Lefitte
03-28-2015, 12:50 AM
Hey there! I haven't been on here in a while but I thought I would give an update. As some might remember, I have an 18yo cockatiel pair that have developed some issues with arthritis. My female, Kiki, has only a little bit in a couple of toes that doesn't seem to bother her, they're just a little crooked. Pretty Boy however developed a swollen foot and ankle and had a red, angry spot.
I've made a few changes since my first post on the forums. I'm in the process of switching their food from seed to pellets. They wouldn't touch it without a bunch of regular seed so now they're happily eating about half and half along with their regular treat of daily millet seed. I also got them a rope perch and Pretty Boy was very slow to use it but he's finally started to use it, after weeks. His foot doesn't look swollen anymore and the sore spot looks to be healing up and almost gone. He's standing normal again as well and is back to his regular activity level. We're going to work on finding them some enrichment items. They never have been keen on toys [unless it's Pretty Boy and silver jewelry that he tends to break] so we're trying to see if adding different things every once in a while will get them to investigate and keep busy. Even if it's something simple like a homemade toy or a jingly cat toy on the bottom of the cage, just something different. They take a long time to warm up to things, but if we do it more, then it might just turn out to be a pretty good thing.
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Just wanted to give everyone an update!
I've made a few changes since my first post on the forums. I'm in the process of switching their food from seed to pellets. They wouldn't touch it without a bunch of regular seed so now they're happily eating about half and half along with their regular treat of daily millet seed. I also got them a rope perch and Pretty Boy was very slow to use it but he's finally started to use it, after weeks. His foot doesn't look swollen anymore and the sore spot looks to be healing up and almost gone. He's standing normal again as well and is back to his regular activity level. We're going to work on finding them some enrichment items. They never have been keen on toys [unless it's Pretty Boy and silver jewelry that he tends to break] so we're trying to see if adding different things every once in a while will get them to investigate and keep busy. Even if it's something simple like a homemade toy or a jingly cat toy on the bottom of the cage, just something different. They take a long time to warm up to things, but if we do it more, then it might just turn out to be a pretty good thing.
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Just wanted to give everyone an update!