Hello everyone , I just joined this forum to get some advice on how to make my old man more comfortable . Just a warning I will be mentioning the topic of end of life care below so it may be upsetting to some .
I have had my lovebird Griffin since he was 8 weeks old and now here we are 16.5 years later. I'm at a loss for how to make him more comfortable as he has been progressively having more seizures daily. They stated a year and a half ago when he started "stargazing " and lost his ability to fly. The avian vet said it was just some sort of central nervous system disorder and nothing could be done due to his age and that as it progressed to bring everything lower and to stop letting him out of his cage to prevent injury.
In the last two weeks things have gotten really bad , and everything has been lowered to the cage floor and 95% of his toys have been removed. He seizes daily, loses his ability to grip and ends up barrel rolling across the bottom of the cage . It's absolutely heartbreaking to see him this way. He was once so strong and spunky and now he just seems so frustrated at his inability to do things. He doesn't chirp or sing .. he spends most of his time in his happy hut on the cage floor. We have a towel on the bottom now which has helped a bit and he does come out a bit more. I sprinkle seed and millet on the ground for him so he can forage ( he has always been a bird anomaly and isn't a fan of fruit and veg , and won't touch pellets) he will only have a little bit of jalapeño .
I just feel like I'm failing him and don't know what else to do to make him comfortable and happy. His cage looks so barren and boring and his quality of life is just terrible.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make his day to day life better for him ? I'm lucky in the sense that I'm on Mat leave right now so I can spend lots of time with him but he does spend most of his day napping ...
I have had my lovebird Griffin since he was 8 weeks old and now here we are 16.5 years later. I'm at a loss for how to make him more comfortable as he has been progressively having more seizures daily. They stated a year and a half ago when he started "stargazing " and lost his ability to fly. The avian vet said it was just some sort of central nervous system disorder and nothing could be done due to his age and that as it progressed to bring everything lower and to stop letting him out of his cage to prevent injury.
In the last two weeks things have gotten really bad , and everything has been lowered to the cage floor and 95% of his toys have been removed. He seizes daily, loses his ability to grip and ends up barrel rolling across the bottom of the cage . It's absolutely heartbreaking to see him this way. He was once so strong and spunky and now he just seems so frustrated at his inability to do things. He doesn't chirp or sing .. he spends most of his time in his happy hut on the cage floor. We have a towel on the bottom now which has helped a bit and he does come out a bit more. I sprinkle seed and millet on the ground for him so he can forage ( he has always been a bird anomaly and isn't a fan of fruit and veg , and won't touch pellets) he will only have a little bit of jalapeño .
I just feel like I'm failing him and don't know what else to do to make him comfortable and happy. His cage looks so barren and boring and his quality of life is just terrible.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make his day to day life better for him ? I'm lucky in the sense that I'm on Mat leave right now so I can spend lots of time with him but he does spend most of his day napping ...