Sick budgie Mariah

[kme3388]

I’m sorry to hear Mariah isn’t doing well again. I hope for a fast recovery for her.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I've noticed that a few of Mariah's friends from the big cage on the other side of the room are coming over to Mariahs bin to visit her. They perch on the crate on top of her bin, look down at her and chirp. They seem to know that she's not feeling well. It looks like empathy to me.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I hope Mariah bounces back to her old self. She is much loved by bird kin and human kin. It's so hard to see our little fluff balls struggling.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Here are Beau and Elan visiting Mariah, looking down at her in the bin. They're such good budgies!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Mariah is doing okay. She's eating, pooping and grooming herself so I think she's not that bad. I think she needs to build up her strength. When I found her on the floor she had probably been trying to fly back up to the top of the cage and exhausted herself trying.

Early this morning l made a fresh batch of chop. Its delicious! Ive just discovered that plain brown Minute Rice is great for soaking up excess water. I hate soggy chop.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Mariah was getting a bit restless in her bin so I gave her a ladder in her bin today and she slowly climbed up to the perch on the small playstand I put in her bin. I took the grate off the top to talk to her and see what she would do. She flapped and flew out and straight up about 10 feet toward her cage, missed the cage and landed on the floor.
I picked her up and put her on top of the cage and she's been hanging out there all day. I'm going to try putting her back in the cage tonight and hopefully she's strong enough to stay on a perch.

I wish I knew what was wrong with her but I don't think it's anything fixable and I'm not too sure I want to know. It seems like chronically ill birds have a tendency to die within days of a diagnostic vet visit and I don't want her to die. I'll just keep making her safe and comfortable. When it's her time to fly over the Rainbow Bridge I want her at home and peaceful.