Patty, Linus and Co.
01-19-2008, 02:50 PM
When I came home from work last night, I saw that Linus had gotten out of his cage. I put him back in and went around assessing the damage starting with my small birds. They were okay. Last time he got out one of my teils wasn't so lucky. He tore a hole in my bed, demolished the sheets on it, did a little more damage to the woodworking, the power in the bedroom was out because it must've blown when he chewed through the cord to the tv, he also chewed on the power strip that was still plugged into the wall. This could've been really bad. However, the worst damage was to the cable cords. The ones in the living room are in pvc piping, but in the bedroom they not and are the first thing he'll see when he walks in. He chewed several of the cable down to the thin copper wire in the middle - there was 6 inches of that type of damage to the worst chewed cable.
While I was cleaning it up I was looking at the little wires and filaments he could've ingested, not to mention toxic plastic. His behavior is very normal, active and chatty, eating etc. But there is one thing that is troubling me. A while later, he was on the floor by the bedroom door, he wants in in the worst way which is typical. He knows the other birds are there and he spends alot of time with his head upside down trying to look under the door. I noticed him stretching his neck out and pumping his head in a regurgitative way. He did this a couple of times, and then not again. The first thing I thought was that he was trying to bring something up. I felt his crop and felt what I think was a pellet, not chewed plastic because of its thickness and shape. I was thinking what if a piece of wire was stuck in his crop?
I called my vet this morning about getting him xrayed, there was an emergency that involved several birds and I couldn't talk to the doctor. They said I should observe him, and that symptoms would be evident (like not eating or strange behavior etc). He really does seem fine. But this is nagging at me. Should I take him in for an xray just to put me at peace?
While I was cleaning it up I was looking at the little wires and filaments he could've ingested, not to mention toxic plastic. His behavior is very normal, active and chatty, eating etc. But there is one thing that is troubling me. A while later, he was on the floor by the bedroom door, he wants in in the worst way which is typical. He knows the other birds are there and he spends alot of time with his head upside down trying to look under the door. I noticed him stretching his neck out and pumping his head in a regurgitative way. He did this a couple of times, and then not again. The first thing I thought was that he was trying to bring something up. I felt his crop and felt what I think was a pellet, not chewed plastic because of its thickness and shape. I was thinking what if a piece of wire was stuck in his crop?
I called my vet this morning about getting him xrayed, there was an emergency that involved several birds and I couldn't talk to the doctor. They said I should observe him, and that symptoms would be evident (like not eating or strange behavior etc). He really does seem fine. But this is nagging at me. Should I take him in for an xray just to put me at peace?