Lone rh gouldian cock bird.
Posted: 21 May 2010, 18:10
Ok so about 3 months ago i swapped some young ones for a realy nice rh boy gouldian to stash away as a future breeder with one of my new up a coming hen birds bred from this year.
I quaratined him for 2 weeks baycox a moxidectin and released him into my aviary. Not a good idea i found out as my pair of blackhead cock wanted to beat him up even tho ive got a pair of yellow heads in there. He wanted to go the rh boy.
So i took him out and put him into a outdoor cabinet with plastic over the front a pampered him. Good food good everything. Anyway about 3 weeks ago i found him one morning with his head dangling to one side and he couldnt realy move. So quickly i grabbed him and put him in a small cage on top of one of my fish tanks because the light underneath and the tank keeps his cage very warm.
Anyway he lied there and in about 4 hours was up and at it eating and everything was fine! Thought sweet! Left him there for 2 days fresh water and good food.
Thought i will move the cage off the tank but keep him inside. Anyway he lasted 5 days singing and all then again found him lying on the cage floor looking horrible with neck bent. So put cage on back of the fish tank and 2 hours later hes up and at it!
Any ideas what it could be?? Like least he comes back. i baycoxed him again and he seems totally normal again. Weird tho the head hangs to one side and he looks out of it. Heat seems to make him totally normal again. Im going to give him a week tho on top of fish tank. As hes doing great now but any ideas are greatly appreciatted!
Ben
I quaratined him for 2 weeks baycox a moxidectin and released him into my aviary. Not a good idea i found out as my pair of blackhead cock wanted to beat him up even tho ive got a pair of yellow heads in there. He wanted to go the rh boy.
So i took him out and put him into a outdoor cabinet with plastic over the front a pampered him. Good food good everything. Anyway about 3 weeks ago i found him one morning with his head dangling to one side and he couldnt realy move. So quickly i grabbed him and put him in a small cage on top of one of my fish tanks because the light underneath and the tank keeps his cage very warm.
Anyway he lied there and in about 4 hours was up and at it eating and everything was fine! Thought sweet! Left him there for 2 days fresh water and good food.
Thought i will move the cage off the tank but keep him inside. Anyway he lasted 5 days singing and all then again found him lying on the cage floor looking horrible with neck bent. So put cage on back of the fish tank and 2 hours later hes up and at it!
Any ideas what it could be?? Like least he comes back. i baycoxed him again and he seems totally normal again. Weird tho the head hangs to one side and he looks out of it. Heat seems to make him totally normal again. Im going to give him a week tho on top of fish tank. As hes doing great now but any ideas are greatly appreciatted!
Ben
