Strange ??

[vettepilot_6]

Well that was strange...just had a male RFPF hit the floor (while I was watching them doing their daily stuff) rolled over on its back, thought oh no he is gone....after a few seconds he rolled back over, and sat there looking a little stunned, meanwhile a couple of Cordons and his mate are hopping around him....I thought I wont go in see how he goes for a few minutes....10 mins later and he is back flying around...strange..originally I thought a spider or something had stung him but he seems okay? fingers crossed.....

[TomDeGraaff]

I have had gouldians do this when I stupidly tried to catch them on a hot day. They also recovered but I nearly didn't!!

[vettepilot_6]

Don't think it was heat...was early am and he was just eating some seeding grasses when he just dropped 4th to the floor

[bjc787]

I was in my zebra finch holding cage this afternoon and when I walked in 1 fell to the ground and tried to fly back up but couldn't fly, I looked up and then back down and it was on it's back, I thought it was dead and then about 10 seconds later it rolled over and flew off, it was fine then.

[TomDeGraaff]

The older books refer to this as apoplexy or fits. They generally state it is due to some form of stress. Not necessarily human-induced.
Tom

[crazy cuban]

I've had this in one of my Black Rump Double Bars.
From what I can remember it is most often brought on by stress or deficiency in certain vitamins.