PickleMeDickles
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- May 17, 2015
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- SassyByrd (DYH Amazon) JoJo (GCC) Betty (GCC) DEARLY LOVED fids lost to “Teflon Disaster� 12/17 RIP Pickles (GC),RIP Winston (Sun), RIP Lady PLEASE TAKE 5 MINUTES &TOSS OUT ALL YOUR TEFLON NOW!
We ended up having a late appointment, at 5 pm tonight. This was Sass's first outing with us and I was worried about how she would do. I have meant, for the longest time, to get her used to her backpack, but never had the chance. Well, this little girl is one tough cookie. Birdie Backpack...no problem. We let her out on the car ride there and she was like a little dog, peering out the window! Except this puppy had a running commentary on everything she saw.
Once at the vets we ended up in the waiting room for over an hour. My bird turned into a ham, literally. Once she figured out that when she "talked" at the TOP OF HER LUNGS that it made everyone in the waiting room crack up there was no stopping her. It was like she was a stand up comedian and the waiting room her very own audience.
As far as her toes, the vet said it looked like pressure cracks from gripping the perches. Somehow I really doubt this. First it was the right foot, now that looks healed and it is the left foot. Whatever it is, hopefully it is self limiting and will just go the heck away. Vet said it is definitely not Bumblefoot.
When I asked Sass to step up on their bird perch scale thing she completely owned it. In fact she stepped up and immediately asked the vet tech "What are you doing? Huh? Huh?". Everything looked great during the exam. She is a shrimp....only 481! They ran all the cultures, timmed her toes and did a beak groom. Her beak has always been super flakey and they took a dremel and smoothed it all out. Oh, and they have her a vitamin shot. They are going to email me the results with their interpretation in a couple of days. They tried to get me to start her on powdered vitamins that you sprinkle on their pellets, but I held off. I would like to get the opinion of other Amazon parronts first. Oh, and I had the vet check her right wing. She has never grown in 2 flight feathers from her clip before we got her. The vet said one feather was split and the other broken, but the base of the feather was intact within the follicle so the body "thinks" the feathers are fine and doesn't try to fix them prematurally. I was told they should grow in normally eventually.
Of course the worst part was that they had to restrain her and my girl was not a happy bird after all was said and done. She growled at us for a good 15 minutes on the way home. But, as always, she was a trooper in the end. I left my arm "near" her in her backpack. After the growling dwindled out she started messing with my sleeve. Soon enough she climbed up my arm, sat on my shoulder and fell asleep...her cheek against mine. We finished the almost hour drive home like this, it was magic. Now she is a worn out bird and is out like a light. Hopefully she will still be in a forgiving mood in the morning!
Btw, our grand total was $355 for everything. It was 230 for the health panel, 50 for the visit, 40 for the vitamin shot and the rest was the nails/beak. This bird is more expensive than my kids...I only had a $10 copay for them! Do any of you guys have Nationwide Pet Insurance for your bird(s)? I'm trying to figure out if it is a good idea or not.
Once at the vets we ended up in the waiting room for over an hour. My bird turned into a ham, literally. Once she figured out that when she "talked" at the TOP OF HER LUNGS that it made everyone in the waiting room crack up there was no stopping her. It was like she was a stand up comedian and the waiting room her very own audience.
As far as her toes, the vet said it looked like pressure cracks from gripping the perches. Somehow I really doubt this. First it was the right foot, now that looks healed and it is the left foot. Whatever it is, hopefully it is self limiting and will just go the heck away. Vet said it is definitely not Bumblefoot.
When I asked Sass to step up on their bird perch scale thing she completely owned it. In fact she stepped up and immediately asked the vet tech "What are you doing? Huh? Huh?". Everything looked great during the exam. She is a shrimp....only 481! They ran all the cultures, timmed her toes and did a beak groom. Her beak has always been super flakey and they took a dremel and smoothed it all out. Oh, and they have her a vitamin shot. They are going to email me the results with their interpretation in a couple of days. They tried to get me to start her on powdered vitamins that you sprinkle on their pellets, but I held off. I would like to get the opinion of other Amazon parronts first. Oh, and I had the vet check her right wing. She has never grown in 2 flight feathers from her clip before we got her. The vet said one feather was split and the other broken, but the base of the feather was intact within the follicle so the body "thinks" the feathers are fine and doesn't try to fix them prematurally. I was told they should grow in normally eventually.
Of course the worst part was that they had to restrain her and my girl was not a happy bird after all was said and done. She growled at us for a good 15 minutes on the way home. But, as always, she was a trooper in the end. I left my arm "near" her in her backpack. After the growling dwindled out she started messing with my sleeve. Soon enough she climbed up my arm, sat on my shoulder and fell asleep...her cheek against mine. We finished the almost hour drive home like this, it was magic. Now she is a worn out bird and is out like a light. Hopefully she will still be in a forgiving mood in the morning!
Btw, our grand total was $355 for everything. It was 230 for the health panel, 50 for the visit, 40 for the vitamin shot and the rest was the nails/beak. This bird is more expensive than my kids...I only had a $10 copay for them! Do any of you guys have Nationwide Pet Insurance for your bird(s)? I'm trying to figure out if it is a good idea or not.
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