Hello everyone,
I'm a new member here and a newbie owner of a bird. A few days ago my pastor let me have one of his parakeets. His name is Beck. He's quite tame and very sweet. I offered to take him because as of several days ago his left foot/leg just stopped working and one of the other birds were picking on the poor little guy and wouldn't let him eat after he'd worked so hard to get up where the food was (I watched him climb up using his beak and right foot). No one there knew what had happened to him. Beck had been in that big cage with several other parakeets for about two years with no previous problems.
I took him home and was able to get him an appointment with an avian vet on Friday, January 5th.
I'm keeping his vent clean so it doesn't get hardened and blocked. Beck's eating and drinking well. In addition to parakeet seed, I give him a little snap pea, carrot and Millet sprays for him to eat. He doesn't seem like banana or green grapes. I haven't tried celery yet. Any feeding tips are welcome!
My question is concerning the cage I've setup for him. Since he can't really perch, he sleeps in a half laying down position. That's why I've put everything I think he needs down on the bottom of the cage. I also haven't given him any toys because I'm worried about him overexerting himself in case his foot or leg is broken.
I'm posting a picture of Beck in the cage I've setup for him. Please let me know if you think this cage is okay at least until he sees the vet on the 5th. Is there anything I should add, take away or change. I'd welcome any and all advice.
Thank you!
I'm a new member here and a newbie owner of a bird. A few days ago my pastor let me have one of his parakeets. His name is Beck. He's quite tame and very sweet. I offered to take him because as of several days ago his left foot/leg just stopped working and one of the other birds were picking on the poor little guy and wouldn't let him eat after he'd worked so hard to get up where the food was (I watched him climb up using his beak and right foot). No one there knew what had happened to him. Beck had been in that big cage with several other parakeets for about two years with no previous problems.
I took him home and was able to get him an appointment with an avian vet on Friday, January 5th.
I'm keeping his vent clean so it doesn't get hardened and blocked. Beck's eating and drinking well. In addition to parakeet seed, I give him a little snap pea, carrot and Millet sprays for him to eat. He doesn't seem like banana or green grapes. I haven't tried celery yet. Any feeding tips are welcome!
My question is concerning the cage I've setup for him. Since he can't really perch, he sleeps in a half laying down position. That's why I've put everything I think he needs down on the bottom of the cage. I also haven't given him any toys because I'm worried about him overexerting himself in case his foot or leg is broken.
I'm posting a picture of Beck in the cage I've setup for him. Please let me know if you think this cage is okay at least until he sees the vet on the 5th. Is there anything I should add, take away or change. I'd welcome any and all advice.
Thank you!