Help with 3mo lovebird??

[fchan3]

Hi everyone,

I am a new bird owner and I bought a 3 month old lovebird yesterday. I got her home and she is very quiet and not moving, and I understand that can happen since she is new to her new home without her other siblings around. But she sleeps a lot and it is starting to worry me a little. She ate some and drank some water, but she is sitting on there preach with eyes closed. I'm starting to wonder if she is sick? There are times where it looks like she is tail bobbing, but I am not too sure. I attached three videos below. Any insight/suggestion would help!! thank you!

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[Lady Jane]

Video says not available. Give her 24 to 48 hours to come around. I know you are worried but she will warm up to the newness.

 

[fchan3]

Thank you for the reply. I have reloaded the videos. Hope they works.

 

[saroj12]

Has she had her wellness health check yet with an avian vet or is she scheduled for one?
That should help define her condition.

 

[Lady Jane]

She is very pretty. @fluffypoptarts

 

[iamwhoiam]

Definitely tail bobbing but whether it's due to a health issue or stress/fright is hard to determine. Agree with @saroj12 that you should take her to a vet for a new bird check up unless she has already had a check up.
Congrats, btw. Hope she will be OK and that it's just that she is in a new home with unfamiliar people and objects.

 

[fluffypoptarts]

I agree he/she needs to go to the (avian) vet also to make sure everything is okay - lethargy is not normal, especially for a young lovebird in unfamiliar surroundings. The tail-bobbing in the first video could be anxiety. Does she mostly do that when you get close?

 

[cosmolove]

Sometimes acting depressed or "off" is pretty normal when you first get a new baby. Their whole world has changed. Birds have emotions and moods very similar to people. Imagine if everything you knew just up and changed one day and you knew no one any nothing was able to comfort you. It would be a little stressful.

I would get him/her in for a vet check up as soon as you can just to verify there is no illness and its always good to get a check up when you first get a bird that way you have a baseline for down the road.