TexDot33
Bird poop and baby poop
- Dec 26, 2006
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- 15 year-old Sun Conure: Hamlet &
14 year-old Green-Cheeked Conure: Mac
So, yesterday both Hamlet and Mac were hanging out on me late in the morning. There was mowing going on outside and they could hear the mowers and the weed-whackers and it was kinda making them uneasy and I could tell. Then, my dryer went off with it's loud "buzz" and they both startled off my shoulder. Mac fluttered to her cage and was fine ... Hamlet would have normally done the same thing, but this time she didn't ...
She flew haphazardly around the room and knocked her melon off the corner of a picture frame ... and she freaked the snot right out of me ... she made a little noise, that I had never heard, and she flew back to me and she was very, very heavily panting ... there was some blood and she ripped a few feathers out of her skull (which is why I think there was blood, she pulled the healthy feathers right out) ...
I assessed that the blood would stop on it's own, but she was dazed and I was a little freaked out ... so I called my Vet and spoke directly to him (have I mentioned that I love my Vet - he's awesome!!) I was told that I should be on the lookout for the normal things (perching capabilities, food & water intake, etc.) ...
About 2 hours later, Ham was back to her old self ... thank goodness, it was quite a little chaos that we had yesterday ...
Moral of the story - it's molting season and feathers are growing in more than you know (I hadn't realized that both Ham and Mac are almost fully flighted now ... ) so please keep tabs on flight feathers if you haven't checked lately, and keep 'em to your level of comfort.
She flew haphazardly around the room and knocked her melon off the corner of a picture frame ... and she freaked the snot right out of me ... she made a little noise, that I had never heard, and she flew back to me and she was very, very heavily panting ... there was some blood and she ripped a few feathers out of her skull (which is why I think there was blood, she pulled the healthy feathers right out) ...
I assessed that the blood would stop on it's own, but she was dazed and I was a little freaked out ... so I called my Vet and spoke directly to him (have I mentioned that I love my Vet - he's awesome!!) I was told that I should be on the lookout for the normal things (perching capabilities, food & water intake, etc.) ...
About 2 hours later, Ham was back to her old self ... thank goodness, it was quite a little chaos that we had yesterday ...
Moral of the story - it's molting season and feathers are growing in more than you know (I hadn't realized that both Ham and Mac are almost fully flighted now ... ) so please keep tabs on flight feathers if you haven't checked lately, and keep 'em to your level of comfort.
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