African Grey Seizures

I have been offline for a while and am just now seeing this post. My female Congo African Grey, Rudy, is 30 yrs old. She's been in my family since birth with my mother in law until 6 yrs ago. She began having seizures due to a diet of peanuts and human food for several years. Her vitamin deficiency was corrected by a pellet diet and vitamin injections for two years. She came to live with me and my husband and she now sees an avian vet every 6 months or as needed. She takes Gabapentin twice daily for arthritis in her feet and for seizures. She continues to have mild seizures although her bloodwork and x-rays are good. The seizures are mostly at night and occur about twice a month. She will also occasionally have an episode like a seizure but without twitching. The vet says it is from a bit of a heart problem. The poor diet she once had has left her arteries a little clogged. Just like humans. The vet had also educated me on that some African Greys experience night terrors and will have a reaction that mimics a seizure. So don't rule that out. I keep a log and write down every detail of each time Rudy has a seizure and send it to the vet regularly. I also list her behavior for that date earlier and afterwards. Maybe any fruits or veggies I had given her. This allows you to see any patterns. You do need to make sure you are not giving your bird foods with sodium. As I made that mistake once. Just because a food is no salt doesn't mean there isn't sodium.

Rudy has a large cage but I have the bottom raised up so when she falls off her perch she won't get hurt. It is just low enough that her tail doesn't hit it when she is on her perches. I have been able to narrow down only one thing that will definitely cause Rudy to have seizures and that is staying up late and not getting enough sleep. Some seizures affect the left side of her body and some seizures affect the right side.

I would love to hear more details from you. Maybe we can help each other.