I have had my OWA for almost a month now. Last night I covers his cage on my way too work and my wife said about15 mins lAter he fell off his perch and was shaking. The lady I got him from said he has night tremors. Should I have him looked at or is that common?? Any info would help
Jade
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I was reading a book last night, pertaining to night frights.
I am not trying to scare you, just giving you the facts.
Night frights are when some birds, are startled during the night and begin flapping their wings in their cages in a panic mode.A lot of attention is drawn to birds having nightmares. Some scientists say they do have dreams. A number of scientific studies say birds may be dreaming about their songs. Still, there is no proof that birds share the same types of nightmares as us humans.
When an attack happens to your bird, turn the lights on immediately in the room. Speak softly to the bird in a calming voice of reassurance, helps a tremendously. Do not try and reach inside the cage and grab your birds, this may scare him even more.
During a night fright, it is possible your bird could break a wing or their feathers will become damaged, especially if one of the feathers is a "blood feather." If one of the blood feathers becomes damaged, calmly remove it. There could be some consequences if your bird has another night fright and bang the broken feather, it could continue to bleed and if not treated, mainly for smaller birds, it may cause death.
My AG Mishka, sleeps in my bedroom in his night cage. He has often had dreams, and he talks in his sleep. LoL I even heard him farting one night, seriously.
I hope this information assists you in some way !!!!
I am not trying to scare you, just giving you the facts.
Night frights are when some birds, are startled during the night and begin flapping their wings in their cages in a panic mode.A lot of attention is drawn to birds having nightmares. Some scientists say they do have dreams. A number of scientific studies say birds may be dreaming about their songs. Still, there is no proof that birds share the same types of nightmares as us humans.
When an attack happens to your bird, turn the lights on immediately in the room. Speak softly to the bird in a calming voice of reassurance, helps a tremendously. Do not try and reach inside the cage and grab your birds, this may scare him even more.
During a night fright, it is possible your bird could break a wing or their feathers will become damaged, especially if one of the feathers is a "blood feather." If one of the blood feathers becomes damaged, calmly remove it. There could be some consequences if your bird has another night fright and bang the broken feather, it could continue to bleed and if not treated, mainly for smaller birds, it may cause death.
My AG Mishka, sleeps in my bedroom in his night cage. He has often had dreams, and he talks in his sleep. LoL I even heard him farting one night, seriously.
I hope this information assists you in some way !!!!
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I would say, it is not a very common thing. We owned parrots for 11 years and never had night fright. I think, I might add a night light or even keep a lamp on for him. We have numberous lights like on the fish tanks that stay on all the time, a kitchen light that gives the birds some vision. In total darkness, the birds could kill themselves if scared enough.
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