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Originally Posted by peeker
Hi Lou! Welcome :icon_mrgr I can't wait to hear about some of your birds, I have a blind male eclectus named Mojo.
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I find it amazing how these babies with handicaps adapt, what an example they are. We have Molly who is a 13 year old Moluccan Cockatoo, her leg was broken when she was a baby, she was part of a bulk shipment to a pet store. Her right leg sticks straight out from her body in a permanent position but she can use her "foot" to grasp with, she can eat with it, no problem for her. She is also a feather picker and self mutilator, this apparently started when she reached sexual maturity. This year has been a real learning experience for us, Molly has had to teach us a lot, her story is long and one day if you have time check out our web site
www.exoticbirdrescue.org there is a section on some of our special needs babies. Kinko is an African Gray and his neck is at an angle, he was born that way, could have been lack of calcium in the Mom's diet or in the shell wrong, but has not slowed him down either. Indigo, we call her Indy, is a blue front Amazon and has the equilvent of Downs Syndome, it's called something else in the bird world but I can't remember, our local vet is going to look it up again for me. She cannot see out of one eye, but the vet explained to us that she is not blind but that the brain is not processing what she see's. She get's along quite well in a free flight room with many other Amazons, a bit of a loner, she does not fly but does move about the room freely. My husband says for every bird there is a story, that is so true. If you don't get a chance to see our web site let me know and I will tell you about some of the others. Interested in knowing how your Mojo functions, does he interact with the others?
Thanks for your interest and the welcome.
Lou
02-23-2005, 04:16 AM
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