Do Quakers ever have quiet days?

Drago has been quiet all day an I find it to be concerning. Normally he spends his day fussing, yelling, talking etc and he isn't really doing that today,. He is eating and drink, not as much as he normally does. I wasn't home at all until very late in the evening and contributed his quietness to the time of the day.

My husband was home a bit earlier than I was yesterday and did take Drago out. At one point had to net him (we have a large bird net) to put him back in his cage. I was thinking that he may have a concussion, but I doubt just netting him would case that. Other than being quite he isn't showing any of the other signs. We checked his bones, wings, and they are fine.

Is this normal? I did try calling the 2 avian vets we use. One is out of town and the other is out of the office until Sautrday (even a phone call with cost me $120)

In would take him to the vet asap...any change in behaviour is not normal.. they should always be eating and drinking as per usual even if they have a quiet day (which personally i have never had)

I think they can have the odd quiet day, I know Casey does. But if you’re really concerned and he just doesn’t look right then maybe a vet trip is in order.

I definitely wouldn’t ‘net him’ that will make him very fearful and untrusting of people IMO. If you can’t catch him I’d clip those wings so he can learn the proper behaviour first before he is given the freedom of flight. IMO.

I agree with Casey's Mom, netting is not a good way to deal with birds.

My birds have quiet days too, but their eating habits usually stay the same.

I am actually glad he had the quite day, today he has been pretty quiet too though. I am not really that worried, just caught me off guard. By the end of the day yesterday he was a bit more playful and seemed to be eating more. Today he ate a lot more and is talking, just not being loud and he is not as playful. The vet we usually go to is back in the office tomorrow, so if he isn't acting 100% "normal" tomorrow I am going to take him in. What I am hoping is going on is that he is starting to figure out when he yells he doesn't get attention.

He just weaned 2 weeks ago and tried to revert earlier in the week. I was waiting until he got past that point to work on his training a bit more. Normally when he is flying and you say land he does (unless he is mad, which is what happened the other night) and he steps up. He talks a bit and gives kisses. He is really interested in clicker training and doing tricks with the other birds. Hopefully I can get started with him on that next week. I don't want to clip is wings because he is a nice bird and for the most part does listen. With him being young I don't want him to get use to not being able to fly. When we clipped the lovebirds it was to help get them under control.

The netting is a last resort. Since we have had him that is the 2nd time he was netted and one was to get him down off of a ceiling fan because he was too scared to get down on his own. The net wasn't bought for him and I don't use it. When we first got our love birds they were completely wild and we used the net on occasion when training them.

We have had a long week around here and he could be reacting to the fact that I haven't been home a lot, my husband is in and out of the house, the stress level - I know all that does affect the animals.