Young Congo African with twisted neck

[jasminlana]

Awww poor baby. I pray with your love and caring she will improve and will be able to hold her head up high

 

[ortegah]

She's adorable! Congrats! I'm sure you'll have her all fixed up in no time. I wanna just squeeze her!

 

[Jeddy]

Bless you for giving this precious baby a home. Welcome to AA. You will get so much help and good advise from this board. Please keep us updated and pictures.

 

[WingedVictory]

Thank you for caring so much.............

 

[Robin]

Awwww what a little sweetie. You came to the right place for help.

 

[mrstweet]

I love how sweet she looks. I have no advice to offer but thank you so much for taking her into your heart. I hope she finds her forever home with you.

 

[zoo mom]

Awwww. I love that last picture. Good luck and thanks for giving this little one a chance.

 

[ashbirdlady]

What a precious little one. Thank you for taking her.
Christa

 

[crzybrdldy]

Welcome to AA.

What an adorable baby. So glad you have a place in your heart to help this little one.

 

[melissasparrots]

I've only had one case somewhat similar to this in a much younger quaker chick. He was a left side esophagus baby and at first I thought it was related to that. I really didn't have the best feeling about him long term. But, I was raising him from day one with a few other babies younger and older. I remember reading on a falconry website that a similar condition can be caused by a vitamin deficiency and results in inflamation around the brain. I hadn't really thought about it much but I think I might have been feeding his formula just a bit too thin trying to make things fast and feed him at the same time as some other chicks. I thickened up his formula and the problem corrected itself over the course of the next week. He ended up perfectly normal. I have no idea of it was just a transient stage because of his left side esophagus, but my feeling is that thickening the formula did it for him. I'd have her vetted by a good avian vet and ask specifically about malabsorption of a certain vitamin causing it. I'm thinking it was vitamin B or E. Can't remember.
Melissa

 

[waterfaller1]

I wish you the best with her. Thanks for caring for the precious one. Will you keep her?

 

[Birdbabe]

Shes adorable, thanks for helping her. Good luck, keep us posted.

 

[ncGreyBirdLady]

How is the little one doing today?

 

[terreurdenuit]

I have an update on her. She is doing much better now. I don't have to keep the splint on her anymore, and she is holding her head straight up. It still bends from time to time, she seems more like an owl than a parrot. ;P She also has recently learned to fly, so that's fun to observe.

 

[Ming-Ming]

Thats great news!
I'm so glad to hear she is doing well

 

[Jan]

Wow, goodness, that would be wonderful if he takes a full recovery and holds himself in normal position! I've never had anything like that in my breeding times and thankfully I didn't. Good luck in your success with this!

 

[ncGreyBirdLady]

SO glad to have such a wonderful up-date

 

[Renae]

She is precious and you are doing fantastic with her. All the best to you both and hope to see more updates!

 

[birdlady]

Just reading this story....what a precious baby. Hope she continues to improve.

 

[HelenVanessaDavies]

Such an awesome update sounds like she's going from strength to strength