Hey Guys!
Some Background here:
I have two parakeets. Both I got as young ones from a big chain pet store 4 and half years ago. I love them both dearly and have never had to take them to the vet.
One of my parakeets is your average parakeet. It acts like one, looks like one, and sounds like one.
What Concerns Me:
Another one of my parakeets is a bit weirder. It has slower movements like a parrot, sometimes holds things in its hand, is a lot more muscular than my other parakeet (after he runs around you can see the muscles in his legs and chest), and is also... sicker more too. He has only begun to develop this sensitivity recently.
My first parakeet that is normal has never fallen sick before. Ever. The cage is always kept very clean, food and water replaced daily, and the birds are allowed to fly whenever they please for more than 12 hours a day.
However my second parakeet, seems to always fall sick whenever there is a change in weather. For example, we'll have a 90 degree heat wave and he'll be puffed up, and vomit a lot. Then I'll provide him with millet, a heat lamp, and I'll keep his cage covered the whole day instead of just at night and he'll be back to his normal self from anywhere to a day to three days. Then when the weather changes again, the whole process repeats.
During these weather changes, he just acts like his normal self. Eating, foraging, playing, sleeping, and singing. But he is puffed up, a little cold even though it could be a heat wave, bobs his tail, and vomits too. Recently, he has developed a weird squeak too whenever I hold him when he is going through this.His droppings are also watery and not well formed.
This has never been a problem up until a year and a half ago. He has never been sick prior to that and he started to get more and more sensitive as the months passed. This is really concerning me and I would like to get any advice I can.
To sum it up:
1) I have two parakeets, only one of them falls sick.
2) They have a clean cage, access to fresh food and water 24/7, and access to fly around for 12 hours each day.
3) One of my birds falls "sick" whenever the weather changes
4) I have no clue what to do.
I know many of you are going to suggest I take my bird to a vet, however my parents refuse to do so. I have tried many times to convince them, but it's the best I can do.
Any advice is appreciated.
Some Background here:
I have two parakeets. Both I got as young ones from a big chain pet store 4 and half years ago. I love them both dearly and have never had to take them to the vet.
One of my parakeets is your average parakeet. It acts like one, looks like one, and sounds like one.
What Concerns Me:
Another one of my parakeets is a bit weirder. It has slower movements like a parrot, sometimes holds things in its hand, is a lot more muscular than my other parakeet (after he runs around you can see the muscles in his legs and chest), and is also... sicker more too. He has only begun to develop this sensitivity recently.
My first parakeet that is normal has never fallen sick before. Ever. The cage is always kept very clean, food and water replaced daily, and the birds are allowed to fly whenever they please for more than 12 hours a day.
However my second parakeet, seems to always fall sick whenever there is a change in weather. For example, we'll have a 90 degree heat wave and he'll be puffed up, and vomit a lot. Then I'll provide him with millet, a heat lamp, and I'll keep his cage covered the whole day instead of just at night and he'll be back to his normal self from anywhere to a day to three days. Then when the weather changes again, the whole process repeats.
During these weather changes, he just acts like his normal self. Eating, foraging, playing, sleeping, and singing. But he is puffed up, a little cold even though it could be a heat wave, bobs his tail, and vomits too. Recently, he has developed a weird squeak too whenever I hold him when he is going through this.His droppings are also watery and not well formed.
This has never been a problem up until a year and a half ago. He has never been sick prior to that and he started to get more and more sensitive as the months passed. This is really concerning me and I would like to get any advice I can.
To sum it up:
1) I have two parakeets, only one of them falls sick.
2) They have a clean cage, access to fresh food and water 24/7, and access to fly around for 12 hours each day.
3) One of my birds falls "sick" whenever the weather changes
4) I have no clue what to do.
I know many of you are going to suggest I take my bird to a vet, however my parents refuse to do so. I have tried many times to convince them, but it's the best I can do.
Any advice is appreciated.