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Re: Injured lorikeet
« Reply #32 on: December 23, 2010, 12:06:25 AM » |
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Haha thats okay guys I enjoy reading about your birds Thank you both Andrea and April for all the info you have given me. I have been sitting in front of his cage talking to him and he just sits on his perch an stares at me with blank eyes lol, I think he does enjoy it though. I have also begun putting my hand inside the cage and he doesn't squawk anymore! He is not aggressive, he only bites if you try and pick him up which we only did when we had to move him to his cage. Today my boyfriend succesfully hand fed him some bottlebrush flowers, and I moved my hand so close to him that I was nearly touching his foot and he didn't move away. I'm so thrilled that only after a few days I am already seeing progress
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Re: Injured lorikeet
« Reply #43 on: December 24, 2010, 05:40:58 AM » |
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Yeah I love the name  Well there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with him other than the fact he can't fly... which is a problem in itself yes but it doesn't appear to be causing any pain. He stratches his wings out and lifts them above his head just fine. I'm just really worried to take him to the vet because by law if a wild bird is injured and can't be rehabilitated then it has to be put down unless you have a license - then you can keep it. I know this because we found a crested pigeon that couldn't fly and so immediately we called the wildlife services people and they said that if the bird looks to badly injured then they will put it down straight away. They also said that if they did try and fix its broken wing and it couldn't fly after a few months then they would also put it down. We asked if we would be able to keep it if it couldn't be released and they said no. Even though this species is able to be kept as a pet by law if bought from a pet store/breeder. ( Link is not visible to guests. Please register to view.)
We ended up keeping the bird and bandaging her wing. After 6 weeks we let her go and sure enough she flew This was a few months ago...she still comes back to visit from time to time  Sorry for rambling on...I would like to take him to the vet but am just a little worried :/ + at this point I don't think it is very necessary...and he hates being handled!
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Re: Injured lorikeet
« Reply #48 on: December 24, 2010, 06:54:20 AM » |
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Well its not like we will never take him to the vet...Of course if he ever got sick or anything I would. And if he doesn't start to be able to fly over the next few weeks then we will make an appointment. It just worries me that he could be taken away  But I could probably get away with lieing and telling them that we bought him from someone and say that he was bullied in their aviary or something...I dunno. Somehow I don't think he is wild though...I mean eating out or your hand and putting your hand right near him and he doesn't move...anyway theres no way to know for sure. We will see his progress with flying when we get a bigger cage because at the moment in this cage even if he wanted to fly there is not really much room... There is an aviary vet 30 minutes away where we can take him  Do you think vets deal with non tame birds often?
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Re: Injured lorikeet
« Reply #54 on: January 03, 2011, 02:49:01 AM » |
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I found another injured lorikeet today. It is only a little baby and it could hardly walk and cannot fly  It looked really unwell, I am not sure if it is sick or was hit by a car or something. We rang the wildlife emergency centre and they told us to take it to the emergency vet. *fingers crossed* that the vet will be able to help it and then give it to someone who can then rehabilitate it. I will call back in a few days to see what happened.
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