Dogmom1958
New member
Well this time I’m cutting this real short because like an idiot I lost 2 memo’s so far because my iPad shut off on me!!! Whaaaaa!!!
I started out with 2 parakeets and then later bought a Caique. I have 3 dogs and 3 birds. I bought the parakeets at a pet store, then realized I should have done more research and got a tame bird (or birds). That’s why I got the caique, I did more research. I was determined to get it right this time. I raised 2 boys and they moved out, out of the state. My youngest one lived in Vermont and he recently passed away. It was the last day of April of 2013. The worst day of my life.
So I think I’m always trying to fill that void. I also live with chronic pain everyday. I don’t work. I can’t work. It started with my back (spine) I had surgery twice. Four years apart. My whole spine is messed up along with everything else. Feet, knee’s, arms, hands, neck, head! Arthritis all over. And I have a severe case of fibromyalgia. When I got my first two birds (parakeets) they made me feel better, kept my mind off my pain. Then when I got the caique It really took my mind off my pain. At first. Until I realized how busy they kept me. I’m a clean freak and so I’m constantly cleaning my floors and the cages. I used to get rid of the caique’s poops by wrapping it up real good and throwing it in the garbage downstairs. Talk about stinky! I never thought it could get that smelly. So I realized everything is trial and error. Now I buy large packs of cheap wipes and I wipe the poop up and put it in the toilet right away. Since they go every 15 minutes or so I try to use the wipes twice, if they aren’t to messy. (I know, gross) :02:
Needless to say, I wrote a lot of other stuff in the last message. And I don’t even remember half of it. With fibromyalgia I tend to forget a lot. I am always thinking of questions I have I want to google but when I ever get around to it I don’t remember.
But I am happy with my birds. It took a lot of adjusting, and I’m still working at it. It’s just hard when I do have questions that I don’t feel like I’m getting them answered. I can’t understand how some people can have several parrots and work a full time job AND live alone. Like the women on you-tube, she’s actually an inspiration. I like to watch different you-tube video’s too, they really help me a lot.
Is there anyone else on here that is at home with a disability? With birds? What kind of birds?
I can’t believed I typed all this in a short amount of time! It just all came out instead of thinking so hard about what to write. Lol!
I can’t wait to meet all of you. I hope I can learn a lot on here. I have to focus on not doing so much and getting overwhelmed. I tend to either over-do or under-do. Never a balance. I guess that’s why I picked a caique. We have something in common. Lol!
Wheeeew!!! I’m done!
I don’t see anything that looks like a caique.
I started out with 2 parakeets and then later bought a Caique. I have 3 dogs and 3 birds. I bought the parakeets at a pet store, then realized I should have done more research and got a tame bird (or birds). That’s why I got the caique, I did more research. I was determined to get it right this time. I raised 2 boys and they moved out, out of the state. My youngest one lived in Vermont and he recently passed away. It was the last day of April of 2013. The worst day of my life.
So I think I’m always trying to fill that void. I also live with chronic pain everyday. I don’t work. I can’t work. It started with my back (spine) I had surgery twice. Four years apart. My whole spine is messed up along with everything else. Feet, knee’s, arms, hands, neck, head! Arthritis all over. And I have a severe case of fibromyalgia. When I got my first two birds (parakeets) they made me feel better, kept my mind off my pain. Then when I got the caique It really took my mind off my pain. At first. Until I realized how busy they kept me. I’m a clean freak and so I’m constantly cleaning my floors and the cages. I used to get rid of the caique’s poops by wrapping it up real good and throwing it in the garbage downstairs. Talk about stinky! I never thought it could get that smelly. So I realized everything is trial and error. Now I buy large packs of cheap wipes and I wipe the poop up and put it in the toilet right away. Since they go every 15 minutes or so I try to use the wipes twice, if they aren’t to messy. (I know, gross) :02:
Needless to say, I wrote a lot of other stuff in the last message. And I don’t even remember half of it. With fibromyalgia I tend to forget a lot. I am always thinking of questions I have I want to google but when I ever get around to it I don’t remember.
But I am happy with my birds. It took a lot of adjusting, and I’m still working at it. It’s just hard when I do have questions that I don’t feel like I’m getting them answered. I can’t understand how some people can have several parrots and work a full time job AND live alone. Like the women on you-tube, she’s actually an inspiration. I like to watch different you-tube video’s too, they really help me a lot.
Is there anyone else on here that is at home with a disability? With birds? What kind of birds?
I can’t believed I typed all this in a short amount of time! It just all came out instead of thinking so hard about what to write. Lol!
I can’t wait to meet all of you. I hope I can learn a lot on here. I have to focus on not doing so much and getting overwhelmed. I tend to either over-do or under-do. Never a balance. I guess that’s why I picked a caique. We have something in common. Lol!
Wheeeew!!! I’m done!
I don’t see anything that looks like a caique.
