Ducatimom
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Ducati had his first vet visit today since I've had him. Luckily the vet I take the dogs to is very good (the girls love him, granted he loads them up with treats but it works lol) and he also sees birds. One of the receptionists told me she has a macaw and she takes him there. Dr. Chmelka is amazing!
Ducati wouldn't go in the pet carrier so I had to use the little old cage I got with him. It had been sitting outside at his old place and the weather had gotten to it a bit which was why I didn't want to use it but it was the only thing he would go in. I was so paranoid about him chewing at the bars that I had to make him stop everytime I caught him.
Everybody who came in had to come over and tell me what a pretty bird he is and ask if he could talk to which I replied with, "he screams" lol. He was dancing a little bit in the lobby and more in the room while we waited for the Doc. Then he made the Doc chase him around the room before he could examine him. Dr. C gave me all kinds of information on what to look for and how to tell if he seems sick by checking his breast muscles. Everything was clear and Ducati has a clean bill of health. Then he took him to trim his beak and nails. He's even more pretty now!
Brought him back and tried to weigh him which proved a little trying since he wanted to play ring-around-mom-and-the-vet-tech's-head. He weighs 3 oz and that was only taken by weighing the cage then him in the cage.
After all that, the vet tech comes back and tells me that since Ducati is my first bird and I'm a good client of his, he wasn't going to charge me for the beak and nail trim which is usually $55.
Finally got home and I gave him is dinner with some seeds in it since he was a good little bird minus the flying and pooping on the vet tech's head. He's had his fill and is now glaring at me from the corner of his cage grinding his beak at me. Won't even come to me for a sunflower seed. Clearly, really not happy with mom for taking him to the vet.
Sorry for the long post but it was an interesting couple of hours lol.
Ducati wouldn't go in the pet carrier so I had to use the little old cage I got with him. It had been sitting outside at his old place and the weather had gotten to it a bit which was why I didn't want to use it but it was the only thing he would go in. I was so paranoid about him chewing at the bars that I had to make him stop everytime I caught him.
Everybody who came in had to come over and tell me what a pretty bird he is and ask if he could talk to which I replied with, "he screams" lol. He was dancing a little bit in the lobby and more in the room while we waited for the Doc. Then he made the Doc chase him around the room before he could examine him. Dr. C gave me all kinds of information on what to look for and how to tell if he seems sick by checking his breast muscles. Everything was clear and Ducati has a clean bill of health. Then he took him to trim his beak and nails. He's even more pretty now!
Brought him back and tried to weigh him which proved a little trying since he wanted to play ring-around-mom-and-the-vet-tech's-head. He weighs 3 oz and that was only taken by weighing the cage then him in the cage.
After all that, the vet tech comes back and tells me that since Ducati is my first bird and I'm a good client of his, he wasn't going to charge me for the beak and nail trim which is usually $55.
Finally got home and I gave him is dinner with some seeds in it since he was a good little bird minus the flying and pooping on the vet tech's head. He's had his fill and is now glaring at me from the corner of his cage grinding his beak at me. Won't even come to me for a sunflower seed. Clearly, really not happy with mom for taking him to the vet.
Sorry for the long post but it was an interesting couple of hours lol.
