Nakiska
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- May 30, 2011
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- Parrots
- 4 Cockatiels 2 males Chicken Little & Charlie, 2 Females Chiquita and Sweet pea. Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure -Franklin and our now tame, rescued feral Pigeon - Belle.
Well, as I stated in my previous post regarding the feather boa's, we were going to the vet today. I actually took 3 of our pets, Franklin our green cheek for a nail trim, DeRita for a nail trim and overall starting point check up, and our little dog Snickers to have a mysterious lump checked out.
In the car, my birds were soo awesome! DeRita, as I figured...LOVES going bye-bye...she sang and whistled and talked and napped. Franklin bless his heart, I would call his name and he'd give his click sound or beep sound that he does to let me know he was "Okay!"
And of course, Snickers...well, head out the window lovin' every minute of it!
Sooo we get to the vet, DeRita was soo social! She was all...HI!! Hello! Dooorrriiiiiiita! Wolf Whistling...and carrying on.
Vet decides to start with Franklin's nail trim, he opens the carrier door, has a towel ready and I said, "He'll PROBABLY just come out on his own first. Franklin totally jumps right out onto vet's hand totally showing off! Hahaha
This vet is AWESOME! He plays with Franklin a few minutes before getting down to business. Franklin get's all done, no harm, no foul...then we move to DeRita...I said, I've only had her 11 days...but I'm guessing she'll come out of the carrier without issue...so he opens the door and sure enough, DeRita steps right up onto his hand, he has her step ladder a few times from hand to hand, and talks to her...she walks up his arm like they've been palz for ever!
He does her exam and gives her a raving clean bill of health. Said her skin looks great and although she may never get full plumage as an unplucked bird would, he thought there was a good chance she could get most of her feathers back. She get's her nails done like a champ...he was so impressed with her because as he was doing her nails, she was totally quiet.
He said..."I can't believe how quiet she is! What a good girl!"
We talked a bit about her plucking and that we both agree it's emotional/behavorial induced and discussed different treatment options down the road if she get's worse or starts self mutilating.
DeRita get's done, no harm, no foul and on to Snickers...her lump is on her stomach and best to exam it was with her laying on her back...she's a little boston terrier/beagle mix. So I flip her over to "play baby" and she just melts...again the very impressed vet is like..My goodness! She is SOO GOOD!
Of course, I don't have to tell you that I'm beaming. It's no different than someone praising my wonderful children.
Snickers unfortunately is going to have to have surgery in a couple weeks.
Snickers gets all done just has happy as always.
Then we load back up in the car for the long drive home. Everyone was soo good! DeRita even took a nap...completely content in the car.
Once home, she enjoyed a great salad on her playstand, and even explored a couple of the new toys I put on it last night. She didn't leave the stand tonight, even settled down for a totally content nap and a full "Belly" crop actually! LOL
As she was napping, I put a couple new things in her cage to try and by golly! I FINALLY found a real winner!!! I have horses and when I was feeding tonight, I thought...hhmmm...so I brought a handful of hay in and stuffed her new ball with it. She went right for it the moment I put her back in her cage!
Here's a couple pictures to end my long rambling bragging thread.
I'm just soo shocked, impressed and pleased that DeRita has settled in with us soo well! I NEVER expected it would start out this easy. Now HOPEFULLY...it remains easy
I can hope...right??
Have a great one all!
Thanks for continuing to put up with me. I will mellow out...I'm just soo excited right now, everyday is like, like...oh I don't know...just soo exciting!
This next one cracks me up! It's like..."whatchu talkin' bout?!"
And finally...winner! Winner...finally a toy she shows more interest in! Yayyy!
In the car, my birds were soo awesome! DeRita, as I figured...LOVES going bye-bye...she sang and whistled and talked and napped. Franklin bless his heart, I would call his name and he'd give his click sound or beep sound that he does to let me know he was "Okay!"
And of course, Snickers...well, head out the window lovin' every minute of it!
Sooo we get to the vet, DeRita was soo social! She was all...HI!! Hello! Dooorrriiiiiiita! Wolf Whistling...and carrying on.
Vet decides to start with Franklin's nail trim, he opens the carrier door, has a towel ready and I said, "He'll PROBABLY just come out on his own first. Franklin totally jumps right out onto vet's hand totally showing off! Hahaha
This vet is AWESOME! He plays with Franklin a few minutes before getting down to business. Franklin get's all done, no harm, no foul...then we move to DeRita...I said, I've only had her 11 days...but I'm guessing she'll come out of the carrier without issue...so he opens the door and sure enough, DeRita steps right up onto his hand, he has her step ladder a few times from hand to hand, and talks to her...she walks up his arm like they've been palz for ever!
He does her exam and gives her a raving clean bill of health. Said her skin looks great and although she may never get full plumage as an unplucked bird would, he thought there was a good chance she could get most of her feathers back. She get's her nails done like a champ...he was so impressed with her because as he was doing her nails, she was totally quiet.
He said..."I can't believe how quiet she is! What a good girl!"
We talked a bit about her plucking and that we both agree it's emotional/behavorial induced and discussed different treatment options down the road if she get's worse or starts self mutilating.
DeRita get's done, no harm, no foul and on to Snickers...her lump is on her stomach and best to exam it was with her laying on her back...she's a little boston terrier/beagle mix. So I flip her over to "play baby" and she just melts...again the very impressed vet is like..My goodness! She is SOO GOOD!
Of course, I don't have to tell you that I'm beaming. It's no different than someone praising my wonderful children.
Snickers unfortunately is going to have to have surgery in a couple weeks.
Snickers gets all done just has happy as always.
Then we load back up in the car for the long drive home. Everyone was soo good! DeRita even took a nap...completely content in the car.
Once home, she enjoyed a great salad on her playstand, and even explored a couple of the new toys I put on it last night. She didn't leave the stand tonight, even settled down for a totally content nap and a full "Belly" crop actually! LOL
As she was napping, I put a couple new things in her cage to try and by golly! I FINALLY found a real winner!!! I have horses and when I was feeding tonight, I thought...hhmmm...so I brought a handful of hay in and stuffed her new ball with it. She went right for it the moment I put her back in her cage!
Here's a couple pictures to end my long rambling bragging thread.
I'm just soo shocked, impressed and pleased that DeRita has settled in with us soo well! I NEVER expected it would start out this easy. Now HOPEFULLY...it remains easy
I can hope...right??Have a great one all!
Thanks for continuing to put up with me. I will mellow out...I'm just soo excited right now, everyday is like, like...oh I don't know...just soo exciting!
This next one cracks me up! It's like..."whatchu talkin' bout?!"
And finally...winner! Winner...finally a toy she shows more interest in! Yayyy!
