Well, what made me a bit apprehensive was when I went over to him to try to put him in an "alert" state, he still didn't want to put the right leg down. When I "shooed" him off the perch he flew to another and again immediately picked up the right leg. Thinking, he may have just somehow banged or bruised it, I figured I'd give it a while to see how he does. Well, sure enough, in a couple of hours, he seemed to be acting pretty normal again, standing on both feet with no apparent issues. (I know this is getting long - bear with me)
Today, when I came home from work, he was doing the same thing - favoring the right foot, unwilling to put it down even with a little prodding. When not favoring the foot, he's flying and jumping all around. He's still singing up a storm and trying to court Wilma.
I'm wondering what might be wrong with the leg or foot and what can be done to help. Could he just have sprained or injured it? Could this be the early stages of gout (as I've been feeding a richer canary style diet along with the parakeet seed)? Could the foot be bothering him because they sleep on the same perch every night, even though I have several different diameters within the cage? Are there any pharmaceutical or herbal pain remedies that can be given to birds in tiny doses? What do you think I should do? As I type this, the foot visually looks fine and he's standing on both again.
Bob
Thanks to all and in this post I've learned about herb salad and guardian angel. Bob