Urgent is cockatiel poorly?

[Birdbabe]

I hope you're baby is doing better.

 

[Monica]

No, she is not a boy she is a girl. She don't have a junk, if she did I would have notice and the vet would have told us anyway. What make you thinks she is a boy?

Here's a question for you.


Has Sophie ever laid an egg?



Female cockatiels are well known for egg laying. Most females, even single hens, will lay eggs. So, has Sophie ever laid eggs within the past 20 years?

 

[chris0147]

Here's a question for you.


Has Sophie ever laid an egg?



Female cockatiels are well known for egg laying. Most females, even single hens, will lay eggs. So, has Sophie ever laid eggs within the past 20 years?

No she never did. She has never been pregnant but I did put my hands under her bottom in few times to keep it warm and I felt that she was going to drop her egg out of her bottom but it never happens. It was a shame that my old tiel who died due to old age, he tried to get sophie pregnant when they both had sex.

 

[GuineaPigster]

No she never did. She has never been pregnant but I did put my hands under her bottom in few times to keep it warm and I felt that she was going to drop her egg out of her bottom but it never happens. It was a shame that my old tiel who died due to old age, he tried to get sophie pregnant when they both had sex.

What did you feel?

 

[Monica]

Since Sophie has never laid an egg, and Sophie has the appearance of a male, I'm going to assume that Sophie is a male. There is a small chance that Sophie is a female, but thus far I have only heard of one visually sexed normal male cockatiel laying eggs, and he was probably a hermaphrodite or a chimera, otherwise known as a half-sider. Containing the genes of two separate birds within one body.

Two birds of the same sex can, and sometimes will, mate.


Based on this information, we should hopefully be able to rule out egg-binding as a possible cause to Sophie's health problems. However, this doesn't really help us narrow things down - rather just check things off the list.


BTW, another sign of liver failure, besides yellow droppings, is being sick. The liver is the organ in the body that detoxifies blood and removes impurities. If the liver is compromised (aka failing), it cannot do it's job properly, thus leading to infections. If this is the case, sometimes no amount of medication is going to heal the bird. The bird will remain sick until they are on liver medication, and only then will they have a chance to potentially rid their bodies of toxins and infections.

 

[Birdbabe]

Is your baby any better today?
I'm praying for her.

 

[chris0147]

Is your baby any better today?
I'm praying for her.

No she is still the same so thanks for asking.

 

[chris0147]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am not going to comment whether sophie is a male or female, as far I was told that she is a female end of story. By the way I would like to announce to confirm that I have had a look and I saw that sophie has a sore feet.

Here is the picture:

It looks very sore. Are there should be any worry or if I should be taking care of her?

 

[Birdbabe]

thats a pressure sore, try to get her a soft rope perch or some flat perches to stand on, meanwhile, you can rub some vitamin E oil or a tiny bit of neosporin on it. I rub my birds feet with either of these to keep them soft and not so dry.

 

[GlassOnion]

Your Sophie is a male, and it's disheartening to see you just brush everyone off. If you do a google search, you will see that the colouring of your tiel indicates male, and it is a biological FACT. Whoever told you otherwise is wrong. If you go to Australia, you will see many wild cockatiels, and the thousands after thousands with yellow/orange faces would be male.

What you see with the feet is start of bumblefoot, it happens from the lack of proper perches. If you have coconut oil, try rubbing some on. What kind of perches do you currently have? Soft rope, barky/bumpy branches are good, platforms are good. Anything that is not a smooth, round dowel.

 

[GuineaPigster]

thats a pressure sore, try to get her a soft rope perch or some flat perches to stand on, meanwhile, you can rub some vitamin E oil or a tiny bit of neosporin on it. I rub my birds feet with either of these to keep them soft and not so dry.

It's essential the neosporin isn't ingested.

 

[GuineaPigster]

Your Sophie is a male, and it's disheartening to see you just brush everyone off. If you do a google search, you will see that the colouring of your tiel indicates male, and it is a biological FACT. Whoever told you otherwise is wrong. If you go to Australia, you will see many wild cockatiels, and the thousands after thousands with yellow/orange faces would be male.

What you see with the feet is start of bumblefoot, it happens from the lack of proper perches. If you have coconut oil, try rubbing some on. What kind of perches do you currently have? Soft rope, barky/bumpy branches are good, platforms are good. Anything that is not a smooth, round dowel.

Agreed. I know how surprising it is to find out your baby is a different gender because it happened to me! However, there's no use pretending he's female.

 

[Tohru1529]

Here this will help if its a male or female I look on line I found this.

Both the male and female cockatiels have similar coloring and it can be hard to distinguish between the sexes if you are not sure what to look for. During the first four months I had Loki I thought she was a boy! Males and females are mainly gray in color, with their forehead, face, and throat being yellow. The cheeks are orange. Females have a much lighter yellow face and the orange is more pale. The main distinguishing feature between males and females is the horizontal barring or stripes on the underside of the females tail. Make sure to look for these differences when going to pick out your cockatiel.

 

[Monica]

Unless the owner, or the owner's brother is willing to get bloodwork done on Sophie, I'm afraid there isn't much that any one of us can do for him.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Chris,
How is Sophie doing?

 

[chris0147]

Chris,
How is Sophie doing?

Sophie is doing really well, she is sitting on her top perch now. So thanks for asking

 

[Birdiemarie]

So glad she's doing well now.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Sophie is doing really well, she is sitting on her top perch now. So thanks for asking

Glad to read that she is doing better.

 

[chris0147]

Very sad news guys, please see it here: my cockatiel Sophie has passed away... | Avian Avenue Parrot Forum