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Posts tagged with 'parakeets'
A Close Call
Sonny's Injury 
Sometimes in life, there is a moment so horrific that it makes you appreciate everything you have. That moment happened to me on Saturday night. Not to be too dramatic or anything (probably too late for that), but one of my parakeets almost bit the big one. How could this have happened you ask? Well, let me elaborate…
I have a nightly birdie routine that I do with Sonny and Cher. Around 9:00 P.M., I clean their cage and change out the food. Being the thoughtful mom that I am, I noticed that there was pooh on top of one of their toys and I opened the cage door to wipe it off. Well, Sonny freaked out and flew out of the cage. Now, when I bought my ‘keets a few months ago their wings were clipped and they could not really fly around. They have since both gone through a molt, so their flight wings grew back and Sonny was flying around like a possessed bird, crashing into walls and hitting her head (repeatedly) on the ceiling.
There is really not a worse sound than a bird hitting a wall. This continued for a couple of minutes and I could feel my blood pressure rising because I couldn’t get a hold of her and was certain she was going to break her neck/beak/wing from crashing. I FINALLY got a blanket thrown on her so I could pick her up and get her back in the cage. She was FREAKED OUT. She was breathing really hard and I was trying to remember if birds could have heart attacks or not.
She also scraped the feathers off the top of her head and I can see her skin. It looks like someone took a tiny pair of buzzers and shaved off her feathers. At least she wasn’t bleeding. My next thought was that her brain would swell and she would suffer a Natasha Richardson-type death. I watched her closely all night and soon enough she started acting normal again.
I was VERY relieved this morning when I took the cage cover off and she wasn’t dead on the floor. They will both be seeing the vet this week to have their wings re-clipped and an over-all birdie wellness check-up. I think Sonny is still pissed at me, so I will do what any good mother does and buy her love with new toys! Although, I should really give her a spanking for scaring the crap out of me like that.
They Aren’t Dead Yet…
Sonny (L) & Cher (R):Mom, What Are You Doing?
On Thursday night I became the proud mother of twins!!! Bet you didn’t even know I was expecting, right? Well, there’re parakeets (yes, I’m going down that road…again.) Even though in the past I haven’t had the best luck raising or bonding with my ‘keets (see the post I wrote a couple weeks ago entitled “Pet Cemetary”), I know this time will be different. How, you say? Well, for starters, I’ve actually been reading EVERYTHING I can find about parakeets and discovered half the shit I did in the past was wrong. Great. My biological clock is also ticking so loudly I am treating these two like their my own kids, which is sick, but also kind of cute in it’s own twisted way. I actually MADE them dinner tonight. Yeah, I don’t even make myself dinner!
I named them Sonny & Cher. At first I thought that Sonny was a boy, but now I think they’re both girls and they may be lesbians. I’m totally cool with that because I am a very progressive ‘keet mom and I’ll even buy them a gay pride sticker to put on their cage if and when they decide to come out. Maybe I can even start a blog for gay parakeets!
Oh, and speaking of starting another blog, I have been asked to contribute to a new blog called “The Open Letters Blog.” It will be written by myself, Heather Cherry, Shawn from The Shark Tank and Julia D. from Homade Hilarity. Heather, Shawn and I all write open letter posts on a regular basis so now they will be available to read in one place. How awesome is that?! These guys are so funny and talented and I’m very flattered I was asked to be a part of it all. Check out their blogs on the links below if you haven’t done so already. You won’t be disappointed. And wish me luck with my new kids. I hope I don’t have to write a post about them kicking the bucket any time soon.
The Open Letters Blog
Homemade Hilarity
The Shark Tank
Heather Cherry
