*Update* Weak Legs. Sick? Injured?

[itsazoo]

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[dlhunicorn]

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always use medicated starter is my advice... being in a brooder is no garantee AT all... if I were you I would get medicated starter immediately and start the birds on it.
Also get some POLYVISOL enfamil formulation (childrens liquid A-B-D vitamins > get the one without the iron) and put three drops in beak (do this in evening when she is sleepy... it will stress her less). Once a day for two weeks. Get electrolytes/vit... you should always have this to hand.
Offer a live culture plain yogurt free choice... lightly sprinkle some of the crumbles over the top to encourage her to eat.
There is a baby parrot handfeeding formula (is powder and you mix water in it to consistency of a porridge) that you can buy at petstores > if you can possibly get this and mix in her feed to concentrate the nutrition I feel this will be of benefit to her also.

 

[itsazoo]

After all my worrying, the problem is a leg injury. She must have hurt it when they all piled up under the box. She's still eating & drinking good and her legs are getting stronger every day. She's still a little wobbly on her feet but she can stand. I let her out on the floor last night and she walked around slowly but MUCH better! I still have her isolated but I suspect she'll be back with the rest of the chicklets within a day or 2.

Thanks for the help and good wishes!

When I told the family I was to feed the chick yougurt... well you should have seen the LOOKS I got! LOL! Oddly, they're very similiar to the looks the chick gave me- she HATED it!

 

[itsazoo]

Update...

She is now 10 weeks old, we call her Wobbles and she's doing just fine and seems to have fully recovered.