Some of you know I was breeding parakeets for a good while then...pandemic...so I ended up with a buncha birds....parakeets. In the very first clutch there was a "splay-legged" hatchling. I put splints on the legs to make them grow better to no avail. Then for months I did physical therapy on her.legs and made her feet grab better but her legs go straight out from her sides. I watch a lot of the vet show and something I learned from Dr.Pol...the animal does not know he is handicapped. With that in mind I used ladders horizontally all around her cage and watched her...Nope...she does not know she is handicapped in the least. I have put several single birds in with her...but every one ended up bullying her... even the big male who cannot fly who was bullied himself for months until I finally saw and realized that he too was being beat up. But love seems to have spring up between the bars, just like prison! Oh my! he talks to her and sings to her...it's sweet.
I put in a platform to see if she'd use it and darned if she uses it and I put it way up to the top of her cage so that now she is close to him and they do this talking thing through the bars. It's hard to take a picture of them through the bars but he's really green and you could see him trying to get close to her and singing and making noise and I have enjoyed it
I just love that picture with that big male watching over her. His name is Big Man.. her's is Nichole Richie...she can hang like this for hours. ..and yes, she knows how to fly...
she cuddles up to this mirror to sleep with her mate...lol
I put another platform to help her out. That's a perfect shot showing splay-leg in birds and chelonia can get this syndrome as well.
I put in a platform to see if she'd use it and darned if she uses it and I put it way up to the top of her cage so that now she is close to him and they do this talking thing through the bars. It's hard to take a picture of them through the bars but he's really green and you could see him trying to get close to her and singing and making noise and I have enjoyed it
I just love that picture with that big male watching over her. His name is Big Man.. her's is Nichole Richie...she can hang like this for hours. ..and yes, she knows how to fly...
she cuddles up to this mirror to sleep with her mate...lol
I put another platform to help her out. That's a perfect shot showing splay-leg in birds and chelonia can get this syndrome as well.
? We have lots of wild parakeets in London and surrounding areas as they were released and have bred big time. A flock roost in a tree near by and they regularly fly over as a flock of green morning and night with parrot sounds. Enjoy
