got his water bottle. By this point (only moments later) he wasn't bobbing anymore, but his little eyes looked pained/tired. He refused to drink, also something he never does. After a few seconds, he did drink, though. He drank quite a bit, then perked up immediately.
Then he motioned that he wanted to go to his cage. I put him there, and he immediately started eating and drinking. He ate for a few minutes, then played with his pen cap (the only toy he plays with).
Since then (all this was about half an hour ago) he's been fine.
He's been acting stressed the last couple days, but my better half has been gone (and we were gone last weekend and he was alone for a couple days) so I think that's why he's been acting like that... plucking and such. It would be hard to tell if he was ever giving any symptoms because he's an easily stressed bird and he plucks and bites his feet etc.
We just moved to a new area (Knoxville, Tennessee), so we don't have a new avian vet yet, but I'm planning on trying to get him in for an appointment with someone this weekend. Anyone from the area know of a good one?
So... does anyone have any idea about all of this?? Anything you could give us would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance!
-Erik
This is my first post, and I'll be posting it in both the general health and conure sections. I wish my first post could be about something a little less serious, however...
Our black-capped conure Franklin was riding around on the top of my pants behind my back (above my rear-end, in other words). I felt him making strange movements! I reached behind my back and he stepped up.
He was bobbing his head up and down rapidly (something he never does!) and his mouth was open. There was frothy saliva in his beak. He was making kind of labored breathing noises. Thinking he might be choking on something, I rubbed his throat.
Then I ran out to where his cage was and got his water bottle. By this point (only moments later) he wasn't bobbing anymore, but his little eyes looked pained/tired. He refused to drink, also something he never does. After a few seconds, he did drink, though. He drank quite a bit, then perked up immediately.
Then he motioned that he wanted to go to his cage. I put him there, and he immediately started eating and drinking. He ate for a few minutes, then played with his pen cap (the only toy he plays with).
Since then (all this was about half an hour ago) he's been fine.
He's been acting stressed the last couple days, but my better half has been gone (and we were gone last weekend and he was alone for a couple days) so I think that's why he's been acting like that... plucking and such. It would be hard to tell if he was ever giving any symptoms because he's an easily stressed bird and he plucks and bites his feet etc.
We just moved to a new area (Knoxville, Tennessee), so we don't have a new avian vet yet, but I'm planning on trying to get him in for an appointment with someone this weekend. Anyone from the area know of a good one?
So... does anyone have any idea about all of this?? Anything you could give us would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance!
-Erik
