chirpiesmom
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- Jackie Lambert
Hello! Our green cheek has had a reoccurring limp. This is the 4th time in about 16 months. The first time it lasted 7 days and was the result of flying into something 6 ft away after a seagull scared her in the window. The 2nd and 3rd time it only lasted a few days, and this time we are going on 12 days. These last few times the only thing we can think may have caused it was just climbing around on us (she is pretty animated).
It seems to be much better in the morning (since she has rested it all night). But toward the end of the day it's much worse, where she is even putting her beak down to pivot so she doesn't have to use the foot. Some times she perches with it in a ball, some times it's slightly open. She will still use it to eat (hold a carrot for instance). The color of the good foot is just barely more pink than the bad one, but I feel that is because of using it more (my husband isn't sure). The first time it happened we did xrays after waiting a few days per the vet's advice. This totally sucked for all of us! SO stressful!!! And the limp was gone the day after we all went through that! The trauma of that visit really has us hesitant on putting her through another one of that kind. She is so sweet, fully flighted and only in her cage when we aren't home or at night. She just turned 13 on April 20th. We have had her since she was 2 months old.
Has anyone experienced anything like this with their feathered baby???
It seems to be much better in the morning (since she has rested it all night). But toward the end of the day it's much worse, where she is even putting her beak down to pivot so she doesn't have to use the foot. Some times she perches with it in a ball, some times it's slightly open. She will still use it to eat (hold a carrot for instance). The color of the good foot is just barely more pink than the bad one, but I feel that is because of using it more (my husband isn't sure). The first time it happened we did xrays after waiting a few days per the vet's advice. This totally sucked for all of us! SO stressful!!! And the limp was gone the day after we all went through that! The trauma of that visit really has us hesitant on putting her through another one of that kind. She is so sweet, fully flighted and only in her cage when we aren't home or at night. She just turned 13 on April 20th. We have had her since she was 2 months old.
Has anyone experienced anything like this with their feathered baby???