Hi,I'd like your help and suggestions if possible. My 18 yr old cockateil seems to be behaving differently lately, we've noticed that he seems to now prefer to sleep and play at the bottom darker part of his cage.(he usualy always sleeps on his perches.) His large cage is always open for him to come out and fly around as he wishes. Lately he needs to be picked up by hand to get him to come out, very unusual for him because he usually likes to be out and about and sitting on our shoulders. The thing is, once he's on your hand he poos droppings once - (quite a large amount) and then he's back to normal. When he decides to return to his cage he choses to go back down to the bottom again. And the cycle starts again. Nothing has changed in his cage, position or room temp. It may seem strange to you, but this behaviour is unusual for him and I don't know if I should worry about his larger droppings as he appears fine appart from the hiding in his cage part.
thanks for any advice,
Keith Anderson
