DonnaBudgie
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Today my 15 month old female budgie that we raised from an egg is getting a Deslorelin implant. Joey has been a hypersexual chronic egg layer and sexual harasser of the boys since she hit puberty at 5 months old. I've had to keep her isolated from the rest of my 19 budgies and have tried everything to modify her environment with no success. She's laid two clutches in the last 4 weeks!
I'm lucky enough to have excellent avian vets here in Maine but she's going to be anesthetized so there's a risk right there. I'm willing to take that risk for hope of a better life for her free of her crazy hormones. It's expensive. The implant itself is $295 and the anesthsia is another $175. People who don't have birds that they love don't see how I can spend close to $500 on a budgie but I know that my PF friends do. The implant last at least 6 months in a budgie so I'll need to do this once or twice a year.
I just hope Joey survives the procedure! I'll be pretty upset if I lose her but I'd rather lose her like this than from egg binding which is a horrible way for a bird to die.
I just dropped her off at the vet and will pick her up this afternoon. Joey's such a sweet girl. Shes never bitten anyone and is so incredibly trusting and affectionate.
I'm lucky enough to have excellent avian vets here in Maine but she's going to be anesthetized so there's a risk right there. I'm willing to take that risk for hope of a better life for her free of her crazy hormones. It's expensive. The implant itself is $295 and the anesthsia is another $175. People who don't have birds that they love don't see how I can spend close to $500 on a budgie but I know that my PF friends do. The implant last at least 6 months in a budgie so I'll need to do this once or twice a year.
I just hope Joey survives the procedure! I'll be pretty upset if I lose her but I'd rather lose her like this than from egg binding which is a horrible way for a bird to die.
I just dropped her off at the vet and will pick her up this afternoon. Joey's such a sweet girl. Shes never bitten anyone and is so incredibly trusting and affectionate.
