Comments on: A Close Call

By: brookeamanda

brookeamanda — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:55:58 +0000

Sonny’s is starting to get pin feathers on her head now, which means they are growing back! Yeah!! And…her cere just changed color to a dark brown which means he’s a girl! Cher is still a little too young to tell.

By: kathcom

kathcom — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:12:01 +0000

Thank goodness she’s okay. I couldn’t stand to see Sonny and Cher break up the first time.

By: Jerry K

Jerry K — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:57:38 +0000

Be careful when visiting the vet. He/she may call Parakeet Protective Services on you.

By: Candice

Candice — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:52:16 +0000

Why is that stupid R Kelly song stuck in my head now?

I beeeelieve I can flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I beeeleieve I can hit my head on the ceiling…. repeatedly until I have male pattern baldneeeeeessssss.

By: Rick Pursley

Rick Pursley — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:33:02 +0000

My oldest daughter is grrrrreat with all animals, esp birds. She had 2 cockatiels that would sit on her shoulders, eat from her hand, fly to her etc. etc. Hard to get em trained to that level though…

By: brookeamanda

brookeamanda — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:38:48 +0000

Foxy- Thanks! She’s doing really well and I am taking them both to the vet on Wednesday to get their wings reclipped.

Rick- What a horror story! My birds are NOT hand tame at all so we’ll see how their vet visit goes. Should be interesting…

Unfinished Rambler- Yeah, I did get a post out of it, so I guess that’s looking on the bright side.

By: Unfinished Rambler

Unfinished Rambler — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:39:46 +0000

But quickly adds: glad she’s all right.

By: Unfinished Rambler

Unfinished Rambler — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:38:58 +0000

Hey, at least, you got a blog post out of it, right?

By: Rick Pursley

Rick Pursley — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:54:11 +0000

Long ago and far away, I managed a pet store. One of the services we offered was bird wing clipping and I, being the boss, was the designated clipper. In order to clip small birds wings, the procedure is to hold them back down on you palm and form a “V” around their neck with your index and middle finger, then clip away with your other hand. Did this hundreds of times with no problem until this one cockatiel freaked completely the fuck out on me… you know the routine probably: screaming, flapping, clawing, and generally acting like the end of the world was nigh. So, as I had always done before, I talked soothingly, loosened my grip a bit and waited for him to calm down. BIG mistake: gave him just enough room to flop his head wildly around and break his own neck on my index finger… Worst part was, he was the only dependent of this couple and they pretty much thought of him as their kid, man I felt like the worst shitheel that’s ever lived ugh.

Moral of the story is: life’s fragile, gotta be real careful with it and value it. Nobody’s more aware of that fact than bird owners, I think, because birds seem to be especially fragile… now that I think about it, most of the animals that got injured or killed under my care were birds. If they get out they fly like crazy into anything and everything and generally beat the shit out of themselves and work themselves into a mad hysterical frenzy. Not to mention the smaller varieties are prey to almost every other creature out there. Guess I’ll stop now that I’ve soothed your nerves ha. Glad your keet’s mostly ok…

By: foxy

foxy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:11:50 +0000

ah man, i feel for ya!! it’s all scary when something like that happens to your baby. glad to hear she’s okay.