We went to get my new "foster" yesterday! It was an all-day trip to get to him from the person who'd had him previously. She knew the owners, who were soooo sad to give this bird up, but their job is moving them to an avian-flu positive asian country for a substantial amount of time (decade+) and they just couldn't take the bird with them ( Read more... )

We did the massive exam of Tiel Invasion birds today. The vet was very nice and she was very happy to share information on all sorts of topics. (Got some hints for helping Kiwi.) We did blood draws on 18 cockatiels and 2 Indian Ringnecks, and the vet will run standard tests on all of them and then a few will have more extensive work-ups. She ( Read more... )

Thurs evening: I picked up the 7 cockatiels and settled them into the house ( Read more... )