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Post by mueb on Mar 23, 2008 19:09:17 GMT
By the looks of your photo her beak problem is an undershot bottom mandible not an overshot upper. Looks as though someone has cut the top mandible far too short, the bottom one needs trimming back so her top one fits over her bottom one (if you can understand me!). I would think this very likely is her problem, whoever did this may have terrified her of liking humans for a long time. Also the screeching could well be the fact that her beak is very uncomfortable or painful from what has been done to her, poor little soul. I would imagine she feels pain because the upper beak is actually pushing the lower one forward, how it has been cut. Hopefully she will soon realise that you are a friend to her and not there to hurt her. I would take her asap to an avian vet who can sort out her bottom mandible but the top one will be difficult because you will need to wait until it grows again. Btw - the breeder wasn't from Cleveland was he We feed all our conures on a good parrot mix - one that has various seeds, dried fruit, peppers, monkey nuts etc. They also love hemp seed and millet sprays as well as a little cockatiel mix - we don't use budgie mix at all. While she has such a poorly beak feed her as much fresh fruit as she wants, this is good for her and is probably not painful to eat.
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Post by mueb on Mar 22, 2008 22:45:42 GMT
You don't say what age Ivy is? or how long you have had her? I can honestly say I have never heard of a greencheek being noisy we have bred pyrrhura conures of many varieties (including greencheek)for at least 18 years. I cannot understand why she is afraid of you, has she had a bad experience during her lifetime to make this happen?. Conures do have long memories so if someone or something upsets & frightens or hurts them then it is very difficult to get them over it. You must try to get her to like you and the way to do this is to speak very softly and slowly to her. When moving your hands near her do it very very slowly while talking softly, this will calm her. If you had her straight from her breeder as a baby then I suggest you get in touch with her breeder and ask these questions, maybe he/she will be open & honest and tell you of any problems that may have affected her. All our babies are mega tame when they leave us and none of them are afraid of hands, which is why I feel something has happened to upset your bird regarding hands. I can only assume the screeching is part & parcel of the psychological problem. Do not by any means poke her with anything at all, this will only add to her unrest.
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Post by mueb on Feb 8, 2008 9:06:55 GMT
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Post by mueb on Mar 13, 2008 8:57:31 GMT
This last little bluethroat now has a nice new home lined up in Hertfordshire
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Post by mueb on Mar 6, 2008 20:02:46 GMT
Nah! Scully - I knew you wouldn't want to see a pic so................. One li'l babe looking for a nice home when he is fully weaned in a few weeks time..............
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Post by mueb on Mar 6, 2008 13:25:53 GMT
Well once again I have encountered a timewaster The deposit for the bluethroat never arrived and the phone number I was given is "not available" so............ I still have one baby bluethroat available for sale if you are interested. Can post a piccie of him/her if you would like???
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Post by mueb on Mar 3, 2008 19:46:42 GMT
Oh dear! I have just received an e-mail from someone who has today sent me a deposit to reserve the last blue throat All I can say is that if the deposit doesn't arrive, I will let you know. Otherwise the parent birds are now going to nest again (they have 1 egg so far) so hopefully there may be more in a few weeks time. Alternatively I am hand-rearing a crimson bellied conure (no-one knows about this one yet!!) who will be looking for a new home in a few weeks time Both crimsons & bluethroats make lovely tame friendly pets - we actually have one of each ourselves (they share a cage). I also have 2 more maroon-belly babies & 2 painted babies that will be wanting homes in a few weeks time. All these babies are only small yet which is why I haven't yet advertised them on my site. (Photos are on my website) If you are interested in any of those please let me know.
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Post by mueb on Feb 3, 2008 9:01:19 GMT
Bless her - it was her lucky day to have found you and your flock
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Post by mueb on Feb 16, 2008 19:55:16 GMT
Well as you can see above, Tootsy has settled in very well. She loves being out on the playground in the evenings and gets on pretty well with the others of her own kind. The second photo is of Tootsy with Tukie (another female meyers that we bred & sold but came back a couple of years ago due to the new family's problems). She follows me wherever I go through the bungalow & when she catches up with me (bear in mind she cannot fly - only walk/waddle!) she says alright? alright? and when I pick her up she say hey! She's a real little love and lets me do anything with her, lays in my hand on her back asking if I'm "alright" She still regurgitates to me & I seem to get given most of her tea sometimes
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Post by mueb on Jan 31, 2008 18:42:51 GMT
Phill, kings are not a common bird over here in UK. Benny came to me from my vet. He was found at a farm near one of their practices. When he first arrived he hadn't got his adult colouring but now is a smart bird. I managed to find him a hen last year but it took me 3 months of looking! Scully, maxies are not particularly popular as they are not a very colourful bird. We used to have a pair in the aviary but sadly they didn't breed for us.
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Post by mueb on Jan 30, 2008 20:15:59 GMT
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Post by mueb on Jan 30, 2008 19:12:25 GMT
Karen - Tootsy is a meyers parrot (poicephalus group of parrots from Africa). Her ex-owner did actually phone me yesterday to see if she had settled in O.K. so that was a surprise!!! I asked him about her tail and he said she has never had one & he had her over a year I have never heard of a bird never growing a tail, has anyone else heard this? must admit there are no pin feathers trying to grow in though. The wings he said had been clipped by his wife "as she knows how to do this!" (his words). I didn't say anything but I have never seen a bird with no flight feathers at all I can see a few of the new feathers starting to come through though so hopefully she will get wings eventually. She is such a little sweetheart, she regurgitates to me every time I get her out - bless her #kiss# Kiwi - will post some more pics of our birds soon
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Post by mueb on Jan 27, 2008 23:13:31 GMT
Yeah I did it again!! Meet Tootsy - she arrived this morning. Hubby took a phonecall from a chap who said he hadn't got the time for her. She is just over a year old so I'm told (no rings, no paperwork!). Poor little soul is soooo sweet! the couple who brought her over were possibly retired although they didn't say. Wife said he (hubby) hadn't got patience for the bird. They didn't offer any information at all, I asked the name and what she had been fed on. I haven't a clue what sort of cage, toys treats etc. she likes. She certainly looks healthy and is not thin at all so has been well fed although she doesn't know what fruit is Is very handleable, I can stroke her and do anything with her. I commented that she has no tail but that was met with silence from the owners. Little Tootsy made no attempt to go to them and was happy with me who she had only just met! Not only does she not have a tail but one foot has only a couple of toes full length with nails - I asked them what had happened, apparently she was chewed by her mother in the nest After they had gone I opened the fridge door and frightened her so she tried to fly - landed like a stone (thankfully on the carpet) so has no flight feathers AT ALL. I haven't checked them out yet to see if they have been pulled out or badly clipped. Didn't want to upset her so will let her settle for a day or two first. I am wondering just what the story really was with this little girl and what happened to her tail? ? Couldn't have been a cat or anything as she is in perfect condition otherwise. Thought I would just let you know that I still suffer from CSN
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Post by mueb on Jan 26, 2008 22:27:47 GMT
I used to work alongside the rspca with rescuing until a few years ago. Because many of the birds were from poor/bad backgrounds and some were traumatised I decided not to rehome them. They have all settled well here in this "bird sanctuary" we call home and it is so good to see them happy now. Some of the smaller birds (tiels mainly) were the result of an elderly person being taken into care - taking their precious pet was very sad & many a time I have left the house with their pet & tears down my face. I don't do this rescue work now but the local vets, petshops & several local people still give my phone number to people needing a home for their bird and I suffer from CSN disease as well (can't say no). I would worry what would happen to them if they didn't come here! One elderly gentleman last summer was told by his carer to open his window and let his tiel out - thankfully I got the phonecall from a friend and was at his house in the matter of minutes!! the lutino cockatiel now lives here and bred last year - so she is happy ................
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Post by mueb on Jan 26, 2008 16:08:12 GMT
I only know because I read it in one of the threads here - Multiple Bird Syndrome. I suffer from this and Tielitis Ah! thanks for that - yes I'm afraid I do have a bad case of MBS then I also have a touch of tielitis too as we have between 20 & 30 of those in 2 large aviaries. Again most of them are rescued ones that I let pair up and have a few chicks each summer.
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