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Post by freswood on Sept 13, 2007 6:42:23 GMT
Yogie did the weirdest thing just then. Right after biting my brother on the face (during which my brother thrashed around) Yogie was put inside his cage. 10 mins later I came back and Yogie was sitting on the floor of his cage with his foot in the air and neck/head tilted down into his chest. I went up to him and he tried to jump up to his perch but missed and kind of tumbled to the other side of his cage. He then resumed that same strange position.
So I put my arm in and he climbed up it but seemed really disoriented. He spun around in circles, lost his footing, then put his head down into his chest again. He looked like he had no idea where he was or what he was doing. It really scared me. I cried for ages. He seems normal again now, but I feel really worried that there's something wrong. I thought maybe he got hurt when my brother thrashed around. It wasn't anything particularly violent, but birds are so small and probably incredibly fragile.
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Post by Berserka on Sept 13, 2007 13:14:37 GMT
I hope he's alright. There's nothing I can say, I haven't heard of that happening before. If he does it again I'd suggest taking him to a vet as it doesn't sound right.
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Post by matthaismouse on Sept 13, 2007 16:51:20 GMT
I dont want this to sound awful but couldnt it be a brain tumor or cant birds get them?
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Post by pied on Sept 13, 2007 21:03:28 GMT
Yes,Bird's are fragile and Lorikeets can look like they thrash around but pinning there eye's at the same time in a sort of dance??? I have heard of them playing dead also... Thou l am no expert, it sounds like he might have got a bit of shock being disoriented after the incident with your brother..Bird, all animal's can get brain tumor's if your worried still a avianvet visit wouldn't hurt. There is a good one in Burwood ,She specialize's in birds.
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Post by freswood on Sept 13, 2007 23:04:18 GMT
I took Yoges to the avian vet as soon as I could get an appointment - wasn't until 8:00 pm. Turns out he had a seizure, and the vet ran some blood tests. I'll be getting the results tonight. He could have anything - heavy metal poisoning, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. I'm so worried about my baby.
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Post by Berserka on Sept 14, 2007 5:48:03 GMT
I'll keep my fingers crossed that the results are negative for anything really serious.
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Post by judy on Sept 14, 2007 6:09:10 GMT
Hope everything goes ok with yogie. Keep us updated.
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Post by pied on Sept 14, 2007 10:10:44 GMT
Good luck and keep us updated on Yogie hope al works out well...
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Post by freswood on Sept 15, 2007 0:05:01 GMT
The results came back negative, thank god. Hopefully it was just a one-off episode.... and hopefully it's not epilepsy. The vet is going on ring on monday to discuss the results. Has anybody else had experience with bird seizures?
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Post by Berserka on Sept 15, 2007 5:51:44 GMT
I've experienced strokes in a couple of birds before. I hope Yogie doesn't suffer anymore episodes and was just temporarily out of it like we all get now and again.
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Post by matthaismouse on Sept 15, 2007 8:50:48 GMT
glad to hear the tests were negative. hope it was a one off and you and him dont have to experience it again.
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Post by silvercloud on Sept 16, 2007 1:34:06 GMT
Could his head have been knocked when your brother was thrashing around? A knock to the head in the wrong place could cause a seizure though its pretty rare. Is it possible he's had them before and you haven't noticed? Maybe an epilepsy type condition?
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Post by judy on Sept 16, 2007 8:18:25 GMT
glad the tests came back negative. Hows yogie doing?
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Post by freswood on Sept 17, 2007 8:02:55 GMT
The vet rang earlier, and believes it could be one of 3 things: - lorikeet paralysis syndrome - epilepsy - hormones, because it's spring now Yoges has been fine since his episode, so I guess it's just a matter of waiting to see what happens
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Post by matthaismouse on Sept 23, 2007 22:32:19 GMT
Hey. just wondering how yogies doing?
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