Brig
12-15-2002, 10:59 AM
Last night my adult normal male corn suddenly went absolutely bananas and we are really worried!
His enclosure is in our sitting room, and we were sitting close by, when he went from his usual mooching around to flying round and round and up and down, nose rubbing like mad, and trying to squeeze under the screen top (he hasn't been able to get in there for some months now, too big!), but he was giving it a really fast, violent try, then falling down with a big bang, only to do the same thing again.
It was as though something really spooked him, he looked crazy, but the room was quiet, we were both reading, no TV or music on, and no other distractions.
It was really awful to see him like that - he's the most calm and docile of all our babies, always has been, never bothers about anything, and this is really out of character.
I took him out because I really thought he'd injure himself (and it took some doing because he really didn't want to be picked up), and almost immediately he calmed down, and was ok. I kept him out for about half an hour, and he was fine, just like normal. Eventually he settled in for a snuggle under my jumper and stayed there for quite a while.
I'd be really interested to know what anyone thinks. I've never seen this before, could he have been in pain? Could he be fed up in his enclosure - like a panic attack?
Please tell me what you think,
Brig:(
His enclosure is in our sitting room, and we were sitting close by, when he went from his usual mooching around to flying round and round and up and down, nose rubbing like mad, and trying to squeeze under the screen top (he hasn't been able to get in there for some months now, too big!), but he was giving it a really fast, violent try, then falling down with a big bang, only to do the same thing again.
It was as though something really spooked him, he looked crazy, but the room was quiet, we were both reading, no TV or music on, and no other distractions.
It was really awful to see him like that - he's the most calm and docile of all our babies, always has been, never bothers about anything, and this is really out of character.
I took him out because I really thought he'd injure himself (and it took some doing because he really didn't want to be picked up), and almost immediately he calmed down, and was ok. I kept him out for about half an hour, and he was fine, just like normal. Eventually he settled in for a snuggle under my jumper and stayed there for quite a while.
I'd be really interested to know what anyone thinks. I've never seen this before, could he have been in pain? Could he be fed up in his enclosure - like a panic attack?
Please tell me what you think,
Brig:(