Birdy stuff
Adam brought home a new bird the other day, a scaly breasted lorikeet. It’s a lost pet that someone he knows found at work (has a leg ring, human whistles, and is very tame).
Because of the PBFD (Psittacine beak and feather disease) scare from the last rescue we had in the house, it’s been isolated for its own safety, and NC had to be tested. PBFD is incurable, and is extremely contagious with bi...rds via feather dander, salvia and faeces. It acts very much like aids to the immune system, and also causes beak deformities, and eventually feather loss.
We Took NC to the vet today for his PBFD test and he definitely takes after his mummy as far as fear of hospitals go haha…it took a towl, and 3 vets to get one tiny drop of blood. And he literally screamed the building down XD .
I will be taking him in again in a few weeks to finally be DNA sexed (how funny will it be if NC is actually a “she” haha.) I feel sorry for the vet that must deal with him again XD
Poor baby, vets are scary! ♥
Heres to hoping he comes up clear!
And heres a bad camera phone photo of the new bird, aptly named “squirt”.
Because of the PBFD (Psittacine beak and feather disease) scare from the last rescue we had in the house, it’s been isolated for its own safety, and NC had to be tested. PBFD is incurable, and is extremely contagious with bi...rds via feather dander, salvia and faeces. It acts very much like aids to the immune system, and also causes beak deformities, and eventually feather loss.
We Took NC to the vet today for his PBFD test and he definitely takes after his mummy as far as fear of hospitals go haha…it took a towl, and 3 vets to get one tiny drop of blood. And he literally screamed the building down XD .
I will be taking him in again in a few weeks to finally be DNA sexed (how funny will it be if NC is actually a “she” haha.) I feel sorry for the vet that must deal with him again XD
Poor baby, vets are scary! ♥
Heres to hoping he comes up clear!
And heres a bad camera phone photo of the new bird, aptly named “squirt”.