My parakeets feet is curled up?

Question

her feet is curled up and i cant tell if its cramped or broken, she doesnt seem at all bother by it, and she is 2 years old

Answer 1

Make sure the feet are not swollen. Some owners have only one perch in the cage. That can hurt the feet of the birds.

Answer 2

i think your question does not have enough information in it, and people are jumping to conclusions about what you mean. you don't say when it is curled up, and how much.

1) birds sleep or stand on one foot with the other held up, "curled". this is normal and good.

2) they do need different size perches, so if you don't have this get this anyway. wood is good for this because it varies in diameter naturally. rope perches are good too, but you gotta watch those -- if they un-ravel the bird's nail can get stuck in them so you gotta cut off any loose ends.

3) if it curls UP up, like if the bird is on the perch or the on the floor, the the tip of the toe is in the air and the toe nail is in the air too, and this is high up, more than 1 mili-meter, this is wierd. depending on how much it is curled up (more than 1 mm) take it to the vet.

4) sometimes if the bird's nail is too long, the nail forces the bird's toe to curl up. so the bird's toe nail would touch the ground or the perch and force the toe to curl up. if this is the case, this is a sign that the nail needs to be cut. nails have blood in them so if you cut too much the bird can bleed (even to death) so if you are unsure how to do it get vet to do it.

if you mean something else... sorry... that's all i can guess at.

Answer 3

Thats quite alright! Your parakeet is just resting her feet. my birdies do it to, especially when they are resting. Its their way of giving their feet a break. It's not like they can just lay down. They are on their feet all day!

Usually they curl their foot and place it under their feathers while balancing on the other foot.

Answer 4

Something is bad wrong.

Examine her foot/feet and see what is wrong. If it is her feet she will not be able to perch. If it is one foot, the other foot will soon tire and even get pressure sores on it. Put a drop of vegetable oil on your fingers and rub the foot to feel if something is broken. Look at the ankle and lower leg. This sounds like nerve damage. What happened to her? Foot caught on the cage somewhere???

Answer 5

Do you have different sized perches in her cage? You should have a thicker one, medium and a thinner one so her feet muscles get a work out. I know it sounds silly, but know how your hand feels after you've been playing video games for hours your hands in the same position? Or when you've been driving a car and holding the steering wheel for a long time?
Same for birdie.
I'm sure this will help her.
Good Luck!

Answer 6

You announcing it incredibly is walkikng around that way form of bothers me too. i understand birds muscular tissues are diverse from ours. the place we could use muscle to grip some thing, they could use muscle to enable circulate. it incredibly is why they'd sleep nice on a branch in windy climate. i'd watch her extremely close for some days and notice in case you notice the rest and then make the alternative to concentration on it or not. do exactly not enable her finally end up sitting fluffed up and finding unwell interior the intervening time.

Answer 7

if it's standing on one foot with the other curled that's normal. It's just resting it's foot (imaging having to stand on twigs etc. for your whole life! of course they'd get tired!!)
Hope this helps.

Answer 8

that a normal thing when they sleep but i don't know if this is the case.