My 8 year old cockatiel (who I have already posted about) suffered from an episode today that scared me immensely. Took him to the vet and they couldn’t figure it out either. I’m hoping someone can help me identify what happened.
Basically he was sitting on my lap, when all of a sudden he had this confused look/ daze. His eyes looked glazed over, looking away from me, his beak was open. I touched his head and he barely moved it. He was frozen almost. I tried to pick him up, he wouldn’t perch on my finger. Then when I tried again, he was able to perch with his right foot but his left foot was flaccid and he couldn’t grip anything with his left foot.
Then all of a sudden he started flapping, I don’t recall with both wings or just one. I was in a state of shock.
the whole episode lasted 45 seconds but felt like an hour. He’s fine now, perching and active and is able to use both feet just fine.
he does suffer from some atherosclerosis so the vet said it could have been a transient ischemic attack (stroke) but she wasn’t sure, it could have been a seizure.
some recent changes to his diet:
I started feeding him bell peppers and romaine lettuce. He started a new antibiotic to treat a potential respiratory/ GI infection. He’s experiencing acid reflux type symptoms because he has a distended proventriculus
any ideas? Was it a stroke/transient ischemic attack, or a seizure?
Basically he was sitting on my lap, when all of a sudden he had this confused look/ daze. His eyes looked glazed over, looking away from me, his beak was open. I touched his head and he barely moved it. He was frozen almost. I tried to pick him up, he wouldn’t perch on my finger. Then when I tried again, he was able to perch with his right foot but his left foot was flaccid and he couldn’t grip anything with his left foot.
Then all of a sudden he started flapping, I don’t recall with both wings or just one. I was in a state of shock.
the whole episode lasted 45 seconds but felt like an hour. He’s fine now, perching and active and is able to use both feet just fine.
he does suffer from some atherosclerosis so the vet said it could have been a transient ischemic attack (stroke) but she wasn’t sure, it could have been a seizure.
some recent changes to his diet:
I started feeding him bell peppers and romaine lettuce. He started a new antibiotic to treat a potential respiratory/ GI infection. He’s experiencing acid reflux type symptoms because he has a distended proventriculus
any ideas? Was it a stroke/transient ischemic attack, or a seizure?