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Post by easttex on Oct 5, 2016 15:20:27 GMT -5
I've been very negligent about getting Allie in for annual vet visits. The last time I took her, she had to be given gas, and I really did not want to repeat that. Today I took her to the first vet I took Peppy to, knowing that she does lots of birds, though she isn't certified avian. It was pretty traumatic for Allie. She fought them every step of the way. And scream? If we didn't scare off some of the clientele, I'd be surprised. She broke a blood vessel in her eye, whether from blood pressure or the struggle, I don't know. It looks normal now, but it was a little frightening. But they eventually got some blood. I'm curious about her calcium level, but I don't expect any real issues. As soon as we got home she was fine. We came home to a bit of good news, which is an encouraging development for anyone aware of how endangered greys are becoming: www.parrots.org |
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Post by zim on Oct 5, 2016 18:42:58 GMT -5
Wow, poor Allie, what an ordeal! Hopefully the tests come back good!
I seen the news of the international trade of African Greys being banned a few days ago. What a big victory for the species! I just hope it's not too little, too late.
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Post by cnyguy on Oct 5, 2016 20:29:46 GMT -5
Rough day for Allie. Hope that all is well with her.
I'm sure the banning of international trade in wild-caught Greys will have a positive effect. It can't undo what's been done, but is still a big step forward.
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Post by aaron on Oct 5, 2016 22:34:32 GMT -5
Sorry to hear Allie had such a rough vet visit. That does not sound fun at all  The last vet visit for Cupcake was pretty awful too, although certainly not as bad as what you're describing... but I have never seen her so scared as she was last time. It sucks to see them so distressed. Glad to hear Allie was fine upon returning home. All's well that ends well, or something like that  Certainly very good news about the Grey trade being banned! |
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Post by Jan and Shah on Oct 6, 2016 0:37:08 GMT -5
Poor Allie - and poor you having to experience her going through all that terror.
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Post by easttex on Oct 6, 2016 14:38:08 GMT -5
The test results came back today. The vet said they were all "perfectly beautiful". So there is that.  Now let's see if I will ever be able to coax Allie into her travel cage again. Greys really are quite different from Quakers. |
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Post by cnyguy on Oct 6, 2016 21:11:12 GMT -5
Glad that Allie got a good report from the vet-- and hope she (and you) are recovering from her ordeal. I haven't attempted to take Scooter the CAG anywhere yet. She's still reluctant to go anywhere beyond the outside of her cage, and considering her nervous disposition, I don't want to force the issue, unless it's absolutely necessary. She supposedly got a clean bill of health from a vet not long before she came here. Aside from her feather condition-- which is slowly improving, and seems to be a result of her diet and lack of baths-- she certainly seems to be in good health. Ralph absolutely hates getting into his transport cage and can't wait to get out once he's in it. He's always been well-behaved at his vet visits and never seems nervous, just annoyed at being stuck in that small cage, and having to suffer the indignity of riding in a car. |
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Post by Caseysmom on Oct 6, 2016 21:55:09 GMT -5
Glad she got a clean bill of health, too bad they don't understand it's all to help them.
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Post by easttex on Oct 7, 2016 16:45:59 GMT -5
It's very hard to know what a grey understands. They are so smart. Allie did not make me pay for her terrifying experience, and I was helping, but maybe she just cut me some slack on the basis of relationship. Speaking of feather condition, Gary, after almost eight years of misting and weekly water bowl dips from which she emerged miraculously dry, she is finally allowing me to take her in the shower. We're not up to direct spray, and probably never will be, but I can direct secondary spray her way, and after only a month or so her feathers are looking a little better.
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Post by cnyguy on Oct 7, 2016 20:20:37 GMT -5
Now and then, Scooter will splash in her water dish, which I think she learned from watching Ralph. She doesn't accomplish much besides getting the top of her head, and bottom of the cage, wet. She'll endure a misting, but makes it clear that she's not happy about it. I've been misting her at least once a week. Her old feathers look a lot less ratty than they did when she first arrived. She's growing in lots of new feathers now too. I've never been happier to see a bird molting. And she's been chewing up her old molted feathers instead of chewing on the good intact ones, which is an improvement too, of sorts.
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The last vet visit for Cupcake was pretty awful too, although certainly not as bad as what you're describing... but I have never seen her so scared as she was last time. It sucks to see them so distressed. Glad to hear Allie was fine upon returning home. All's well that ends well, or something like that 
Now let's see if I will ever be able to coax Allie into her travel cage again. Greys really are quite different from Quakers.
