Questions from a newbie
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 3:24 pm
Hi,
I introduced myself and Chester in the "introduce yourself" section this morning. http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=19295
Anyway, I believe his color to be a Lutino Lacewing. Correct me if I am wrong. None-the-less it doesn't matter, I picked him because of his personality.
Today he is doing great but I am wondering if anyone has experienced adopting a 2 year old that has never lived in a home situation? He was in an aviary in Florida until about 6 months ago when he was flown to NY state to the aviary I adopted him from last Saturday.
I completely expected a lot of time for him to acclimate to our home (much longer than a week) but over this past week he had me so worried!! He was sleeping most of the time, fluffed up and not vocalizing or moving around very much. On Thursday I was a mess when I woke him up in the morning and he regurgitated for a long time, shaking it everywhere with his eyes pinned. He didn't eat very much that day and slept most of the day, tucked in.
I frantically called around the avian vets in my area (two of them) to get an appt. No one had anything available until Monday at the soonest, not even for an emergency. I was sure I was going to lose him.
This morning I woke him up and he came right down to eat. He's been vocalizing on and off all day. Eating fresh veggies and fruits, seeds and nuts and acting like he should.
I am bringing him in on Monday for a check-up but in the meantime, has anyone ever experienced such a thing with a newly adopted Ringneck? Was he depressed or what could it have possibly been? I would like to set my mind at ease a little.
On the bright side of things, he is not really all that scared of me and I think given only a little amount of time we will be best buds. I love him already! Some odd sort of thing happened when I laid my eyes on him and I knew he was coming home with me.
Jen
I introduced myself and Chester in the "introduce yourself" section this morning. http://www.indianringneck.com/forum/vie ... =7&t=19295
Anyway, I believe his color to be a Lutino Lacewing. Correct me if I am wrong. None-the-less it doesn't matter, I picked him because of his personality.
Today he is doing great but I am wondering if anyone has experienced adopting a 2 year old that has never lived in a home situation? He was in an aviary in Florida until about 6 months ago when he was flown to NY state to the aviary I adopted him from last Saturday.
I completely expected a lot of time for him to acclimate to our home (much longer than a week) but over this past week he had me so worried!! He was sleeping most of the time, fluffed up and not vocalizing or moving around very much. On Thursday I was a mess when I woke him up in the morning and he regurgitated for a long time, shaking it everywhere with his eyes pinned. He didn't eat very much that day and slept most of the day, tucked in.
I frantically called around the avian vets in my area (two of them) to get an appt. No one had anything available until Monday at the soonest, not even for an emergency. I was sure I was going to lose him.
This morning I woke him up and he came right down to eat. He's been vocalizing on and off all day. Eating fresh veggies and fruits, seeds and nuts and acting like he should.
I am bringing him in on Monday for a check-up but in the meantime, has anyone ever experienced such a thing with a newly adopted Ringneck? Was he depressed or what could it have possibly been? I would like to set my mind at ease a little.
On the bright side of things, he is not really all that scared of me and I think given only a little amount of time we will be best buds. I love him already! Some odd sort of thing happened when I laid my eyes on him and I knew he was coming home with me.
Jen