Negative Nellies

[tab_xo]

ohhh ok im not sure how much microchipping costs, as Fargo was already microchipped
haha the UQ vet is pretty new as well though, its really well set out

Only thing that would be hard is the distance? i think from brisbane it would take an hour or a little bit more ?
We have to drive 35 minutes to get there

 

[Klaery]

In a bit of a rush so only got halfway through the thread. Had to say that I laughed when I read your first post though.

Lady with a sulphur crested too complaining about corellas being too loud?!? hahaha



Cute they are, quiet they are not!

 

[Thingamagigs]

Im in caboolture so Im far away from everything LOL I will have to look up where the UQ vet is.

Thats what I thought Klaery! I think she just wanted to have her say :/

 

[Thingamagigs]

dayboro, st lucia and gatton... I wonder if any of those are near caboolture lol

Ahhh.... dayboro is near me. I guess it depends on which has the avian vet! lol

 

[Thingamagigs]

bah, he's at gatton LOL

 

[Klaery]

Dr Bob is awesome

Brisbane bird vet was good too when I went there. Something that is odd though is that both my Hans and a friends blue and gold tested positive for psitticosis there ( a year apart). The treatment is expensive and slow so we both waited a few weeks and got our birds retested at other bird vets (both different ones) and the second tests came back negative. Odd.

 

[tab_xo]

haha yes Dr bob is cool
have you looked in the birdkeeper magazine? they have the list of avian vets in qld at the back

 

[Thingamagigs]

I haven't! I might go get myself the latest bird keeper
I used to get it all the time when I was handrearing birdies... havent got it in years, switched to the reptile magazines!! lol

I like the sounds of Dr Bob A good vet is worth travelling for. But I will definitely check out the mags... A short trip is better than a long trip though.

Klaery, something just doesn't sit right with me about brisbane bird vet. Someone was saying they arent out just to make money... but they do seem very expensive. I have worked in veterinary surgeries before and I know where they make their money... having that knowledge makes me a bit cynical.

 

[tab_xo]

If you wait until december you can get the newest its the oct-nov one now, main article is african greys

Dr Bob really has a way with birds, Fargo didnt like strangers but he stepped right up for Bob and let him touch him

In the mag there are only 6 vets, one who is bob, the other is the brisbane bird vet, and then peter wilson the one i mentioned before..
im not sure where any of the others are, im not good with locations but they are at wishart, macgregor and elanora?

there arent to many avians vets around

 

[Klaery]

I go to the one at Wishart now. It isn't too far from where I am and I find them to be reasonably priced. The woman who I usually see (reptiles in the past and now Elroy) is very down to Earth and seems to do a great job. I thought she was Ok for reptiles. Now that I take in birds I think she is great, really has a way with them.

 

[Oedipussrex]

XD i have experienced exactly this on various occasions, even from my avain vet.

When asked i always say that Pickle is my first bird, because technically he is my first companion bird with the intention of training. I have had budgies and lovebirds, and my sister had a cockatiel, and my uncle had a galah, so i am not inexperienced. but once i say that he is my first people give me a funny look and wonder why anyone would pick en eclectus for their first bird, and if they know what they're talking about i get interrogated on his diet, and people wonder why i'm not scared of him, because hes not the smallest of species. XD

i guess i never specify because pickle's care does pale when compared to those experiences and i don't really count them as meaning much - anything i learned before i got him, pretty much went out the window when he arrived anyway.

and here i am - if you went through my history you would probably find similar comments to other people considering eclectus. I never mean to dishearten them, and i do not usually consider my comments hipocritical. larger birds are wonderful companions when they have a wonderful owner.

I (and i think many other people) only mean to make sure that others are aware of the commitment before they make it. For one with little experience it may even be hard to find the right questions to ask so how are they supposed to find the right answers? I appreciate all the help i have found here.

Instead of letting her dishearten you i think you should be proud that you have done your research and already knew about what she was going to say before she said it, she just didn't know that. ;D

* i think i have an older version of that cage, perhaps a different brand. I liked it at the time but it is quite tall, i never can arrange the opening top with a perch i can properly reach haha

 

[Thingamagigs]

I've noticed a lot of avian vets do reptiles as well. Macgregor was the first that came to mind because I see them when I have been to pet city in the past lol

The top space of that cage seems totally useless doesn't it! And I dont know why they would bother making it open up to put a perch in as a play top... not even a very tall person could comfortably retrieve a parrot from there. I wish I had bought the smexy cage from the petshop and just forked out the extra money to have something which is wider but shorter. Plus it has a proper play top. And because Im 174cm tall a cage which is about 165cm tall in total is perfect.

 

[melissasparrots]

Just enjoy your bird. You're getting an excellent species. People with exotics are wierd. Whenever I run into a local person that knows birds, it always feels like they are trying to one up me on knowledge. I try not to get dragged into those conversations because I find them slightly petty and stressful. On the internet, the lovely mytoos.com website has created a negative culture about cockatoos. Lots of cockatoo owners feel you have to be an extra special person to have one and naturally that means there aren't many extra special people out there other than themselves. People that don't have cockatoos and have no experience with them just repeat what they've been told by other people that have been influenced by the negativity. People that have taken in a basket case rescue or rehome and not been able to handle it also spout off about how difficult they are.

In reality, there are a lot of happy cockatoo owners out there. I've had my large sulfur for almost 12 years and I got her as a baby. I adore her and she is not crazy or hard to live with. My goffin's was a rehome and while she's got some issues related I think to her early upbringing, she still is not a hard bird to live with. Love your baby, ask questions if you need to, but don't get sucked all this garbage about cockatoos being problematic. They certainly can be. But they can also be excellent. And little corellas are known to be less problematic than many others. You made a good choice IMO.