zebra finch perched funny?
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zebra finch perched funny?
hi everyone just need a little help with one of my finches..
it seems that she is sitting on one leg only, the left one. ive attached a pic coz i cant explain it right now
any help wud be much appreciated!
it seems that she is sitting on one leg only, the left one. ive attached a pic coz i cant explain it right now
any help wud be much appreciated!
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she stands/hops the same way, still slanted sort oftammieb wrote:She always perchs like this?
Does she stand/hop normally?
would it be a fracture? also, the other night a cat got one of them and took some tail feathers off another. this one couldve injured itself as well?
and vetbridge, when perched, both feet grasp the perch, shes just leaning on her left foot as u can see
Any other help is much appreciated!
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Nearly impossible to say what kind of accident may have caused your bird to be this way. If she is eating and acting normally other than the leaning, I would just let her be. She looks to be in pretty good condition.
Are your birds in an outdoor aviary? Or was it your housecat that got to the birds??
Are your birds in an outdoor aviary? Or was it your housecat that got to the birds??
TammieB.
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we have them in an otudoor medium cage at the moment,only 5 of them since the cat from next door got one of them but we are moving them into a bigger one sometime this week or next.tammieb wrote:Are your birds in an outdoor aviary? Or was it your housecat that got to the birds??
she seems to be eating fine etc, sometimes while the others hop about, she is just perched alone, but at other times she is hopping around with the others...so i duno what to do..should i just leave her be?
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Is there any update on this? I agree it looks like it was related to trauma (fracture or possibly an avulsion or pain). I wast just wondering how she is getting along now (if she still perches funny or if she has healed). I have a gould hen with a fractured leg (which healed mal-aligned, and she tends to hold her leg out like this as well, but she cannot grip).
Hope your bird is doing well.
Hope your bird is doing well.
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