He's a male over 6 months or something; he sleeps most of the time he is outside while the other too are very alert and sleeps even more at night. he eat amd drinks water well. last night I heard something fall and it was my little parakeet.What could be wrong. No dumb answers please.
2006-08-18 12:38:32 · 7 answers · asked by Hello :] 3 in Pets ➔ Birds
Hrrrm. Sounds like your guy might have something. It could be an infection of some sort. The other option, as mentioned by other responders is that because your guy is still young, he may be having some perching problems. I don't believe this is the case from the descriptions you've given.
Best thing to do, if you can, is get him to a vet. If you can't, you can get some bird medications at pet stores such as Erythromycin and Tetracycline. It's not the best thing to do, but it's better than worrying about his condition. Try to keep your guy warm, too, by shining a light into 1/2 his cage with a towel over the top to keep in heat.
Good luck! Hopefully nothing serious is wrong!
2006-08-18 21:33:07 · answer #1 · answered by white_ravens_white_crows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, while they are that young, they might actually fall over when sleeping - hahahhahahaha which is cute
but, if you think it's not an accident and his behavior is weird - you know he's much more active during the day, then I would definitely go recommend seeing a vet about your parakeet - he might actually have a cold and be trying to hide it
By natural instict, animals will try to hide it if they are sick to protect themselves from predators. But since you say he's eating and drinking well, I guess it's more up to you to decide whether he should visit a vet or not.
To be safe though, visiting one wouldn't hurt anyone.
2006-08-18 19:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by daisy. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take him to the vet. There could be any number of things wrong with him:
1) bacterial infection, viral or respiratory infection.... any of which could be given to your other birds
2) nutritional deficiency
3) neurological problems
4) injury
5) other reasons!
The vet is the only sure way to know. It is probably a good idea to seperate him from the other birds, OR, bring them all in to have them checked out too.
2006-08-18 19:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by ziz 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i had 2 parakeets, just buy some of the nutrition drops and put 1 drop in his water a day NO MORE THAN THAT otherwise just keep an eye on him! also make sure u put him in a different cage and clean the other birds cages out so they dont get sick
good luck
2006-08-18 19:44:57 · answer #4 · answered by ♥.:ily:.♥ 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you need to take him to a vet asap. also you should keep him away from your other parakeets because they will also get sick.
good luck
2006-08-18 19:43:58 · answer #5 · answered by Kayla born 8/18/09 <3 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
id take him to a vet he might be having seziures or something so i wouldnt leave him waiting any longer
2006-08-18 20:51:08 · answer #6 · answered by unknown 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Return him where you got him from.
2006-08-18 19:44:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋