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Re: sick or not sick???
Posted by GreyLady on 8/20/09

First off, birds don't cough as they have no diaphrams. They
imitate coughs sometimes but don't actually do it. Its
sounds like you are really stressing him out by chasing him
around. You must stop that immediately. Stress is very hard
on them and you can make him sick even if he was in perfect
health to start with. If the only way to get him back in the
cage is by chasing him, you need to stop letting him out
until he is more tamed down or you need to have a
professional give him a trim of his flight feathers until he
has tamed down some. Taming may take some time, now that you
have chased him. He doesn't trust you and if afraid. It may
take quiet a while to get him past that. For now, leave him
in his cage and just spend time close to him, down at eye
level with him, talking in a soothing voice. Give him all
the time he needs to change his mind and realize you are not
a predator but instead, his friend.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• sick or not sick???, 8/20/09, by ELIZABETH.
• Re: sick or not sick???, 8/20/09, by GreyLady.