Post by quests on Apr 29, 2015 8:29:24 GMT
Hi all,
Percy, our rescue bird seems to be having epileptic fits. It started a couple of weeks ago when we noticed that he was having difficulties in standing and his flight coordination was very erratic. He had a fit two days ago where he fell to the bottom of the cage and tried to fly back up again to his perch, but kept missing it. After a couple of minutes, he seems to recover, but kept moving his head to one side. All was well after about 30 minutes but this morning he just fell off his perch and rolled on the bottom of the cage. I picked him up and placed him on top of the cage and he could not stand up. He then made an attempt to fly around but went down on to the floor where he kept trying to stand upright. I picked him up and held for about 5 minutes and he seems to calm down.
I have now placed him in our hospital cage where he seems to be calm now although I have noticed that he moves his head backwards as if he has something in his throat?
Percy is about 18 months old and up until now, we thought a very healthy bird but this last couple of weeks has me concerned. I have telephoned our local vets for advice and have now arranged a visit.
Percy, our rescue bird seems to be having epileptic fits. It started a couple of weeks ago when we noticed that he was having difficulties in standing and his flight coordination was very erratic. He had a fit two days ago where he fell to the bottom of the cage and tried to fly back up again to his perch, but kept missing it. After a couple of minutes, he seems to recover, but kept moving his head to one side. All was well after about 30 minutes but this morning he just fell off his perch and rolled on the bottom of the cage. I picked him up and placed him on top of the cage and he could not stand up. He then made an attempt to fly around but went down on to the floor where he kept trying to stand upright. I picked him up and held for about 5 minutes and he seems to calm down.
I have now placed him in our hospital cage where he seems to be calm now although I have noticed that he moves his head backwards as if he has something in his throat?
Percy is about 18 months old and up until now, we thought a very healthy bird but this last couple of weeks has me concerned. I have telephoned our local vets for advice and have now arranged a visit.
One thing it may also be worth doing is giving an aloe vera/milk thistle supplement to support the liver. Sometimes the liver does not efficiently flush out any toxins, resulting in things like seizures. They may look for that kind of thing in the blood tests. Hopefully, all will be okay though, & no further tests or treatment will be required.
