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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2013 16:10:25 GMT -4
OK, here's a photo, with Francine who likes her seeds. Pigeons throw seeds all over!
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2013 16:07:13 GMT -4
My smartest and tamest rat, named after the head rat in "Willard". He likes belly rubs and kisses.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2013 15:26:56 GMT -4
Standard, not white. All the photos are on FB. Don't get me started on the Feds. Or NYC where ferrets and hedgehogs are illegal!
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2013 15:24:32 GMT -4
Love that last photo! Hams see poorly as you know, so they manage. Always lovely to read your reports. Lots of love. Best to her. A friend had a Boston Terrier recently spayed - many scabby sutures now and a cone! My cats never had a cone, and never needed sutures to be removed. Not sure why the difference. You will enjoy this story from a vet Friend on FB: >>Morton A. Goldberg Dvm Whether or not veterinarians use an Elizabethan collar depends upon their own judgment and experience, and also with the particulars of how they perform the surgery. I was fortunate to learn early in my career that whether or not my patients bothered their sutures depended in the vast majority of cases on whether their sutures bothered them. So I never succumbed to the temptation to take shortcuts, but always used a 3-layer closure with the buried sutures made of the least irritating absorbable material I could find and the skin sutures made of an inert material -- either fine monofilament stainless steel, human-quality monofilament nylon, or, later on, staples on some larger dogs. As a result, I never had to use Elizabethan collars on my spays because the patients never bothered their sutures. In fact, your question reminds me of a true story. On August 5, 1972, my daughter Suzanna was born. By prearrangement, I was permitted to scrub in and stand alongside the obstetrician during the delivery (not nearly as common back then as it is today). My wife had chosen epidural anesthesia. As a result, she was fully awake. The delivery went perfectly. Once newborn Suzanna was safely in the hands of the nurses, the doctor began the episiotomy. At that point, he remarked, "Dr. Goldberg, you might be interested in this new suture material we just recently started to use. It's saved us a lot of problems." "Oh?" I asked, "What is it?" "Dexon," he replied. "As a matter of fact, I've been using it for the past six months myself," I told him. "It's saved me some problems that I don't think you have." "And what would those be?" the obstetrician asked. "My patients used to lick and chew at their sutures." At that point, everyone in the delivery room roared with laughter -- with one exception: my wife. She was not amused.<<
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2013 15:20:50 GMT -4
He died suddenly with no symptoms. Can't complain about that. The younger sisters are not quite so tame as their cage makes it harder to handle them regularly, but they are mostly nice. Their mom is in their too - she is all white; none of the others are. That's genetics!
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 27, 2013 14:39:33 GMT -4
And she can fly. At least around the room. But she prefers to stay on the windowsill, unless frightened.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 22, 2013 11:38:58 GMT -4
She is doing well and getting along nicely with Francine the 'tiel who eats her seeds, some of them. This is Jasmine's last day of medicated water.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 21, 2013 17:40:49 GMT -4
A week ago. I found one older white one dead. No symptoms. Claude was his name. The younger brothers remain healthy and very tame.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 9, 2013 15:26:09 GMT -4
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 7, 2013 15:23:49 GMT -4
I know someone who is big into pigeons, and moderates a pigeon chat forum. She lives in Staten Island across the Narrows from me. A pigeon was hit by a car, taken to a vet, healed, and can no longer fly. So I was offered her, and I took her! Jasmine! Easy to handle and catch. So far she hangs around the window sill alot. I have a wee wee pad thing on it. Has not interacted with other critters yet, nor has she made any noise. But she seems happy enough, and she is surely lucky!
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 2, 2013 16:28:27 GMT -4
Yes, the more they are out of the two-level adobe and the longer they are in the open in the penned area. . . the more relaxed they get actually stretching their legs out. It is very nice to see.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 2, 2013 15:10:14 GMT -4
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 2, 2013 14:52:47 GMT -4
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 2, 2013 14:50:21 GMT -4
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 2, 2013 14:46:10 GMT -4
Beware of food from China!
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