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From: chris@unislc.uucp (Chris DelPrete)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: INDOOR: A one-winged cockatiel
Message-ID: <1990Oct10.191352.11910@unislc.uucp>
Date: 10 Oct 90 19:13:52 GMT
Organization: Unisys, SLC Utah
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My boyfriend and I just got a cockatiel (our third) from an abusive
home.  A couple of years ago, someone broke the bird's wing and 
it was amputated.  When it came to us, it appeared to have diarrhea 
(the feathers around the cloaca are very dirty).  It also bleeds 
fairly easily.  

My questions:

Does anyone out there have experience with a one-winged (actually one
and a half) bird?  She cannot fly ... she just drops.

Is diarrhea a common ailment and could it be related to a stressful
environment?  We retrieved her from a home full of screaming children
with IQs of a carrot (combined).

She was hardly bumped when we transferred her to our cage, but her
wing started bleeding.  Is this common?  Does anyone have experience 
with birds in this regard?

Our other two birds came to us healthy and we have kept them that way.
I am new at the abused bird game.  Suggestions?

--Chris DelPrete