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Georgie Update

November 13th, 2011
Georgie Update

Hi all,

An update on Georgie the grey we rehomed around 18 months ago, as you may know Bobbie the other grey that was with Georgie sadly died suddenly but a positive came from that in Georgie totally coming out of her shell.

She is such a happy bird and although she hardly says anything other than “your warm” and “nice” she happily whistles away and does her tap dripping noise, her favorite past time is to come out of her cage and wander around the house on the floor, she doesnt seem to want to fly although she can, she will sit near to Lulu on the java tree but not too close or she will will go for Lulu.

Georgie looks like a really healthy happy bird and surely is a massive part of our family,

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Another Rehome – Meet Poppy!

November 6th, 2011
Another Rehome - Meet Poppy!

Poppy is approximately 17 years of age, and had been with her previous owners for over 14 years!! After her owners had made the heartbreaking decision to re-home her through AGPC, Poppy’s details and information were passed onto me, so that I could collect her.
After being in contact with her owners for 2 weeks, and preparing for her arrival we collected Poppy on the 5th of November.

Poppy is quite a small Grey, she is a plucker, and has in previous years laid eggs. She doesn’t really talk, but loves to whistle and beep, she barks like a dog, and meows, and she does the fastest head banging dance moves I’ve ever seen!! :)
After getting her home we transferred her straight to her new cage as her previous cage was quite small, her new cage is full if different types of toys which Poppy isn’t used to, as her last toys were rattles and a hanging toy.
As it was Bonfire night I decided to put the telly on for her, and to leave her be so she could adjust to her new surroundings. With this being a massive change, Poppy felt safest clung to the bars at the top of the cage, we managed to entice her down to her food bowls but she didn’t want to eat or drink, and when it was bedtime she clambered back up to the top of the cage. I don’t think she has ever seen the types of toys or perches that I have place in her cage, and didn’t go on the perches at all.

After being with her previous owners for over 14 years, all that Poppy has ever known has now gone, and she is going to need lots of TLC to help her adjust to life with us. She is such a little sweetie, and I’m sure once she has settled down and gets used to her new life, she will become quite a character within our family.

Here is a Photo of the new cage, and of course one of little Poppy.

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Angels Trip To The Vets!

November 5th, 2011
Angels Trip To The Vets!
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I made the hour and half journey to Wendover Heights Veterinary Centre to see Steve Smith who is fantasic with exotics.

On taking her in she was excited and regurgitating to me while waiting in the waiting room bless her!! They took her through and she was given a anaesthetic so she could have her x-rays done, here are some photos of her having her x-ray.

When she was back round Steve called me through to have a chat about the x-rays she was a lot worse than we thought most of her long bones showed abnormalities the right and left humerus, left and right radius, keel, right coracoid and both tibiotarsi, The left leg was worse with entrapment of the extensor tendon and extreme extension of the intertarsal joint all of which he believes to have happened at about 2-6 weeks of life cause by poor diet!!

Here are the x-rays

As you can see it’s not a pretty site and to do a surgical repair it would require a significant operation breaking the bone in the bad leg implanting into a very small fragment and fixing the leg in a more normal position so it will be a big op if she has it.

I was told that there are always risk’s with things like this and it could happen that once Steve operates on her that the leg might just not take the pinning and shatter in which case she would be put to sleep, but it could go well, its a case of not knowing until he opens her leg up.

He also said that she could come home with some pain killers and see how she goes on them too and could live a life on them , I find it hard to see that she is in lots of pain as she is such a happy bird and so loving which makes it so much more harder what to do for the best!

I dearly would love to give her the chance of a fairly normal life and for her to be able to perch like any normal grey I think she deserves this, but then I have to look from the other angle and is it fair to put her through this?

If she has the Op we would need to raise funds to help Angel and pay for it as it will cost about £450 for the bad leg and maybe a bit less for the other leg so we would carry on Angels Appeal!

I need to sleep on it a few more times not that I can do much sleeping and I will update you all soon.

Paula + Angel xx

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Rosie Loves To Explore!

November 5th, 2011
Rosie Loves To Explore!

I thought it would be a good idea to update you all on how Rosie is doing as she’s been with us now for over a month.

Rosie is very loving and playful, she’s a good talker and has now started copying Frodo and Bilbo, she’s also now says Rosie, which is great, and both Frodo and Bilbo shout Rosie, which makes us laugh.
She’s very vocal in a morning and it now sounds like a competition is going on with the three of them, who can shout the loudest.

Rosie is a great eater and loves all her pellets, veg, fruit etc and she loves her herbal tea. She also loves to be sprayed, as soon as I say shower time, she climbs to her top perch and opens her wings so more of her can get wet.

We find it very weird that we have fallen so in love with her after such a short time, she’s a gorgeous bird who has stolen our hearts, it’s like she’s been here forever.

Although Rosie is still plucking and clipping her feathers, she does now have two red tail feathers and lots of pins on her chest so we know we’re on the right track with her, it’s just going to take a lot of time and patience which we have plenty of.

She loves to explore the play stands, the kitchen and toys and is still getting on well with Frodo and Bilbo when they are out together every day, although we still like to give all three birds individual out of cage time.

Julie

Photos to be added shortly as they are stuck on my dead hard drive!! Paula

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Street Cred Or The Terribly Two’s?

November 3rd, 2011
Street Cred Or The Terribly Two's?

Well, Bailey has been with me now for little over 5 months and I think she’s settled in well. After her Houdini’ trick where she flew out of the window and escaped for four agonising days, I think she’s become a bit more ‘street wise’ after mixing with the other big birds in the ‘hood’. This escapade did set her back a bit and she has become a little more ‘detached’ from us. However, she still flies to land on your shoulder (or my head) if we’re standing up in the Kitchen or leaning against the work surface, but still wont step up at all or step onto our shoulders if we offer it to her next to her cage. She does like to land on my laptop lid which is annoying as her claws will go right through the screen (not sure how I could explain that one away with the laptop insurance? Is parrot damage covered?) so I try and move her off offering bits of treats but she has none of it and just flies back to her cage.

She comes out everyday, but will never play. All she wants to do it sit on top of her cage singing, squawking, barking at the dogs, demanding a bag of chips and chatting to me or to herself. I’ve hung some of her toys to the outside so that if she changes her mind, they are there for her.

Her favourite place to sit is on top of the kitchen cupboard where she has a great view. Here she just sits and sings etc too.
She is obviously happy and is eating well and drinking plenty of juice and water. She gives me so much pleasure and so many laughs at her antics and the things she says. Her latest phrase is ‘Peanuts, peanut, peanuuuuuuuuuts!’

I’m not sure what has happened to my last diary entry, it seemed to disappear after I posted it? So apologies for that.

Here is Bailey as my latest fashion accessory.

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