I just recently was given a 4 month old baby girl caique whom seems to have a curled up foot, along with freeze joints in same leg , she lays on belly to the side and is unable to hold head up and when it does the head wobbles all over the place (not a bob) . I weighed the baby because she seems very skinny and she was 100.6g I think they thought she was eating pellets and drinking and she was not. They had big chunks or apple in cage. I have since removed all that and have given her formula every 4 hrs (If crop is empty)
my question is what could be going onwith this baby because a month ago she was holding her head up and hobbling across cage to greet fingers but now she just is laying there. She flaps wings and manages to hop out of hands only to land on back and stays like that until someone puts her right way up.
I have noticed she does not open mouth enough to eat on own, she will open very llohhyly and she ate off the spoon but most times I have to syringe feed her. Anyone got any advice or thoughts?
fyi she has a vet visit 8/8
my question is what could be going onwith this baby because a month ago she was holding her head up and hobbling across cage to greet fingers but now she just is laying there. She flaps wings and manages to hop out of hands only to land on back and stays like that until someone puts her right way up.
I have noticed she does not open mouth enough to eat on own, she will open very llohhyly and she ate off the spoon but most times I have to syringe feed her. Anyone got any advice or thoughts?
fyi she has a vet visit 8/8