Peace be upon everyone~
Iya iya, such a long time. This place is now filled with dust everywhere. Although I thought little changes here and there would make a difference, but I guess I'm wrong. Not to speak about such a topic as the first post in November.
Well, you can't expect things to be all happy good moments.
Metabolic bone disease or Rickets. A problem I happened to read while browsing the net.
What is metabolic bone disease/rickets? click here to read about it and here , here and here for some pictures. The site didn't provide enough details about the disease, but good as an overall view.
I've been soo glad that my birds were out of this kind of diseases, but it occurred, unfortunately.
If you do some researches about it, you'll know how difficult it is to get over it. At the same time, it'll be an easy task if the problem was confirmed earlier and the bird was taken care of before it reaches the age of 14days.
On my case, I figured out the problem when the bird was only 4 or maybe 5 days old and quickly began with the operation. However, it was futile. Its mother and father won't let their baby with some kind of thread tiding its legs. I, and my family had to tie it every time they untie it. Another solution was to make two holes in a small sponge enough to get the baby's small cute legs in. Nevertheless, we faced a lot, and I mean it, a loot of obstacles. First, the baby goes upside down due to the sponge holding his legs together. Second, mom and dad don't like this yellow looking soft thing resting underneath the baby. Third, we need to change it after two or three days which I find it somehow a heartless act because you know the pain one suffering from this kind of disease feels when you grab the legs and force their way into the small holes T^T .. I wonder how does lino feel when forcing kids to sew 24/7 .. wait what did Ange use to say afterward? in the basement?
Whatever ...
I was glad that only one of the babies we had to deal with. But unfortunately, the second one was affected by it. And we had two babies suffering from metabolic bone disease ...
Pictures of my bird when he was only 7 or maybe 8days old. Click here and here.
Video of him 2 weeks older.
A video with his brother.
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Now, 10 of Nov, two months have passed since the treatment began. What happened?
The older one was adopted by a nice guy who promised to take good care of him. And the second one healed..
It's rude to take him away from his parents? well, I know, but if I were to let him be, he would've been dead from a long time ago. I have no experience and I don't know how to hand feed him in case things got out of control and we had to separate him from his parents. So I decided to give him to the hands of a person who has a background of this disease and more importantly who's able to take care of him. I hope he's doing well there.
As of the other one. After taking good care of him, from feeding to massaging his legs, he's able to move very well. Not perfectly like the other birds, but good enough to continue living on.
Just look at this incredible cuteness~
Some videos of him when he was a month old and two months old playing with his older sisters.
And this is where he was still with his mother and father.
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Finally listen to the older bird 'Tent' chirping. He grew up really fast T__T
I need to look for him a cute Albino female cockatiel .. I doubt I'll find one ...
Anyway, enjoy~
Iya iya, such a long time. This place is now filled with dust everywhere. Although I thought little changes here and there would make a difference, but I guess I'm wrong. Not to speak about such a topic as the first post in November.
Well, you can't expect things to be all happy good moments.
Metabolic bone disease or Rickets. A problem I happened to read while browsing the net.
What is metabolic bone disease/rickets? click here to read about it and here , here and here for some pictures. The site didn't provide enough details about the disease, but good as an overall view.
I've been soo glad that my birds were out of this kind of diseases, but it occurred, unfortunately.
If you do some researches about it, you'll know how difficult it is to get over it. At the same time, it'll be an easy task if the problem was confirmed earlier and the bird was taken care of before it reaches the age of 14days.
On my case, I figured out the problem when the bird was only 4 or maybe 5 days old and quickly began with the operation. However, it was futile. Its mother and father won't let their baby with some kind of thread tiding its legs. I, and my family had to tie it every time they untie it. Another solution was to make two holes in a small sponge enough to get the baby's small cute legs in. Nevertheless, we faced a lot, and I mean it, a loot of obstacles. First, the baby goes upside down due to the sponge holding his legs together. Second, mom and dad don't like this yellow looking soft thing resting underneath the baby. Third, we need to change it after two or three days which I find it somehow a heartless act because you know the pain one suffering from this kind of disease feels when you grab the legs and force their way into the small holes T^T .. I wonder how does lino feel when forcing kids to sew 24/7 .. wait what did Ange use to say afterward? in the basement?
Whatever ...
I was glad that only one of the babies we had to deal with. But unfortunately, the second one was affected by it. And we had two babies suffering from metabolic bone disease ...
Pictures of my bird when he was only 7 or maybe 8days old. Click here and here.
Video of him 2 weeks older.
A video with his brother.
________________________
Now, 10 of Nov, two months have passed since the treatment began. What happened?
The older one was adopted by a nice guy who promised to take good care of him. And the second one healed..
It's rude to take him away from his parents? well, I know, but if I were to let him be, he would've been dead from a long time ago. I have no experience and I don't know how to hand feed him in case things got out of control and we had to separate him from his parents. So I decided to give him to the hands of a person who has a background of this disease and more importantly who's able to take care of him. I hope he's doing well there.
As of the other one. After taking good care of him, from feeding to massaging his legs, he's able to move very well. Not perfectly like the other birds, but good enough to continue living on.
Just look at this incredible cuteness~
Some videos of him when he was a month old and two months old playing with his older sisters.And this is where he was still with his mother and father.
____________________
Finally listen to the older bird 'Tent' chirping. He grew up really fast T__T
I need to look for him a cute Albino female cockatiel .. I doubt I'll find one ...
Anyway, enjoy~
