Joey the budgie not feeling well

[nkrbkr]

I’m so glad you were right there to help her! I was washing dishes a couple of months back, with Button on my shoulder. Of course, I’ve done this countless times over the years. That day, for whatever reason, he decided he wanted to jump down into the soapy water. When he realized he couldn’t touch the bottom, he started to panic. I scooped him out within seconds, rinsed the soap off, and dried him in a towel. Poor guy was much the same as Joey, very scared and quietly snuggled in to us the rest of the night. He was very clingy for a couple of days after that. These little ones can drown very quickly in just a small amount of liquid. I’m so happy little Joey is okay!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Thanks. What was so scary is that it would have been impossible for Joey to get out of that tall glass. At one point during the rinse and drying off I feared she was going to die she looked so physically distressed. Her eyes looked glazed and she almost stopped struggling. Thank God she's fine now.

 

[Vampiric_Conure]

YIKES! That's scary, to fall into a glass of lemonade! Glad the girl is okay!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Joey's vet recommends Suprelorin implant for her instead of lupron injections because they are having a hard time finding a supplier of Lupron for a reasonable price and suprelorin is only twice a year for about $295.

 

[GivemeSeedsorgivemeFlesh]

I'm always afraid of drinks. Juliette gets caged for coffee. She's not happy about it. I'm glad Joey is okay and that you were right there to rescue her!

 

[rheashard2]

I've trained dogs and Nameliss not to touch my food, plates and drinks. Safety wasn't my motivation. I didn't want to keep second guessing myself if food or drink was pet safe. Me panicking and freezing for a few seconds would be my worry.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I think Joey may have learned from her traumatic experience to stay away from glasses. She was put with us today and I had a glass of some beverage and despite being fully recovered physically she didn't go near my glass. She investigated other items but avoided my glass.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Well, today is the longest night of the year here in the US. With such short days our female birds should be least likely to lay eggs b

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Cont'd
However, despite 15 hours of darkness, little Joey, my 14 month old oversexed female budgie, has laid an egg. It's been a couple months since she laid a few on the floor of her cage (removed right away) and 8 months since she laid a clutch of four that I allowed her to sit on for about 10 days before removing them.
I guess she didn't get the memo about Budgie Breeding Season.

After the holidays I'm going to get her the anti hormone implant. I've tried everything else to discourage breeding and calm down her hormones. I know it's risky to give her anesthesia but I'd rather she die a "painless" death while anesthetized than suffering the horrors of egg binding.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

Sometimes I wonder if Joey is too bonded to us (we hand raised her from hatching) and it stimulates her to lay eggs. She flies right over to us when we open the cage door and hangs all over us.

 

[rheashard2]

It's hard for me to deal with one hormonal female. I honestly don't know what I would do with more. I'm currently trying to discourage Nameliss from sliding out the cage bottom tray. I blocked her access to getting under the cage. So she's figured out how to slide tray out a few inches. Her idea of perfect overhang. My daughter was watching her. She asked me how someone without hands could manipulate like Nameliss can. I told her to celebrate. Nameliss is a disassembly agent. If she was a destruction specialist nothing would be safe.