Unexpectedly, we will be hosting 5 parakeets for the next month. Our friend lets them out of their cage during the day but said it’s not required if we can’t do it (he strongly hinted he preferred it though). They’ll be confined to my office, but I have posters, paper art and projects all,over the place—are they gonna fuck with it? Tear it up? Anybody know what they’re like?
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....
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....
Hello and welcome to my #introduction 👋I am a mid-thirties, late diagnosed #ADHDer, with an #autistic partner. Coming up to my diagnosis 1-year anniversary 🥳 and learning lots every day, having regular “aha” moments. I work PT #burnout in a library and spend my free time trying to coral my unruly curiosity fairly unsuccessfully.
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...
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.
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...
New Bath, Who Dis? (youtube.com)
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....
Had to go to the vet
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...
Big Raptor Dreams
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....
Echo's still not 100%
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...
So far, so good
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.
Last day of Echo taking meds for avian gastric yeast. Baby photo tax, one year ago today.
OC Miss Echolalia, one year old budgerigar (pixelfed.social)
Miss Echo perched on my son's toe
Echo loves jingle balls but this is a few too many (pixelfed.social)
Halp
Parakeet medicine - Capture and restraint for administration of medication for a Budgerigar (youtu.be)
From Dr. Z Kline at Niles Animal Hospital...
Seed Time (youtu.be)
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...