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Post by rambosmother on Mar 10, 2023 18:05:49 GMT -5
My Quaker is blind. He is still in his original big cage but I created a "fake" floor so the cage wouldn't be so deep. I removed all the top perches. He was fine with this arrangement for years when he could only partially see. For some reason, I have just brought him home from the vet as he had surgery yesterday. He has so much energy and I am grateful but he is blind now and keeps climbing the sides of the cage trying to get to the very top where he used to have a perch. This top perch was removed years ago and for some reason he is remembering it was there and is trying to get there without seeing. This makes me really nervous as I am afraid he will fall down.
Anyone have ideas how to adapt a cage for a blind bird?
Thanks
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Post by heatherg on Mar 10, 2023 19:55:23 GMT -5
I might take the perches out or put them only a couple inches above the floor.
I had a disabled bird. She had a bad leg and couldn’t fly. When she was really old I moved the perches down to about half height and I wrapped the cage grate in Chuck pads so she wouldn’t fall through. She spent lots of time on the cage floor pottering around.
Ten years before that I adopted a completely blind bird. But I left his perches and a few fluffy snuggly toys at normal perch height and just never moved anything.
Once your bird is recovered maybe you could put his stuff back where it was . Mostly I just wouldn’t move it once it’s set.
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Post by biteybird on Mar 29, 2023 5:02:29 GMT -5
I don't have any experience with this sort of thing, but I think it is wonderful to hear that your quaker is doing so well, depsite not being able to see. That's pretty impressive.
Maybe you could hedge your bets and put a perch up where he wants it? - but also perhaps put a soft 'crash mat' or trampoline-type cushioning at the bottom of the cage in case he does fall?
Just an idea.
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Post by heatherg on Mar 29, 2023 16:25:47 GMT -5
I experimented with a pillow underneath my monocular bird’s cage mat but honestly she rarely fell. My completely blind conure never fell; he used his beak like a cane to circle and tap in front of him and had a great memory for where things were in his cage.
I would consider leaving the blind Quaker flighted do he has lift to flutter if he were to fall.
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