Hello. My Quaker parrot, Gumi, has been acting differently than usual lately. Sheās 3 years old and usually hangs on the bars of the cage, but recently sheās been sitting at the bottom. Sheās also become highly territorial, lunging and screeching at the cats from within her cage whenever they approach and attacking us whenever we take her out. This has been going on for about a week. Sheās been eating fine, her poop doesnāt look different, her appearance is the same, and sheās acting pretty much as normal except for the sitting at the bottom of her cage and increased aggression. Iāve been thinking sheās either sick or preparing to lay an (unfertilized) egg. I had the idea of starting to weigh her to track her weight, but for now we donāt have access to a functional scale. My familyās also had Covid for the past week but Iāve had no conclusive answer to whether birds can get Covid or not. She also has no exposure to any other birds, but we do have 3 cats.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated and I thank you for your time. If anything needs clarification I can answer further questions.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated and I thank you for your time. If anything needs clarification I can answer further questions.