I made the trek back to Toledo earlier this week, and I brought all five of my birds with me. The plan was to go to lunch and then return to the house to work on a few projects. However, when we returned home, the Chloe was sitting at the bottom of her cage looking very sad. I had just rescued Chloe from a very bad situation ten days before this. Since I brought her home she had been very happy and energetic.

The listless parakeet really made me worry. I got her out of the cage and she perked up and little as she sat with me. Then I thought she might be hungry. She did not like the pellet I fed her, and maybe that was the issue. I gave her some millet and once again she perked up, but that only lasted a minute. Then it happed…she had a seizure. I’m guessing she had one while I was gone, and that is why she was at the bottom of the cage. She couldn’t stand on her own and she was becoming non responsive.

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