Mikubumble
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- 11/23/19
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Hey there guys,
So I've become aware of my parrotlet (smaller bird in my profile photo) fainting every now and then. This doesn't happen often, maybe once or twice every couple of months..
I think this may be because he holds in his poop as he likes to keep his cage clean, considering as everytime he faints, he poops. I'm just worried as he falls from quite a height (cage is almost 2 metres high), and although he doesn't show any signs of damage after, it can still be a worry.
When he faints he shakes a little and slowly closes his eyes, I think out of fright, before slowly making his way up to the side of the cage and crawling up to his bed again.
He doesn't like coming out as he is skittish and nervous of people unlike my conure, so maybe this is why he holds in his poop a lot - leading to him fainting.
My conure has never showed signs of this and has never fallen sick. She has always been a healthy and lively bird, and the two are housed together, so I don't think it is any toxins in the air.
Just wondering if anyone else owns a parrot with this sort of issue? I never called up a vet because he is completely fine and to his normal self less than a minute after fainting.
So I've become aware of my parrotlet (smaller bird in my profile photo) fainting every now and then. This doesn't happen often, maybe once or twice every couple of months..
I think this may be because he holds in his poop as he likes to keep his cage clean, considering as everytime he faints, he poops. I'm just worried as he falls from quite a height (cage is almost 2 metres high), and although he doesn't show any signs of damage after, it can still be a worry.
When he faints he shakes a little and slowly closes his eyes, I think out of fright, before slowly making his way up to the side of the cage and crawling up to his bed again.
He doesn't like coming out as he is skittish and nervous of people unlike my conure, so maybe this is why he holds in his poop a lot - leading to him fainting.
My conure has never showed signs of this and has never fallen sick. She has always been a healthy and lively bird, and the two are housed together, so I don't think it is any toxins in the air.
Just wondering if anyone else owns a parrot with this sort of issue? I never called up a vet because he is completely fine and to his normal self less than a minute after fainting.