I am usually the go to girl for cockatiels in the bird store I work at and I can answer any question a costumer can come up with, no problem! But when it comes to my own little Flock I am a huge worrier.
So I adopted a cockatiel from my boss after he came in with a hair wrapped around his toe. His toe eventually fell off even though we got the hair off and he looked fine. I took him home to care for him, he fell in love with my female lutino and from then on I wasn't letting him go.
Although he's not quite as tame as my other 6 tiels, he's very sweet. He is the only one of my tiels that absolutely hates the dogs so I let him keep his flight feathers so he can stay away from them easier.
He's Lost ALOT of weight. I'm talking like 15 grams. Maybe a bit more. He was more on the chunky side when I got him but this worries the **** out of me. I also have a red rump parakeet that's in quarantine because he was diagnosed with AGY. They are no where near each other but it still kind of worries me.
Being flighted I know they use a lot of energy and burn up calories pretty quick. I have to know though, is that too big of a weight jump for a period of about 6 week flighted?
He is a big boy, he was about 97 and now he's about 82. Which is usually ideal for a cockatiel. But that's alot of weight lost.
Maybe mating season, being around three females, could play a part?
I'm a worried mom here...
So I adopted a cockatiel from my boss after he came in with a hair wrapped around his toe. His toe eventually fell off even though we got the hair off and he looked fine. I took him home to care for him, he fell in love with my female lutino and from then on I wasn't letting him go.
Although he's not quite as tame as my other 6 tiels, he's very sweet. He is the only one of my tiels that absolutely hates the dogs so I let him keep his flight feathers so he can stay away from them easier.
He's Lost ALOT of weight. I'm talking like 15 grams. Maybe a bit more. He was more on the chunky side when I got him but this worries the **** out of me. I also have a red rump parakeet that's in quarantine because he was diagnosed with AGY. They are no where near each other but it still kind of worries me.
Being flighted I know they use a lot of energy and burn up calories pretty quick. I have to know though, is that too big of a weight jump for a period of about 6 week flighted?
He is a big boy, he was about 97 and now he's about 82. Which is usually ideal for a cockatiel. But that's alot of weight lost.
Maybe mating season, being around three females, could play a part?
I'm a worried mom here...