healing vibes please, for my budgie Perwinkle...UPDATE! HE'S SINGING W/THE EAGLES! [View all]
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Last Friday, he was his normal ebullient, flirtatious self, playing with Sage, Violet and Dandelion, singing from daybreak on, zooming around, and humping his new favorite soft rope toy.
Saturday morning was eerily quiet. I hadn't slept well and attributed it to the dark cloudy morning when I headed out to morning chores. Saturday afternoon the sun was out, and he was sleeping beak tucked on top of a curtain rod. Totally not Peri.
Sunday he was slightly better, followed me into the kitchen and sang quietly for about 2 seconds while I fixed breakfast. Then spent the day in their cage grooming a lot, napping but mostly not beak tucked. He sang a little last night and flirted with Dandy, for maybe a minute.
He's eating well and his weight is the same as 2 months ago when I took a baseline. He let me catch him entirely too easily. I should have separated him out right then to observe his poops, but didn't and now I regret that. And they got out this morning before I could catch him to separate and observe him. Or I'd have called the vet already. He is staying out, hanging out on Jerry's cage, so slightly better than yesterday. But still quiet and inactive. Violet tried to approach him and he backed away. 
They usually head in between 9:30 and 10:30 for their mid-morning breakfast. Hopefully they'll stick to that routine. I don't like the way Dandelion is looking right now either, although he came with fatty liver syndrome and a lipoma, so has some subdued days.
I'm kicking my butt now for failing to separate him and keep him in when I had the chance. A mistake like that can be deadly. I don't want to call the vet for an appointment until I can pack him in the car and take him. I don't want to waste his energy trying to catch him while he's loose. I haven't slept well all week thanks to full moon. 
He's obviously fighting something and so far winning, but birds go down fast when they go down, so there's no time to waste. I hope they go in soon to eat so I can get him with minimal fuss and call the vet asap.
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