Minimaker
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- Jul 29, 2014
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- Parrots
- GW Macaw-Sailor, Goffins Cockatoo Mako, GC Conure-Tazzy, Turquoise Conure Yuki, Budgies-Percy, Annabeth, Elsa
We just got back from the vet and it was a big success. I have been dreading this task for awhile, putting it off because I wanted her to settle in here first and knew she looked to be in good health and was slowly putting on weight from her rather thin arrival body condition. I was so afraid she'd try to bite the avian vet and since our area is so rural I doubted there would be very many large macaws in our area that she might treat. I was really hoping she could handle our large bitey bird compared to the smaller varieties she normally sees. She did seem surprised and a little nervous when she first saw her.
Sailor went into her carrier without much of a problem and I was so glad she stepped in by herself without us having to push her. She freaked out a bit more when we started driving. She called out several times with that loud macaw squawk. When we got there, the vet let her out and she climbed up on the carrier door. From there she stepped up, a little timid but otherwise fine. She tried to nip at her hand but the vet shook her arm and she lost her footing so she couldn't get a hold of her. She toweled her and gave her the workup, did all of her tests and cut off her leg band. She's in good health, good body shape-all that was fine. She carried Harrison's pellets and said she felt they were very good so I figured I'd mix them into her current pellet mix. I asked her about the supposed clay that some people claim is in them and she said that was not true, that there were minerals found in clay they normally eat in the wild that are mixed into the pellets because they absolutely need those in their diet in order to keep healthy. She said it was not clay, but the minerals found in the clay. No fillers, only good stuff in them. I have such a huge mix of products I put in her bowl everyday anyway that it's just one more thing in the sea of goldenfeast, zupreme natural, roudybush and dried fruits/nuts/greens.
We got home and I let her out into her enclosure and she acted normal again right away like nothing had happened. She's happily playing with her toys and eating her food. No trauma, no unhappiness
Oh and I saw a tiny albino budgie yesterday separated from the others in the pet store. She looked so thin and scared that I bought her on the spot. Poor little baby, she was getting picked on by the large group of budgies and they wouldn't let her eat so they had to remove her from the cage. My daughter named her Elsa from the movie Frozen because she's pure white and she's doing fine in her quarantine cage. Eating millet and the other foods and hopefully getting stronger. She's half the body size of my other two so I hope they get along. This is not her but looks just like her. She's too afraid for me to stick a camera in her face right now.
Her cere is more pink than that, so I do think it's a girl.
I think it is true that when you buy one bird you never end up with just one. But I figure with budgies if you have one you might as well have three if you have a large enough cage right? That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
Sailor went into her carrier without much of a problem and I was so glad she stepped in by herself without us having to push her. She freaked out a bit more when we started driving. She called out several times with that loud macaw squawk. When we got there, the vet let her out and she climbed up on the carrier door. From there she stepped up, a little timid but otherwise fine. She tried to nip at her hand but the vet shook her arm and she lost her footing so she couldn't get a hold of her. She toweled her and gave her the workup, did all of her tests and cut off her leg band. She's in good health, good body shape-all that was fine. She carried Harrison's pellets and said she felt they were very good so I figured I'd mix them into her current pellet mix. I asked her about the supposed clay that some people claim is in them and she said that was not true, that there were minerals found in clay they normally eat in the wild that are mixed into the pellets because they absolutely need those in their diet in order to keep healthy. She said it was not clay, but the minerals found in the clay. No fillers, only good stuff in them. I have such a huge mix of products I put in her bowl everyday anyway that it's just one more thing in the sea of goldenfeast, zupreme natural, roudybush and dried fruits/nuts/greens.
We got home and I let her out into her enclosure and she acted normal again right away like nothing had happened. She's happily playing with her toys and eating her food. No trauma, no unhappiness
Oh and I saw a tiny albino budgie yesterday separated from the others in the pet store. She looked so thin and scared that I bought her on the spot. Poor little baby, she was getting picked on by the large group of budgies and they wouldn't let her eat so they had to remove her from the cage. My daughter named her Elsa from the movie Frozen because she's pure white and she's doing fine in her quarantine cage. Eating millet and the other foods and hopefully getting stronger. She's half the body size of my other two so I hope they get along. This is not her but looks just like her. She's too afraid for me to stick a camera in her face right now.
Her cere is more pink than that, so I do think it's a girl.
I think it is true that when you buy one bird you never end up with just one. But I figure with budgies if you have one you might as well have three if you have a large enough cage right? That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
