Hello everyone
I have a 15 year old cockatiel. When my bird is doing well he has very occasionally become fearful of things like loud noises. If he is out of his cage this can lead to flying around and sometimes crash landing. This is concerning and horrible, but it seems reasonably normal to me. But, when he is unwell or a bit low ie moulting, I have noticed that he sometimes becomes much more sensitive and may panic with seemingly no or at least little provocation ie seeing his own shadow.
Currently his appetite is low. We have been to the vet and bloods are normal. Last night he panicked really badly and flew around aimlessly crashing into things 3 times before I could catch him. He was so distressed that he could not stand on his feet. So now I am keeping him in his cage until things improve. The vet was concerned something neurological might be going on, but I am not so sure having seen this kind of thing before. But I am wondering if others have noticed increases in panic behaviour of their birds at certain times or do others birds never seem to panic like this?
I have a 15 year old cockatiel. When my bird is doing well he has very occasionally become fearful of things like loud noises. If he is out of his cage this can lead to flying around and sometimes crash landing. This is concerning and horrible, but it seems reasonably normal to me. But, when he is unwell or a bit low ie moulting, I have noticed that he sometimes becomes much more sensitive and may panic with seemingly no or at least little provocation ie seeing his own shadow.
Currently his appetite is low. We have been to the vet and bloods are normal. Last night he panicked really badly and flew around aimlessly crashing into things 3 times before I could catch him. He was so distressed that he could not stand on his feet. So now I am keeping him in his cage until things improve. The vet was concerned something neurological might be going on, but I am not so sure having seen this kind of thing before. But I am wondering if others have noticed increases in panic behaviour of their birds at certain times or do others birds never seem to panic like this?