When attempting to fly, she does fine about 60 percent of the time, but occasionally she will flip backwards, spin wildly, crash HARD into the floor and sputter around. At first, I was afraid she was having a seizure. She has no head tilting, and no other balance problems that are apparent, although she was incredibly weak when we brought her home.
She is bizarrely tame and calm for a zebra that was not hand raised. She is eagerly eating seeds right from my bare fingers, which is wonderful, but does worry me a little as it's not normal. She also will eat any and every food I give her, regardless of what it is or prior experience, without any wariness.
She responds to sound with no visual cues, so she doesn't seem to have any ear problems. Her pupils dilate and contract in a seemingly normal manner when exposed to light and her eyes don't twitch back and forth rapidly. She eats and drinks voraciously, poops normally, and other than the strange crashing and thrashing, she seems to have nothing else at all wrong with her.
I recently bought this bird in a neglected state, which may have something to do with it. She was severely underweight, had been plucked bald in 4 different spots by the other birds. I have provided calcium in both ground eggshell and cuttlebone, iodine, vitamin A, and various fresh herbs. All birds in my aviary are supplimented daily with Guardian Angel immune support and prebiotics by Birdcare Co. but I'm worried something I give her could be causing this.
She has also been treated with selamectin, perscribed by a vet, subcutaneously. There is no wood or other plants within the cage that could be poisoning her, and none of my other three birds are affected.
Could this be genetic, or a disease? Could I be doing anything more to help her?? Anything at all someone could tell me would be very helpful! I am a very anxious daddy
