blackhawk007
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- Jan 23, 2013
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- Parrots
- Teka~Red Lored Amazon 20 years old,. . Ruthie ~ 16 year old Ruby Macaw, . .
So we have had Ruthie for just over a month now. Though we have her vet records from the visit she had just before we got her, we wanted to get an initial visit with our own new vet. So today was the day for both her and Teka.
I have felt that Teka's lower beak was starting to starting to stick out too far on one side. They agreed and trimmed it for us. It looks so much better now. But it seems that we will have to have it done every 2-3 months. He took the scary process very well.
Ruthie's stool had been looking like chocolate pudding so I really wanted to get their thoughts. They took a fecal culture that did not look too bad and put her on some meds. I had brought the vet records that I was given at the rescue. So our new vet called and got all of the remaining records faxed. I requested a copy since they are our birds now and they gave me all 39 pages!! Of those only 4 are Teka's, but 35 are Ruthie's. They go all the way back to 2007. I was shocked and very happy to get more of a history about her, and that I did.
The previous owner had gotten her as a baby from a breeder in Green Bay. So I now know which birth date is the correct one. Ruthie has a "habit" of laying 3 eggs a year in December. In Jan 2009 she became egg bound, and got very sick for a few months. Her weight dropped by 100g after laying 2 of 3 eggs over 7 days. Reading the history I now know exactly what to look for when she is looking to lay eggs so I can try and prevent that from happening ( a great thing to find out). I can now see that I was right about her weight being low when we got her. She was up to 1262g when she was healthy and close to 1000g when we got her. She was kept in a 3x3x4 dog crate and in egg season was given a night cage to discourage nesting. Being here must feel like complete freedom to her. Her name was indeed Rufus until 2008 when she started laying eggs, then they changed it to Ruthie. I also found out she was micro-chipped in 2008. That would have been nice to know since I was told she is not chipped. There is so much more but that is all of the big stuff, and I think it was a huge find.
She is up to 1190g today after being with us for a month btw.
The old vet did a great job changing all of her records over to my name when we the rescue told them we adopted her. But I did actually come across the original owners name and another contact person for when the owner was out of town. I stared at those names for a min trying to decide what I should do morally since I was told that the owner died. Though I trust our rescue I decided to look anyways. Yup, they told the truth, kinda sad. On the bright side I am starting to find older pics of Ruthie that she had posted around the web. It's kinda like a treasure hunt for our big Macaw's history now. I would love to call the person listed as the emergency contact. But I just think that would be crossing the line and I'm not comfortable doing it. So the journey continues.
I have felt that Teka's lower beak was starting to starting to stick out too far on one side. They agreed and trimmed it for us. It looks so much better now. But it seems that we will have to have it done every 2-3 months. He took the scary process very well.
Ruthie's stool had been looking like chocolate pudding so I really wanted to get their thoughts. They took a fecal culture that did not look too bad and put her on some meds. I had brought the vet records that I was given at the rescue. So our new vet called and got all of the remaining records faxed. I requested a copy since they are our birds now and they gave me all 39 pages!! Of those only 4 are Teka's, but 35 are Ruthie's. They go all the way back to 2007. I was shocked and very happy to get more of a history about her, and that I did.
The previous owner had gotten her as a baby from a breeder in Green Bay. So I now know which birth date is the correct one. Ruthie has a "habit" of laying 3 eggs a year in December. In Jan 2009 she became egg bound, and got very sick for a few months. Her weight dropped by 100g after laying 2 of 3 eggs over 7 days. Reading the history I now know exactly what to look for when she is looking to lay eggs so I can try and prevent that from happening ( a great thing to find out). I can now see that I was right about her weight being low when we got her. She was up to 1262g when she was healthy and close to 1000g when we got her. She was kept in a 3x3x4 dog crate and in egg season was given a night cage to discourage nesting. Being here must feel like complete freedom to her. Her name was indeed Rufus until 2008 when she started laying eggs, then they changed it to Ruthie. I also found out she was micro-chipped in 2008. That would have been nice to know since I was told she is not chipped. There is so much more but that is all of the big stuff, and I think it was a huge find.
She is up to 1190g today after being with us for a month btw.
The old vet did a great job changing all of her records over to my name when we the rescue told them we adopted her. But I did actually come across the original owners name and another contact person for when the owner was out of town. I stared at those names for a min trying to decide what I should do morally since I was told that the owner died. Though I trust our rescue I decided to look anyways. Yup, they told the truth, kinda sad. On the bright side I am starting to find older pics of Ruthie that she had posted around the web. It's kinda like a treasure hunt for our big Macaw's history now. I would love to call the person listed as the emergency contact. But I just think that would be crossing the line and I'm not comfortable doing it. So the journey continues.
. I love the carrier by the way I have one as well, but a little earlier model. A little expensive but they fit the whole tail
