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Post by siobhan on Oct 6, 2014 23:18:15 GMT -5
Greta had a tiel freakout this evening and went zooming around the room, and flew right into Maggie's cage, ending up on the floor. I picked her up and she was clearly stunned. She let me stroke her head and back and she doesn't much like having her back stroked. She just sat on my hand and didn't want to step down. I had to put all the others to bed with one hand, and thank goodness, they cooperated, so I could concentrate on her. It was several minutes before she was willing -- or able, maybe -- to step down and go into her cage and then she seemed to have a little trouble navigating. She did finally manage to get on her swing, where she sleeps. I went back and checked on her after a while and she was still sitting there and hissed, because it was dark and she couldn't see it was me. I don't know what to do for her other than let her sleep.
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Post by Caseysmom on Oct 7, 2014 8:26:44 GMT -5
How is Greta this morning?... hopefully feeling better and lively again...
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Post by siobhan on Oct 7, 2014 11:45:41 GMT -5
She's kind of moving slower than usual, but she did come out of her cage when I opened it and has no visible injury. Of course, a bonk on the head (I assume it was her head; I wasn't looking at her when she crashed) wouldn't show. I had my back to the room, and I was feeding one of my fish and heard the impact and turned around just as she landed on the floor. She was sitting on my shoulder when she had the freakout and I can't imagine what caused it. We were just standing by the fish tank.
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Post by easttex on Oct 7, 2014 12:49:00 GMT -5
I would probably get her to a vet if I could. Head on crashes can cause some nasty injuries that may never be visible. I'd be concerned if she's still looking wobbly the next day. Is she eating/drinking?
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Post by siobhan on Oct 7, 2014 16:15:00 GMT -5
I had to come to work, so I don't know. I'll check on her again as soon as I get home. I wouldn't say she was wobbly this morning. She just didn't pop out of her cage and fly to my head as usual. She took her time coming out and then just sat on her open door. But then, it was cloudy and gloomy this morning and I think my going in to turn on the light and open cages woke most of them up. On bright mornings, they start squawking and demanding to be let out as soon as they notice the light outside. Nobody was very lively this morning because they didn't know it was morning until I came barging in.
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Post by msdani1981 on Oct 7, 2014 20:41:40 GMT -5
Hopefully she's okay!  I'm sure she was just stunned last night, Taz always acts a little strange after his freak outs. Let us know when you can, though. |
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Post by siobhan on Oct 7, 2014 21:29:35 GMT -5
She seems all right tonight. I thought she was a little more subdued than usual -- and she's my quiet and calm baby, so that's REALLY subdued -- but she insisted on scritches and she sat on my leg and she trawled the floor looking for seeds that Maggie had flung around (Maggie flings seed from one end of that room to the other), so I think she's okay.
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Post by msdani1981 on Oct 7, 2014 23:57:13 GMT -5
Oh, good. |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Oct 8, 2014 16:01:18 GMT -5
Hi Siobhan, I have dealt a lot with bird concussions when I was rehabbing wild birds. You will need to observe Greta for a week to be certain she is okay as sometimes the damage can take a while to take effect. However, having observed Pippin, Rebel and Spike take some major head hits, Greta should be okay.
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Post by siobhan on Oct 8, 2014 23:05:54 GMT -5
I don't know that she hit her head. She may have just whacked into the cage
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Post by biteybird on Oct 15, 2014 4:49:08 GMT -5
Sorry to read all this (just discovered this other thread) and I hope she will be alright.
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Post by siobhan on Oct 24, 2014 17:44:25 GMT -5
Thanks, she's just fine. All systems go. I think she was more shaken up than anything and no actual damage. She's been behaving totally normally since then, right down to demanding her head rubs and putting herself to bed at night once she decides it's bedtime. She goes to bed promptly at 9 p.m. and that's the end of her for the night. She does give us the stink eye if we don't take the hint, though.
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I'm sure she was just stunned last night, Taz always acts a little strange after his freak outs. Let us know when you can, though. 
