u/littlemissblonda

2 days ago, I posted that I was scared because Apollo started stomping his feet again, something he did when he had heavy metal poisoning 6 months ago.

That night, my body was on fire, I wanted to puke just thinking about going through this again because last time we almost lost him.

I took him to the vet first thing in the morning.

He ate metal, again.

Last time it was in the fall, now it is spring. I think he wants to eat metal every time he is hormonal...

He got his first calcium EDTA shot yesterday. Unfortunately, it is now a holiday in my country so he won't get his next one until Sunday.

The vet said that we caught it super early this time, so it is a good thing.

He sang to me this morning, he eats, he drinks and he stopped stomping his feet.

I need to get him a wooden cage.

So a few months ago I almost lost my baby to metal poisoning.

One of the signs were leg banging. He banged his leg on the perch.

I changed his food bowls, I buy special toys for him without any metals. I check up on him all of the time.

I wasn't home much for the past week but I made sure to check up on him all of the time and to watch him a sleep sometimes.

I noticed that because he is molting he is very itchy and very aggressive. He bites the cage a lot too... but I did not see him eating parts of the cage.

Today I came home from uni, and I played with him. He ate, he sang to me, we played and he was a bit aggressive.

I put him to bed, and after an hour or so wanted to go to bed too... now I see him banging his leg on the perch....

But I also see him scratching himself a lot... I am scared that he has metal poisoning again... I am so scared. I can not sleep.

So lately I noticed that my bird looks uncomfortable.

He is very aggressive and he keeps biting the bars of his cage a lot (which he never did before) and moving from side to side in his cage. He is very hyperactive, destructive of his toys and looks like he might be shaking a little bit as well...

He scratches himself a lot and has lots of new pin feathers.

He is also very curious and wants to explore.

He sings, dances, eats, drinks and vocal...

Should I be worried? Is it just because of spring, hormones and new feathers? Or he is uncomfortable because he is unwell or something?

I am also kinda worried about the fact that he bites the cage so aggressively because I'm scared he will have heavy metals poisoning.