[RubyMuse]

Well, I adopted an Amazon who is blind. I took him to two vets and a specialist. They could not detect any retinal function and wanted to do further testing. One eye is from trauma and the other might just be a cataract from age, poor nutrition, or a combination.

Birds have a gland on the tops of their heads that allow them to detect a photoperiod even in the abscense of optical perception of light.

I began doing everything by voice: I announe myself when I come in the room, I say "door" when I open or close his door, " food" for the food bowl, "water" for the water bowl and most importantly I do not change the cage furniture because he knows exactly where everything is supposed to be and seems very stressed if something is out of place.

Good for you for taking in this little one - he sure got lucky with you!


(And to the person who posted about the blinded Grey - those people should have been charged with a crime!)

Also, I take him outside in a smaller cage for time in the sun for vitamin D, and give him foods like sweet potatoes and carrots, to help him nutritionally in case that is a factor so maybe add fresh foods in to a seed based diet and even better -begin spouting fresh seeds for them which are really full of great nutrition... Best of luck to you!