| Jefferson update |
[Oct. 17th, 2008|08:12 am] |
Jefferson wasn't eating and was dropping weight pretty consistently, so his foster mom took him back to the vet yesterday.
Turns out his pin (the fixture that was implanted to help his broken wing heal properly) was poking through the skin, sticking out of his wing and probably causing him great pain so that explains his sudden disinterest in food.
They anesthetized him, x-rayed and removed the wing pin. The doc said the bone is amazingly stable for such a short time but she did need to bandage it (wing/body wrap) He's adjusting to the wrap but he is eating again (phew!) The vet put him back on antibiotics and she is a bit worried about the possibility of him being septic since the pin was going right from the bone to the outside of the body (a great pipeline for bacteria to get into the blood) but, so far, he isn't showing signs of being septic.
She'll be re-evaluating him today. Hopefully he's on the mend now and won't have any more issues.
Think good thoughts for him!
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| Anza update |
[Oct. 8th, 2008|12:05 pm] |
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Anza is in a new longer-term foster home now. I got this update from his foster mom today:
Anza is doing marvelously. He's eating everything we put
in front of him, just about, even the pellets and Harrison's now.
What a doll!
Now we just need to explain to him why he can't fly, which
has really confused him. :)
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| Jefferson and Clipper |
[Oct. 2nd, 2008|08:26 am] |
Update on these two:
It looks like Jefferson went through surgery for his wing just fine, and had a pin inserted to hold it together. He will be ready to go home, with pain meds, as soon as tomorrow.
Clipper may or may not have a bacterial infection or possible continuing worm infestation. Her gram stains showed very little, and blood only shows a slightly elevated white count. She'll be on antibiotics and dewormer, but may probably also be ready to come home tomorrow as well. She'll need somebody around to watch her for more seizures.
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| Jasper update |
[Oct. 2nd, 2008|08:24 am] |
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Last night I got this email from Jasper's adopter:
A quick note to update you on Jasper. He's starting to talk! Very exciting, his vocabulary so far is Step Up, Eagle, and he imitates us laughing. He has been mumbling so we just have to wait and see what flies out of that cute beak next.
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| Clipper, Dolores, and Jefferson |
[Oct. 1st, 2008|12:39 pm] |
Clipper, who was all healed up and ready to move to a long-term foster home, ended up back at the vet yesterday with seizures. No word yet on how she's doing today.
Last week we took in Dolores - a baby with either the worst case of baylis we've ever seen or some sort of poisoning - she's at the vet and is still very very sick. In fact the vet is surprised she's still alive, but she is showing improvement - when she first came in she was curled up in a ball and hardly moved, now she's lifting her head and is awake for a while each day. We're still not sure what her final prognosis will be, but for now we're watching and waiting.
And this week we took in Jefferson - an adult bird with a broken wing.
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| Anza |
[Sep. 12th, 2008|07:35 am] |
Yesterday we got in our first fledgling of the season. We've named him Anza - and he apparently has a red mohawk of feathers on the top of his head. I can't wait to see pictures!
The little featherbutt seems to have flown into a building and knocked himself silly - he was easy to catch and rather woozy, I'm guessing there may be a concussion.
More news when I hear. :)
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[Aug. 1st, 2008|09:59 am] |
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Grey Feather Toys (www.greyfeathertoys.com) will be donating 10% of *all* its August sales to Mickaboo! Greyfeather makes fantastic, safe toys, and they have been supporters of Mickaboo for a long time.
Please support both Greyfeather and Mickaboo by shopping early and often on their site!!
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| Clipper pix |
[Jul. 29th, 2008|08:24 am] |
( A couple of pictures of Clipper )
Looks like she's older than we initially thought, which would explain why she's so nippy and un-keen on being held to get her meds and be fed. However, she seems to be recovering well.
She'll need to be on heavy-duty antibiotics for 5-6 weeks due to an infection in her bone from the break, but hopefully that will all go smoothly.
We still need angel donations to help pay for her wing surgery - if you'd like to donate, please email angels@mickaboo.org
Thanks! :)
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| Update on Clipper |
[Jul. 24th, 2008|08:36 am] |
She is a yearling, so was just born last fall, and it turns out the broken wing was a compound fracture (just one break, but the bone was sticking through the skin) that was at least a few days old since the bone was infected. The vet had to remove part of her elbow, so it may fuse.
The vet bill for her is going to be HUGE (probably well over $1,000) and Mickaboo is really struggling financially right now - if any of you would like to be part of her group of "angels" please email angels@mickaboo.org (with "Angel for Clipper" in the subject line) to offer a donation to help.
Any amount, no matter how small, would be very much appreciated - and your name (of if you prefer, the name of someone you're donating in honour/memory of) will be added to the Angels page on Mickaboo's site.
Thanks to anyone who can help out!
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| Clipper |
[Jul. 21st, 2008|01:44 pm] |
New yearling came into Mickaboo's care today. In the words of our Flock Angel who got him to the vet: Cute. Tired. Broken wing.
Looks like it may be another hawk attack. We'll know more tomorrow ...
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| Doodle |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|10:19 am] |
We got the sad news this weekend that Doodle, one of the earliest birds rescued from the flock, had died.
A necropsy revealed blood around her heart, but no internal hemmoraging, so it's thought it may have been a genetic defect that may then have been affected by Conure Bleeding Syndrome.
Doodle had a huge vocabulary of English words and was totally doted on and adored by her adopters.
She'll be missed. :(
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| Haight & Ashbury |
[May. 29th, 2008|01:38 pm] |
Update today from their new foster mom:
H&A are good buddies now ... we are still working on pellets, so far we haven’t had a lot of luck. We’ll get there though. They are still afraid of us, understandably. We are making progress though ... They make the cutest soft squawks that you can barely hear. They do it back and forth almost all day. Very sweet and cute. Ashbury in particular is extraordinarily sweet. Hasn’t even bitten me once yet. She’s big. Julie asked me if I thought they were bigger than Monty and Sonoma and I now believe they may be. She is warming up to me faster. I’m trying to limit sunflower seeds so I can use those to help train them. I don’t want them to starve though, so am moving slowly. Haight on the other hand is feisty. He’s so funny. When I come up to the cage to say hi (like every 10 minutes, I swear), he comes at me with his beak open ready for a fight. Poor baby, so untrusting. Rotten hawk. He’s quite agile too. More so than even Monty when he was adopted out. He climbs and jumps very well. He is the protector of the cage, even though he’s smaller than Ashbury.
Height’s bubble gum is still on there very well and does not look like it needs re-doing quite yet. I’ve been watching it closely to make sure that the beak I can see remains healthy. They both look GREAT!
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Haight and Asbury
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| Cute overload |
[May. 29th, 2008|01:35 pm] |
Bird in a Jar.
Please note that the foster mom is aware that sunflower seeds are meant for a treat, not regular feeding. She had Monty and 'Noma converted to pellets (and tame!) before they were adopted!
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| Monty and Sonoma update |
[May. 10th, 2008|07:23 pm] |
An update from their foster mom:
M&S are perfect. Both step up perfectly in and out of their cage. Monty has perfected the wolf call. Is doing it right now (I like to think I’m looking good in my bathrobe…). Sonoma is a bit unstable and has trouble perching on moving objects (she falls easily). I think that will be a chronic disability for her. They play together very nicely, will always be good buddies. They LOVE to go outside in their tanning cage. I give them a good bathing in the sun. They think they are ‘wild’ birds again in the big old backyard. They also like my young kids. The girls give them choo choo’s (anything they can chew on) and beak treats (sunflower seeds and fruity pellets). I really love them. Amazing, beautiful birds…..
And here are a few videos of the cutie pies:
Video #1
Video #2
Video #3
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| Haight |
[May. 10th, 2008|07:14 pm] |
Later the same day that Ashbury came to Mickaboo, SFACC called us to say they had another bird from the flock. Someone saw a hawk attack the bird and managed to chase after the hawk, causing it to drop the conure. Our flock angel, who had driven from her home south of SF, into SF, then back well south of her home to the vet with Ashbury, then home ... drove back into SF and took the new bird to a different vet (the first being unable to take in another bird that day).
This little guy had puncture wounds, and his beak had a huge hole in it. We decided to name him Haight - coz we're sure his new motto is "I Haight hawks!" ;)
He stayed overnight with the vet in SF, then we took him down to our other vet who has more experience with beak injuries. He took Haight straight into surgery and was able to save his beak. For now it's patched (that's the yellow) and the beak seems to be starting to grow back in. As the patch loosens, it will need to be replaced to protect his beak as it grows out, but for now we're cautiously optomistic about his prognosis.
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| Ashbury |
[May. 10th, 2008|07:10 pm] |
About a month ago we got a call from SFACC telling us they had a conure in who had something wrong with her wing. Our flock angel went over and picked her up and dropped her to the vet.
She had a broken wing that had started to heal, so we're not sure she'll ever have proper use of her wing again. Her speckled head means she's still a fledgling, born in the 2007 nesting season.
Following in the tradition of naming the birds for streets in San Francisco, we named her Ashbury.
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| Introducing: Francisco! |
[Jan. 17th, 2008|01:02 pm] |
This little cutie pie came into Mickaboo's care two days ago - someone saw him fly into a building and took him in to give him care. At first we'd hoped he was just stunned, but as he came-to, he had a head-weave we didn't like. He was taken to a vet, given the anti-parasite medication, and kept overnight on fluids and to be sure he was eating.
He's doing better now that he's recovered from the crash, but it's clear he has neurological issues (which may well have lead to the crash in the first place), so he's on his way even as I type this to his new foster home.
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Francisco
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