A good excuse for being late for class

[jamijo]

I'm enrolled in a summer class that runs from 8 am - 10 am up at Slippery Rock University, which is about 45 minutes from where I live, so I've been leaving the house around 7 am every day for the past three weeks. Generally in the morning I take Pixie (U2) downstairs from her sleep cage (she sleeps in our room so she can go to bed before the rest

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[bloolark]

Cin did that twice and I still have no good idea of how he managed, unfortunately.

Definitely keep an eye on her and keep her out time very calm -- breaking all of those bloodfeathers would be bad. I think she doesn't fly (right?), so having her out of her cage if she won't fling herself to the ground is probably okay. If she does, it's probably better to keep her in her cage for a while.

Poor Marlette!

[jamijo]

This is one of those situations where I'm immensely glad she's a rather sedentary bird. She rarely flies unless we give her strong encouragement to do so (generally either we're keeping her from going somewhere she really wants to go, or somebody has the vacuum out and she's not happy about it). She's not much of a flinger, thankfully, and I think she'll be spending time upstairs when we're vacuuming and moving stuff around the living room.

Knowing that Cin's done this before and recovered makes me feel a bit better about it -- I tend to get a little panicky when Marlette has any kind health issues becuase of her age. I was looking through some old pics a few weeks ago, and WOW she's aged a lot in the last ten years, both in the way she looks as well as in the way she acts. :(

[bloolark]

Twice! Silly grey. :) Yeah, he recovered fine both times, grew in his new feathers, and is back to flying around and chiding the world for irritating him.

Definitely keep up her nutrition and keep an eye on her, but she should grow back in the feathers. In Cin's case, it took about a month to six weeks, so keep that general timeline in line.

[stainedfeathers]

Hm, sounds to me light a fright moult. I've seen this happen to birds before- something momentarily catches their feathers when they're scared or stressed (Cage bars, an owners hand, another bird divebombing them *cough*mockingbird vs coopers hawk*cough*, etc.) and the feathers will "explode" from that area. It's a muscle thing. The muscle will let go in a time of stress so the feathers will release. It's theorized its an escape method. Doesn't really hurt the bird but it does panic the owner. ^^ I remember someone on here who was holding their bird lightly when the bird started and flew off and they were left with a handful of feathers and a bald butted bird. Hehe

[troubleagain]

Whoa. Poor Marlette! I'm glad Sunshine doesn't startle easily, as I live in the Thunderstorm Capital of the World! :D

[jamijo]

Well, from your stories about Sunshine, I think she'd squawk back at the thunderstorm and try to startle it back for interrupting her slumber if something like that happened to her--and the thunderstorm would likely learn a lesson about raising the ire of a lovebird!! :D ;)

[troubleagain]

That's probably true! :D

[genmaicha]

Poor Marlette. :( I knew about Cin's incidents like this, and boy, is it mysterious. :(