CasaDeMouse
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- May 17, 2024
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- 22
- Parrots
- Thom and Caroline - Pineapple-blend GCCs
Gerry - Black Cap GCC
Okay, hopefully not a sad follow-up to last ask for help.
I finally got back from the hospital last night after 31 days. I'm exhausted but I'm doing what I can with the help that I got. I have a vet appointment and the Sanctuary is checking to see if there is a volunteer who can come out but I'm still worried and hoping for some advice.
Like my previous post stated, I got sick about 10ish weeks ago and I stopped doing the things I needed to keep the hormonees down. While I was in the hospital, my helper told me they thought she heads peeping and after a number of arial attacks for changing out food and water, they armored up and went to see what was going on. However long ago that was, there were only eggs, no babies.
We have two confirmed alive, what may be 3 hatched eggs (but no sign of skeletons or blood or anything, so not sure if it's just my eyes playing tricks on me), and 3 real eggs that after candling show that we're probably due for hatching over the next couple of weeks: one is full except for the air sac, one is still red at 50%, and one is at about 75% but dark.
I had ordered and easy-to-setup bird cam for my helper to put in the drawer so I could monitor the drawer before leaving but it never got installed until last night. Most of the stress with the camera for them is that they know it's there--it's new. So, I don't want to remove it in case something happens and it also makes me feel better that I can see them without being there. Should I remove it because it's causing some stress?
Mama Gerry is having no trouble staying on the nest. She is very diligent about making sure beaks that stick out get fed and tucked back in or readjusting so that everyone and everything gets covered. There weren't nearly as many shredded clothes as my helper made it out to be so I wanted to know if I should get some nesting material for them, especially since we have what appears to be 3 more on the way? Or should I leave it? I also have a space heater that is consistently keeping the room about 80° to help out. Gerry is extremely against the idea of even me going into the room to do anything so my hands, face, and neck have been under attack as I've gone in to do minimal things like delivering water, food, and snacks.* I don't want her to be stressed about the time away she spends anymore than she doesn't feel like she can keep them warm enough. I don't know if the few clothes she's gathered--not ripped up--is okay for all 5 of them without stressing her out even more. I do not know if my package with the nesting materials I ordered when she heard peeping got mixed up with some other stuff (I don't want to get into that) or it was stolen before my helper could bring it in.
Gerry came out for about a half hour last night to get a bath and scream at me (haha), and Papa Thommy is being very protective of her. Gerry came out a couple times for about 15 minutes each but she doesn't want me to touch her and she wouldn't eat anything just put out for her. Thommy is having no trouble eating. Gerry has no problem milking Thommy and Thommy is doing a great job trying to help feed the babies and can power feed Gerry for a solid 5 minutes (thus why I'm trying to keep quick but nutritional snacks in there for him to eat and digest in his crop for when Gerry needs a top-up. But I am worried that Gerry isn't eating much. I know she's getting food from Thommy but her crop doesn't look as full as I'm used to when she comes out. She won't take food from me and she's only eating a very little pellets and fruit when she's trying to keep me away from the dresser. I've put out all of her favorites except potato chips and it's been a no go.
My last concern deals with one of the babies (see pictures). Because either one of them is getting overfed and their crop may not be emptying, or the other one isn't getting fed. I *believe* the bigger one is older because I found one of the eggshells buried under some torn up seaweed mat strands with the fake egg I put in the drawer before I left. But they might be the same age and IDK if that means one is getting fed more than the other or something is wrong. I have an appointment but the vet does not do house calls. This means if something is wrong with either Gerry or the chick(s) I have to take *everyone* and this is probably going to give Gerry an absolute stroke. The vet tech is supposed to be checking to see if the vet will try to do it via video call but that, obviously, will not allow her to do a physical exam. If I'm going to risk the lives of both of the chicks, the three eggs, and the parronts, I need to be very sure that I need to take them on. Until I got sick, I was doing what I needed to to keep them from mating but when I got sick they were very quick and once I was out the house they immediately started laying eggs.
I wasn't prepared for this because I was very much trying to keep this from happening and didn't properly communicate to my helper more clear instructions about chanjng around the environment and keeping the macros/temperature low--and I take responsibility for that--but I need help because I don't want them to suffer my mistakes (which is why I'm paying for the vet instead of rent this week while I look for a new job [thank you Dollar Tree for firing me on Friday because I was hospitalized too long and couldn't get back to work in 3 days]). Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
The parronts otherwise seem to be doing well and good. They're both flying great still. They're both still very strong and their vocals are undiminished--especially when they're biting me and saying "Don't bite me" and "thank you." The babies are chirping every 30 minutes or less to get fed. Their parronts don't seem to spend much time preening them--just keeping them warm and feeding them.
*Without getting too far into my still undiagnosed condition, I'm doing things as my body will allow. I know I'm disturbing them more than they would like but I'm unfortunately unable to do all of the cleaning and prep for them at the same time. I'm only cleaning anything that is a biohazard or might attract pests at this time and leaving everything else so they don't have me in there all day and they can get some rest. My helper can still only come after work so I'm doing what I can as I can.
I finally got back from the hospital last night after 31 days. I'm exhausted but I'm doing what I can with the help that I got. I have a vet appointment and the Sanctuary is checking to see if there is a volunteer who can come out but I'm still worried and hoping for some advice.
Like my previous post stated, I got sick about 10ish weeks ago and I stopped doing the things I needed to keep the hormonees down. While I was in the hospital, my helper told me they thought she heads peeping and after a number of arial attacks for changing out food and water, they armored up and went to see what was going on. However long ago that was, there were only eggs, no babies.
We have two confirmed alive, what may be 3 hatched eggs (but no sign of skeletons or blood or anything, so not sure if it's just my eyes playing tricks on me), and 3 real eggs that after candling show that we're probably due for hatching over the next couple of weeks: one is full except for the air sac, one is still red at 50%, and one is at about 75% but dark.
I had ordered and easy-to-setup bird cam for my helper to put in the drawer so I could monitor the drawer before leaving but it never got installed until last night. Most of the stress with the camera for them is that they know it's there--it's new. So, I don't want to remove it in case something happens and it also makes me feel better that I can see them without being there. Should I remove it because it's causing some stress?
Mama Gerry is having no trouble staying on the nest. She is very diligent about making sure beaks that stick out get fed and tucked back in or readjusting so that everyone and everything gets covered. There weren't nearly as many shredded clothes as my helper made it out to be so I wanted to know if I should get some nesting material for them, especially since we have what appears to be 3 more on the way? Or should I leave it? I also have a space heater that is consistently keeping the room about 80° to help out. Gerry is extremely against the idea of even me going into the room to do anything so my hands, face, and neck have been under attack as I've gone in to do minimal things like delivering water, food, and snacks.* I don't want her to be stressed about the time away she spends anymore than she doesn't feel like she can keep them warm enough. I don't know if the few clothes she's gathered--not ripped up--is okay for all 5 of them without stressing her out even more. I do not know if my package with the nesting materials I ordered when she heard peeping got mixed up with some other stuff (I don't want to get into that) or it was stolen before my helper could bring it in.
Gerry came out for about a half hour last night to get a bath and scream at me (haha), and Papa Thommy is being very protective of her. Gerry came out a couple times for about 15 minutes each but she doesn't want me to touch her and she wouldn't eat anything just put out for her. Thommy is having no trouble eating. Gerry has no problem milking Thommy and Thommy is doing a great job trying to help feed the babies and can power feed Gerry for a solid 5 minutes (thus why I'm trying to keep quick but nutritional snacks in there for him to eat and digest in his crop for when Gerry needs a top-up. But I am worried that Gerry isn't eating much. I know she's getting food from Thommy but her crop doesn't look as full as I'm used to when she comes out. She won't take food from me and she's only eating a very little pellets and fruit when she's trying to keep me away from the dresser. I've put out all of her favorites except potato chips and it's been a no go.
My last concern deals with one of the babies (see pictures). Because either one of them is getting overfed and their crop may not be emptying, or the other one isn't getting fed. I *believe* the bigger one is older because I found one of the eggshells buried under some torn up seaweed mat strands with the fake egg I put in the drawer before I left. But they might be the same age and IDK if that means one is getting fed more than the other or something is wrong. I have an appointment but the vet does not do house calls. This means if something is wrong with either Gerry or the chick(s) I have to take *everyone* and this is probably going to give Gerry an absolute stroke. The vet tech is supposed to be checking to see if the vet will try to do it via video call but that, obviously, will not allow her to do a physical exam. If I'm going to risk the lives of both of the chicks, the three eggs, and the parronts, I need to be very sure that I need to take them on. Until I got sick, I was doing what I needed to to keep them from mating but when I got sick they were very quick and once I was out the house they immediately started laying eggs.
I wasn't prepared for this because I was very much trying to keep this from happening and didn't properly communicate to my helper more clear instructions about chanjng around the environment and keeping the macros/temperature low--and I take responsibility for that--but I need help because I don't want them to suffer my mistakes (which is why I'm paying for the vet instead of rent this week while I look for a new job [thank you Dollar Tree for firing me on Friday because I was hospitalized too long and couldn't get back to work in 3 days]). Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
The parronts otherwise seem to be doing well and good. They're both flying great still. They're both still very strong and their vocals are undiminished--especially when they're biting me and saying "Don't bite me" and "thank you." The babies are chirping every 30 minutes or less to get fed. Their parronts don't seem to spend much time preening them--just keeping them warm and feeding them.
*Without getting too far into my still undiagnosed condition, I'm doing things as my body will allow. I know I'm disturbing them more than they would like but I'm unfortunately unable to do all of the cleaning and prep for them at the same time. I'm only cleaning anything that is a biohazard or might attract pests at this time and leaving everything else so they don't have me in there all day and they can get some rest. My helper can still only come after work so I'm doing what I can as I can.
