helenut
04-28-2011, 06:25 AM
After going to the vet with Rips, it turns out her liver isn't as bad as I had thought. She is going through a bad moult though and the vet said she definitely needs more vit C and A. She only really picks at the veg I give her though and doesn't eat a lot so I'm not sure how to make her. She's still taking aviform in her water though.
I did say to him I thought she could have a respiratory problem but he told me just to keep an eye on her o.O so I hope she is ok!
I still haven't had her clipped (I just feel so mean) but getting her back into the cage is 100x easier than before! She has a new cage and the door opens a lot wider so I kind of just usher her in and she goes in happy enough.
Maybe it has been a gradual change that I have not noticed that much, but yesterday she seemed not scared of me! I was proud, haha. I have thought for a while that she may never change, just because she appears so tramatised by something. But yesterday she was playing with a toy at the bottom of her cage, and i knelt down next to her and spoke to her softly, and she came over to me so I gave her some millet which she happily took from me! Doesn't seem like such a big deal, but for her it's something I thought she would never do haha, I was over the moon and still am!
My boyfriend who lives about 5 hours away so visits periodically said he's noticed a change in her too. He said she used to sit still in the cage and not play with anything, where as now she hops about madly, breaking all her toys (and copies jem by slamming the cage doors open and closed.) She doesn't jump or run or hide or scream anymore if someone suddenly moves in the room.
Still having trouble getting her to bathe though, I've tried every different size and depth bowl I could find to put in the cage and try out but she still doesnt. I take jem to the sink to have a bath as it's like a bonding session for us, but I don't know if it would be better to just let Jem show Rips how it is done in the cage.
I will carry on feeding her through the bars and see how it goes from there. It's only been about 5 months? Maybe 6? So she's doing pretty well, poor thing! Anyway :) happy days!
I did say to him I thought she could have a respiratory problem but he told me just to keep an eye on her o.O so I hope she is ok!
I still haven't had her clipped (I just feel so mean) but getting her back into the cage is 100x easier than before! She has a new cage and the door opens a lot wider so I kind of just usher her in and she goes in happy enough.
Maybe it has been a gradual change that I have not noticed that much, but yesterday she seemed not scared of me! I was proud, haha. I have thought for a while that she may never change, just because she appears so tramatised by something. But yesterday she was playing with a toy at the bottom of her cage, and i knelt down next to her and spoke to her softly, and she came over to me so I gave her some millet which she happily took from me! Doesn't seem like such a big deal, but for her it's something I thought she would never do haha, I was over the moon and still am!
My boyfriend who lives about 5 hours away so visits periodically said he's noticed a change in her too. He said she used to sit still in the cage and not play with anything, where as now she hops about madly, breaking all her toys (and copies jem by slamming the cage doors open and closed.) She doesn't jump or run or hide or scream anymore if someone suddenly moves in the room.
Still having trouble getting her to bathe though, I've tried every different size and depth bowl I could find to put in the cage and try out but she still doesnt. I take jem to the sink to have a bath as it's like a bonding session for us, but I don't know if it would be better to just let Jem show Rips how it is done in the cage.
I will carry on feeding her through the bars and see how it goes from there. It's only been about 5 months? Maybe 6? So she's doing pretty well, poor thing! Anyway :) happy days!