Quarantine - epic fail!

[veimar]

I've had a gcc (Parry) for 3+ mo when I got a lovebird (Coco) and two baby budgies from the same lady. I was keeping the quarantine nicely for about two weeks and then… It was a nice day and I took the lovie and budgies out to the patio in their cages. I first brought back the lovie (she was sitting on the top of her cage), closed the door and went for the budgies. At the moment I was bringing them into their room Parry flew over and landed right next to Coco!:11: I totally forgot he was out of cage (he always is). So I had nothing else to do than to introduce them. They sat next to each other for a while, touched their beaks and preened each other a bit. Not a bad start.
At least they had 2 weeks… They are all doing fine so far, so I just hope for the best.

 

[RavensGryf]

Remember, quarantine isn't foolproof. Best way if you're concerned is to get testing done. If you're not concerned, then it's nice they seem to accept each other

 

[veimar]

I'm not really concerned at this point - it has been over 10 days and they are healthy and active. If there would be a slightest change I go to the vet ASAP of course.

 

[Dinosrawr]

... this honestly just happened to me :52:. I had Shiko out playing with his foot toys while I was on the laptop, and then I look over and he's crawled from there, crawls to Avery's cage, climbs up the couch, and jumps on her cage. All I heard was a loud clang and bam, there's this big blue bird sitting on Avery's cage!

I've had Shiko checked by a vet, and from what she's seen he's perfectly healthy. I'm also doing a blood panel soon, just in case. I actually want to do a blood panel for both, but it's expensive and I don't have $600 to dish out right at this moment. I would imagine that so long as they're both healthy, their feces checks out, they're active, and show no visual ill-behaviour, it should be okay. It really is difficult to do 100% quarantine

 

[RavensGryf]

I always get the viral disease testing since you can't tell from the outside if they're sick. Also being confident you're buying from a place known to not have a history of disease helps. No 100% guarantee as with anything in life! Otherwise, it's practically impossible to FULLY quarantine in our homes.