Shaun Beverley, 13 Nov 2024. Good morning all, Some advice please - see the video below. This emu was dropped off/delivered on Monday. The bird lies down and then falls over into lateral recumbency. Is there anything other than a nutrition/stress/trauma related cause? Any other ideas.? Thank you in advance. Tamara Tockner, 15 Nov 2024 It looks like a tonic-clonic seizure which is described in different bird species. I would suggest that the main differential diagnose in this case is a head trauma if the bird didn't suffer seizures before the transport. Otherwise infections or a tumour in an older bird. Nutrition doesn't seem to be likely if the others are not showing symptoms and the bird is eating well.
