I got one of those cat fountains as a new bath for Echo and she's still trying to decide what it's for. At least she approached it on the same day; it took weeks to get her to go near her backpack carrier. Neophobia is a survival mechanism for small birds....
My favorite bird trainers, Bird Tricks, have an Amazon list of must-haves for parrot owners.
Poor Echo is still not herself. sleeps on me a good part of the day, not singing or talking much. So I took her to the vet on Thursday where she got fluids and they tried to take blood for a panel. She flinched and they had to abort the procedure until the hematoma heals. Budgies have so little blood and they have to tap the...
The other day I was in the kitchen doing kitchen things and Echo flew up to me furiously and dropped all the mighty weight of her 33 grams on the back of my neck like a hawk striking its dinner. Squarely on my spine right below the edge of my skull....
he's a serama cockerel in training his name is Prince he's never done a sin EVER!
Yesterday was Echo's first day of not having to take Amphotericin B in a month. She was pretty sleepy but had a good appetite. I'll be keeping a close eye on her and watching for symptoms of avian gastric yeast. I'm going to try to convince her to take a bath today so that we get some of the yellow staining off her flufferchops.
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From Dr. Z Kline at Niles Animal Hospital...
Echo's favorite time of day is seed time! Budgies should not have seeds as their only source of food as it's bad for their health. Echo starts her day with Ha...
Attached: 1 image Buderigars (budgies) are the second smallest parrot species, parrotlets being the smallest. I have a budgie. Her name is Echolalia Floki Yog-Sothoth Campbell von Featherhead, Echo for short. Though she thinks her name is Chicken because we call her that more than anything. I knew budgies were smart before I got...
She's been off the amphotericin B for over a week now and she's been lethargic and relatively quiet. Mostly snuggles into my neck and sleeps most of the day. She's eating well though, and her poop is normal looking. And she's at her normal weight of 33 grams. I was thinking about taking her to the vet and stressing her out again...
I see we've got 37 subscribed members but I'm the only one talking....
Echo loves to visit the "other bird" in the bathroom when someone goes in....
Echo perching on my son's toe
Echo's treatment for Avian Gastric Yeast has been difficult for both of us but today is the 16th day of 30 so we're on the downhill slope, racing for the finish....
One of my personal favorite internet birds is Apollo the Congo African Gray. He showcases just how intelligent parrots are, and African Grays are one of the parrot species that excels in human speech.
