Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Sept 25, 2023 15:55:46 GMT
Oooh exciting news!!
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Post by ffiscool on Sept 25, 2023 17:52:16 GMT
What a great solution all round
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Post by Hezz on Sept 26, 2023 1:05:58 GMT
Yes, a great solution for all concerned. So pleased as well, that Dexter will have a feathered friend again.
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Post by criswell on Sept 26, 2023 7:13:26 GMT
Ira's budgies arrived on Wednesday so one week of quarantine is almost up. It will interesting to see how Dexter interacts with Rito. He was very excited to meet Randolph Carter for the first time so I expect he will be similarly excited, if not more so as it's been longer that he's been on his own this time.
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Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 2, 2023 9:07:46 GMT
How is the quarantine going? When is Meet-Day?
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Post by criswell on Oct 2, 2023 22:27:06 GMT
Thanks for asking Marianne Marlow . Quarantine has been going well. I've been spending a couple of hours each morning with the flock and have been able to spend some one to one time with Rito. The other 3 have all wanted to join in for their share of millet, which has been lovely too. David has been spending an hour with them when he gets home from work too. We're almost at 2 weeks quarantine but Indie was a bit under the weather this afternoon, so when Ira and Anthony came to visit they took him home with them to keep an eye on him and maybe pop him up to the vets tomorrow. So if all is well with Indie then meet day might be the weekend of 21st October, but if Indie isn't well then we'll start quarantine time again so it'll be a bit longer. Fingers crossed that Indie is ok and has just tired himself out. He's such a sweetie and I hope he isn't poorly.
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Post by Hezz on Oct 3, 2023 0:15:38 GMT
Fingers crossed here for Indie, as well, for his own sake and for the meet and greet later on.
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Post by ffiscool on Oct 3, 2023 0:34:35 GMT
I hope he’s ok, poor little thing.
Has Dexter gotten curious about the budgie noises?
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Post by ariella on Oct 3, 2023 6:01:58 GMT
Really hope Indie will be okay. Looking forward to photos of the meet and greet. 😀
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Post by criswell on Oct 3, 2023 10:42:34 GMT
ffiscool Dexter isn't the least bit curious. I can hear the upstairs flock when I'm in the lounge with Dexter so he must be able to hear them and he takes no notice at all. I played Loz's video of Smudge with her sweetcorn with the sound on and that didn't get a response from Dexter either. Maybe he's forgotten he's a budgie! I hope Indie is ok and that he will be back with his friends soon as they have been calling for him this morning. If he does need medication, and the others need it too, then they will go home with Ira as she is much better at giving medicine than I am.
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Post by Loz on Oct 3, 2023 11:16:48 GMT
Fingers crossed that Indie is just homesick and missing Yuki & Pippin. Oh, and Ira & Anthony, of course!
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Oct 6, 2011 7:41:27 GMT
Marianne Marlow
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 3, 2023 11:47:28 GMT
I hope Indie is okay and will perk up a bit with Ira and Anthony looking after him.
Strange that Dexter is not calling to the new flock!
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Post by criswell on Oct 3, 2023 12:27:20 GMT
Marianne Marlow even when the TVs is off he doesn't respond to the flock. He responded to other budgies when in quarantine. Maybe it's because it's been so long since he's heard a budgie.
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Post by Ira on Oct 3, 2023 17:07:30 GMT
I hope Indie is okay and will perk up a bit with Ira and Anthony looking after him. Strange that Dexter is not calling to the new flock! Munchy never used to respond to budgie noises after a while.
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Post by Ira on Oct 3, 2023 17:16:11 GMT
criswell We can chat avout what you want to do RE quarantine too. Indie has been diagnosed with too much flirting. Helen told him to stop. I doubt he'll listen. He had a crop swab and they found some bacteria in some of the cells, so he has some antibiotics and also an antisickness that should work to reduce his regurgitating. They gave the first dose of that as an injection so it would be working by the time he starts his antibiotics tonight. Helen doesn't think it's contagious. She thinks it's a bacteria that lives in the crop anyway that's just got into some inflamed cells. Although of course she can't be sure without a culture. So Indie's in with Yuki and Pippin. In regards to quarantine, no one else is symptomatic and it's thought to not be contagious. Obviously everyone else can be monitored for signs of anything. The antibiotic course is a week. So it's up to you whether you want me to hold onto Indie for another week afterwards and finish Rito's quarantine, or whether you'd like to be extra cautious and restart the clock when Indie's finished his course and has the all-clear.
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