While the baby parakeet was still small, I checked up on it and it looked perfectly fine...Except for the fact that it kept its whole body flat on the ground of the nesting box. I thought that this whole thing was just temporary since all the other baby birds could never actually stand up yet.
The baby parakeet now has most of its feathers grown in but hasn't grown out of the laying flat phase. I feel REALLY sorry for it because it's basically doing the splits and its legs don't bend in a way for it to stand up. It has a hard time moving from one place to another because it can't stand. Is my bird %26quot;special%26quot; or will it grow out of this? By the way, both of its legs are capable of moving but don't bend.
Answers:
Sounds like your baby bird has %26quot;splayed%26quot; legs.If the birds legs are placed in splints earlier enough, the problem can be cured, but it must be done within a certain time limit. Take your bird to a vet as soon as possible.
it happend when he was in the egg . sorry but he will not grow out of it. i have a keet that has a bent over neck. kinda like when he was in the egg and their necks are bent in toward their bodys.well his egg might have been kicked around and he was born like that. so we both have special
keets but ricky is the sweetest ever!
noone can say with certiantiy if it will grow out of it or not but if he has splayed legs a vet can help with treatments but only when he is young and growing.
This does not happen in the egg, it's from not having proper bedding in the nest box. This baby needs help NOW not later. You need to find an avian vet that knows how to help this baby so splints may be placed on these legs,or this baby may never be able to perch correctly for the rest of it's life.
This is why people really need to think about just putting on a box on a pair of birds. It's just not as simple as people think. As you can see, things happen and money needs to be spent or you have problems that lie ahead. Birds are placed at risk now, and you may have no excuse for your error.
Now you have to hand feed this baby, and i bet you are not prepared for that either!! Which is why, people need to think real hard before adding a nest box to their birds.
Gee and i bet you thought it wouldn't happen to you huh?
Please get this baby to a vet that knows what they are doing!!
Although humor4fms's answer is a bit brash she is right. You do need to take the baby to an avian vet or the other less costly choice is to eliminate it. I have had to do both, neither one is fun. I have been a commecial breeder in the past but then my %26quot;hobby%26quot; became a chore. Now I breed for fun and the pleasure of being around the birds. Take the baby to a vet or kill it. Sorry those are your choices,
I think it may have been abused as an egg by someone named Daniel.
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