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Re: Baby monk parakeet
Posted by Rodney on 9/29/08
On 5/22/08, travis wrote: > I have a green and blue monk parakeet, the green one laid > eggs again for the 2nd time, and we have 3 babies now. all > of them are feathered now, two of them can climb and walk > around fine but the last one isn't walking, he is always on > his stomach spread eagle, sometimes pushing himself up but > never really getting both of his legs under him. Is this > common? anything we can do to help? Thanks Travis, Splayed leg can be a result of the mom bird clutching to tightly or it can be caused by the wrong substraight used for nesting materials. I have successfully treated this problem on several occasions by placing a thin strong sponge that has holes slit in at the proper location. This will gently pull the legs into a more normal position. The trick is to catch this problem very early. If the bird is more that 6 weeks old then this will not work. You can also use tape to pull and hold the splayed legs in a more normal position. It should be left on the bird for a mininum of 2 weeks. You can tell if it is working when the bird begins to walk around with the sponge or tape in place. Good luck to you and your little quaker. Rodney
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Baby monk parakeet, 5/22/08, by travis.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/24/08, by Connie.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/24/08, by Hedly Lamar.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/24/08, by Connie.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/25/08, by Hedly Lamar.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/25/08, by Connie .
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/25/08, by Connie.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/25/08, by Hedly Lamar.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/26/08, by Connie.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/26/08, by Hedly Lamar.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 5/26/08, by Connie.
- Re: Baby monk parakeet, 9/29/08, by Rodney.
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