sasquatchsauce
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- Jul 31, 2021
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2 cockatiels
Chigi, female, 3 years old
Baby, male, 2 years old
This is my first time using this website so sorry if anything is wrong.
My cockatiel, for nearly all her life, has thrown these random fits of freaking out, flailing her wings, bouncing around the cage, etc. I?ve read about night frights but I?m truly concerned that something else might be going on here. For starters, it isn?t always at night. I would say 35 percent of the time, it happens during the day. Whether it?s in the day or night, they are truly for no reason. I live in my parents house, my birds are in my room, I?m always here to witness these things happen. I know that there is no reason for it. To make matters worse, she frequently harms herself in these fits. I can?t even count the amount of blood feathers that have been broken. Not too long ago, she had a really bad fit where she lodged her wing between cage bars and snapped it in 3 places. I?m sure you see now why I want this to end. The doctor that worked on her wing insists that something must be spooking her but I genuinely swear on everything that I can?t find one thing that might be spooking her. I don?t cover her at night. I have some nightlight for her. It?s very quiet where I live, no weird noises outside. In my opinion, I don?t think it makes sense for it to be shadows or sounds at night because of how often it also happens in broad daylight. On more selfish matters, I?m honestly just tired of losing sleep over this. Being woken up in the middle of the night and immediately jumping up in fight or flight does not make you feel good. In conclusion, if anyone has any idea what the problem could be or how I could get her to stop doing this all the time, I would really appreciate the help.
My cockatiel, for nearly all her life, has thrown these random fits of freaking out, flailing her wings, bouncing around the cage, etc. I?ve read about night frights but I?m truly concerned that something else might be going on here. For starters, it isn?t always at night. I would say 35 percent of the time, it happens during the day. Whether it?s in the day or night, they are truly for no reason. I live in my parents house, my birds are in my room, I?m always here to witness these things happen. I know that there is no reason for it. To make matters worse, she frequently harms herself in these fits. I can?t even count the amount of blood feathers that have been broken. Not too long ago, she had a really bad fit where she lodged her wing between cage bars and snapped it in 3 places. I?m sure you see now why I want this to end. The doctor that worked on her wing insists that something must be spooking her but I genuinely swear on everything that I can?t find one thing that might be spooking her. I don?t cover her at night. I have some nightlight for her. It?s very quiet where I live, no weird noises outside. In my opinion, I don?t think it makes sense for it to be shadows or sounds at night because of how often it also happens in broad daylight. On more selfish matters, I?m honestly just tired of losing sleep over this. Being woken up in the middle of the night and immediately jumping up in fight or flight does not make you feel good. In conclusion, if anyone has any idea what the problem could be or how I could get her to stop doing this all the time, I would really appreciate the help.