Hello! I am new to this wonderful community and need urgent help with my Alexandrine parrot.
I bought him yesterday from a regular pet store, where he was not in the best state. He was in a small cage for his size, had only sunflower seeds to eat from, no toys, and the cage was placed on the floor for almost his whole life. He is around 2 years old and it was very stressful for him to move him from the pet store, all the way to my home in his new cage. He shrieked like crazy, hes was very scared of humans at the pet store (would move away from the person in his cage), bit the pet store worker when he handled him with a towel, and was breathing rapidly.
When we arrived home we moved him from the small cage to his new home, a big wide cage, where he is able to extend his tail.
Yesterday after an hour of being in his new home, he seemed to be moving around side to side on the highest perch in the cage and has not moved from there since.
Today, this morning I've been coming in and out of the room he is in, and has become comfortable with me in the room. Now he does not move away from me when I get close to the cage. I can talk to him move my hand slowly towards him and does not fly in fear to the other side of the cage. Last night, finally, he got really comfortable and started climbing all around the cage, making noises, biting some toys. I also saw him drinking some water but has not eaten.
Something I have been noticing is that he is often trembling his body and wings, very slightly but constantly when I am not in the room. Then when I hang out in the room with him, he still trembles but a lot less. It is not cold in the room, his feathers are not fluffed, he is just trembling. I do not know why and will see if he continues to do so tomorrow.
The last thing I want to do is take him to the vet, as it was incredibly stressful and traumatic to take him out of a smaller cage. Please, if you know why this could be, let me know.
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I bought him yesterday from a regular pet store, where he was not in the best state. He was in a small cage for his size, had only sunflower seeds to eat from, no toys, and the cage was placed on the floor for almost his whole life. He is around 2 years old and it was very stressful for him to move him from the pet store, all the way to my home in his new cage. He shrieked like crazy, hes was very scared of humans at the pet store (would move away from the person in his cage), bit the pet store worker when he handled him with a towel, and was breathing rapidly.
When we arrived home we moved him from the small cage to his new home, a big wide cage, where he is able to extend his tail.
Yesterday after an hour of being in his new home, he seemed to be moving around side to side on the highest perch in the cage and has not moved from there since.
Today, this morning I've been coming in and out of the room he is in, and has become comfortable with me in the room. Now he does not move away from me when I get close to the cage. I can talk to him move my hand slowly towards him and does not fly in fear to the other side of the cage. Last night, finally, he got really comfortable and started climbing all around the cage, making noises, biting some toys. I also saw him drinking some water but has not eaten.
Something I have been noticing is that he is often trembling his body and wings, very slightly but constantly when I am not in the room. Then when I hang out in the room with him, he still trembles but a lot less. It is not cold in the room, his feathers are not fluffed, he is just trembling. I do not know why and will see if he continues to do so tomorrow.
The last thing I want to do is take him to the vet, as it was incredibly stressful and traumatic to take him out of a smaller cage. Please, if you know why this could be, let me know.
