Stress is quite dangerous not only for humans but for birds too, it can cause a variety of issues in your birds.
This article looks into all you need to know when it comes to stress seizures in your birds.
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Stress seizures in birds:
Birds and humans can both suffer from stress, but we don’t get stressed for the same reasons.
Emotional stress can cause seizures in humans, here is how stress can cause seizures in birds:
Seizures in birds:
A bird suffering a seizure can look similar to a human suffering a seizure.
Seizures cause involuntary and scary movements in your bird.
A variety of birds can suffer seizures including budgies, cockatiels, African grey parrots, finches, canaries, amazon parrots, and lovebirds to name a few.
All these birds will suffer a fit or a convulsion when seizing.
Stressors that can cause seizures in birds:
A number of things can cause your bird to become stressed and develop seizures including:
Injury to the brain:
An injury is a stress to the bird’s body and can cause the bird to develop a seizure.
Your bird may become injured if it is attacked by a predator, another bird, or, if it collides with a wall or window while flying.
A bird who suffers an injury to the brain during the injury may develop a seizure.
Injury may include a blood clot, a concussion, a brain tumor, or brain swelling.
Environmental stressor:
The bird’s environment may also cause the bird to develop a stress seizure.
One environmental stressor that your bird may suffer from is overheating.
Something as simple as overheating may cause the bird to develop a seizure.
Disease:
Disease is another stressor that can cause your bird to develop a seizure.
A variety of illnesses can cause seizures including low magnesium in the bird’s body, liver or kidney failure, tumors in the kidneys, infectious diseases, and bacterial diseases.
Nutritional deficiencies:
A lack of nutrients can put stress on the bird’s body and cause the bird to develop seizures.
If the bird doesn’t have enough vitamin B, Vitamin E, or calcium in its body then the bird may develop seizures.
The bird can also develop seizures if it has low blood sugar.
Toxins:
Toxins are stressors to your bird’s body and can also cause seizures to develop in your bird.
Birds are small and fragile so small amounts of toxins can affect them in a big way.
The birds can also be negatively affected by household items that are normal and every day to us.
What to do:
Trying to figure out the reason behind your bird’s seizures can be a bit difficult on your own, and may take time, time that your bird may not have.
For this reason, it is advised that you take your bird to the vet to be examined and treated.
The vet will physically examine your bird, run tests on your bird and ask for your bird’s history to determine the underlying cause of the seizure.
The vet will also give the bird medications that will help temporarily treat the bird’s seizures and then treat the underlying cause of the bird’s seizures.
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