Inking_Dragon
05-30-2009, 07:16 PM
So I came home this afternoon to discover my little guy on the floor of his cage, poofed and not very responsive. When I reached in to pet him he perked up a bit, and bobbed his head and cried as though asking for a feeding syringe? He remained poofed, and quite mellow...my house is not cold, so I did not think he could be chilled.
His stools appeared normal. It also appeared as though he'd been eating, and drinking, as there was a quantity missing from both that had been there that morning. I had no millet down in the cage at that time...in fact, not since the day before? I was going to start offering it to hm as treats and during his playtimes, as it is not as nutritional as his food...
Well, I called the breeder, left a message, and put the little guy in my birdy carrier on some paper towels. I put a heat pad beneath it, and in it I set up a low perch, some of his food, some millet, and some water.
He waddled right over to the millet and began to chow down.
I'm starting to think that perhaps he was weaned a bit early? Or that perhaps due to the stress of a new environment he sort of relapsed in his weaning process? ...I don't know. Before this, we had limited his interaction with us to almost an hour a day since getting him, and he genuinely seemed to enjoy his short time out. Obviously he was missing his millet...perhaps he'd batted around more food that I thought instead of eating it...and he's been relying solely on the millet? I'm just fretting, and there are no avian emergency centers within reasonable driving distance at this hour. Not until Monday. I hope that the breeder calls me back and can offer me some more advice. I have some syringes through which I can try and offer him some water if he is disinterested in drinking from the water cup...
Just wondering if you guys had any extra advice for me...
His stools appeared normal. It also appeared as though he'd been eating, and drinking, as there was a quantity missing from both that had been there that morning. I had no millet down in the cage at that time...in fact, not since the day before? I was going to start offering it to hm as treats and during his playtimes, as it is not as nutritional as his food...
Well, I called the breeder, left a message, and put the little guy in my birdy carrier on some paper towels. I put a heat pad beneath it, and in it I set up a low perch, some of his food, some millet, and some water.
He waddled right over to the millet and began to chow down.
I'm starting to think that perhaps he was weaned a bit early? Or that perhaps due to the stress of a new environment he sort of relapsed in his weaning process? ...I don't know. Before this, we had limited his interaction with us to almost an hour a day since getting him, and he genuinely seemed to enjoy his short time out. Obviously he was missing his millet...perhaps he'd batted around more food that I thought instead of eating it...and he's been relying solely on the millet? I'm just fretting, and there are no avian emergency centers within reasonable driving distance at this hour. Not until Monday. I hope that the breeder calls me back and can offer me some more advice. I have some syringes through which I can try and offer him some water if he is disinterested in drinking from the water cup...
Just wondering if you guys had any extra advice for me...