April 18, 200718 yr Author Well, I finally took some (crappy) pics of the ladder and swing that I made. It seems pretty lame now, but here they are: :mellow: Some other happy snaps: ... I couldn't find him, ANYwhere! :hap: :hap: Edited April 18, 200718 yr by MegumiA
April 19, 200718 yr Author Haha, thanks! Well, I'm not sure! He keeps looking at it. I haven't seen him on it yet. I suppose he is strong enough not to need a ladder. He seems to prefer climbing the sides of the cage! Ahhwell! ALSO, I noticed that Cosmo's tail is shaking a bit more than I would think normal. Maybe he is cold?
April 19, 200718 yr Yes! Cosmo loves grated carrot! He eats it from my fingers too! yay! Haha! Yeah - cats have always been to me - selfish! (not to offend anyone on here! *runs away and hides* ) Whenever my brother wanted a cat - I would complain and say 'But all they do is eat, sleep and runaway!'. : Cats can be fun and cute, but birds are way more interesting AND can talk! (However :excl: we had 2 cats when I was growing up who would 'talk' with you.. *shrug* ) ahhwell! Ahh, thanks Phoebe.. I really hope Jodie improves ASAP! Has she calmed down? Take care of yourself too eh? She needs a strong Mummy! All the best for you and Jodie .. (no hug emoticons on here..). *prayers* Thanks a lot, Jodie is just the same unfortunately. Beautiful pics of you and Cosmo! (am extremely allergic to cats and break out in giant hives, sigh.)
April 24, 200718 yr Author Hahah! Remind me that if Merlin and Cosmo ever meet up to pop a ribbon or tag on Cosmo's ankle! (Laughing out loud)! Oh! Annnd, I managed to take a fantastic (not) picture of him on his ladder last night: He loves our shoulders now: But yeah! He is taming so quickly! Still a little nervy around hands - but sometimes he hops on without question/ force! Oh, and I have stopped calling him 'Yoda' too! haha!! (bad habit!). His cere is clearing up, but still needs a few more weeks treatment. Hasn't pooped any more wormies - yay! That must have felt horrid for him! Ick! Cosmo also goes in and out of his cage all day. He finds his way to our bedroom, hops on the bedhead and will sleep above me if I am still in there! Hope I don't snore! (Laughing out loud)! So, all seems pretty good here. I hope he doesn't get too bored through the day alone here though.. We have left the stereo on for him a few times - his mood doesn't seem to change. He is such a placid bird! Anyhoo...
April 24, 200718 yr Ahh, well, Cosmo does obviously approve of the ladder, very good Great to hear that things are going so well as far as your relationship with him goes, too. Feathers. Edited April 24, 200718 yr by feathers
April 30, 200718 yr Author Thanks Elly! He seems to be a little temperamental in the last few days. The weather is gloomy and damp.. I'm not too sure what's up with him. Is it adolescence? By the way, Cosmo has a few bits of dry poop near his vent. Should I remove these myself? I removed some earlier, but there are still some there. Also, he doesn't like being looked at there. He gets nippy. Well, I was stupid and decided to remove the rest myself. I never knew he could nip that hard! I was only trying to help - not that he knew that! Poor bugger! Edited April 30, 200718 yr by MegumiA
April 30, 200718 yr Thanks Elly! He seems to be a little temperamental in the last few days. The weather is gloomy and damp.. I'm not too sure what's up with him. Is it adolescence? :rip: By the way, Cosmo has a few bits of dry poop near his vent. Should I remove these myself? I removed some earlier, but there are still some there. Also, he doesn't like being looked at there. He gets nippy. Well, I was stupid and decided to remove the rest myself. I never knew he could nip that hard! I was only trying to help - not that he knew that! Poor bugger! He could be going in to a molt and hormonal yes If it is regular poo yes leave it there they will remove it with cleaning
May 1, 200718 yr Author Ahhhh... Thanks Elly! Yeah - he is a tad touchy at times.. He will hop on our shoulders and that, but is not too keen on hands in his cage. He grudgingly hops onto our fingers. It sometimes actually looks like he is frowning! Darn hormones! (Laughing out loud)!
May 1, 200718 yr Millet only during hand sessions of taming soothes the beast... I can't remember is he clipped and if he is are his flights coming back that is another factor at least for me. Pretty got really bold when his flights were coming back in .
May 2, 200718 yr Author Okies, millet it is! Yep - we had him clipped! He hasn't grown them back much yet - but he has become a stronger flyer.. Oops! I think he dislikes me for giving him medicine, clipping him, bathing him, removing clogged up poop and taking a bit of bark off his cere. I am the evil Mummy. He will come round.. But I will definitely have to do the millet thing! He eats his seed treat in a week! (A 14cm long 1.5 inch wide treat!) Yoda has had his treat for months and has barely touched it! I will try to play with him this afternoon... He doesn't chirp a lot unless the hone rings or there are other birds about. *sigh* Okie-dokie.. Thanks Elly! You're a gem!
May 2, 200718 yr Do all that stuff and then give him millet therefore you can help with the evil to the good mommy . He will come around and before you know it he won't shut up :grbud:
May 2, 200718 yr Hehe Bobby hates me looking at his privates too! Not that I look often, but when there are sloppy poops in the cage its where I go first to see who the culprit is :grbud: I have a picture I thought you would like seeing as you love the way Cosmo preens his tail feathers! Its one of my fav pics of Bobby! I love reading your little Cosmo updates - he is gorgeous and you are so entertaining!!
May 2, 200718 yr I absolutely LOVE that photo I remember it from before you need to add that to Budgie of the Month :grbud:
May 15, 200717 yr Author *Sorry for not being on here too often of late.. Our 9yo girl (dog) Jessie was put to sleep last night - she had cancer.. :hap: * Ahhh! Thank you Riebe! BEAUTIFUL picture! Things are pretty good with C-boy.. Except he has been vomitting a bit, has runny/ almost water poos and is not fussed on eating too much. He has been going to his cuttle-fish, but yeah - he is sill chirpy and has energy as normal.. He is slightly fluffed up, but okay. I am wondering if his mite-medicine is the cause of this? He is having some seed as I type this. I took his seed treat out (he loves it and has not fallen unwell from it yet - so this may not be the cause, but I took it out for good measure). Any hints on how to get his poopies back to normal? I hear that oats are a good start..?
May 15, 200717 yr sorry to hear about your dog our 18y mix passed away in Feb so I understand . If you find he is still doing abnormal poos he needs to go back to the avian vet for a recheck.
May 16, 200717 yr Author Thanks Elly! I can't stop thinking about her.. I have even started to think that the neighbours (who didn't like Jessie) may have had something to do with her extremely rapid decline.. *paranoid*. She was a sweetie.. And yoiks! I have been ringing the vet this morning - no answer! Maybe they are sick too? Or don't open til after lnch or something? grr! I should look for an avian vet..
May 16, 200717 yr Use this to find an avian vet by you BBC's Avian Vet Look-up I hope the neighbor didn't do anything that would be horrible
May 16, 200717 yr Author YAY!!!!! Just down the road!!! James Harris DVM Mayfair Vet Clinic 2 Russell Crescent Sandy Bay 7005 Phone: 03 6224 4244 Email: jmhdvm@austarnet.com.au THANK YOU ELLYYYY!!!!!! And gees, well... I know that these neighbours aren't too friendly. They hosed her once (she was unexplicably drenched one night earlier this year). These people also tried blaming my family for a stolen bike (which had the police at opur door!). I just (and neither could the vet) can't get over her sudden and overtly rapid decline! It was awful! On the night of her being put to sleep and just before heading to the vet, these 'lovely' neighbours were standing at their window staring at us/Jessie with hands on hips/ cross-armed. I really hope they didn't do this to her or contributed to her sudden poor health. They have a nice garden - I wonder if they gave her somemthing nasty - herbicide or something? gahhh! In the meantime - I am focusing on Cosmo! Edited May 16, 200717 yr by MegumiA
May 16, 200717 yr Author Thank you Phoebe! :angel1: I sure miss her! ... I took Cosmo to the avian vet - he sure knows his stuff compared to the last vet we saw! This avian vet (Dr. Harris) said to stop giving Cosmo the ivomee & glycerine drops - he was stunned at how flippant the last vet was about dosage! (even though it wormed him and has improved his cere). Anyhow, Dr. Harris believes that it could be respiratory, kidney or liver problems. Definitely has some nasal issues. Dr. Harris gave him an antibiotic injection and I will report on Monday if he is better/ same/ worse. Consult was $60. Injection $20. If he hasn't improved, then I see the Dr again and get some antibiotic (I think) powder for his water. Yikes - I know this is dumb to say, but I can't afford weekly visits! I am still a uni student! Thanks everyone for helping! You are great! :feedbirds:
May 18, 200717 yr Yes, vet prices stink at whatever stage in life you are in, but I would rather take out a second mortgage than compromise my guys, thank goodness I can get extra work but working almost 7 days a week is a real drag and taking a toll on me but I do it. But again, in defence of the vets', if one gets a blood test or something, it is way up there, with the health care system we have covered here for humans, you aren't aware of the costs. hope you can reconcile things.
