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Electro, I for one am glad that you reported them. It is cruel and just evil. :( I wonder about the people who do those kinds of things, whether they have any respect for life at all. I hope your reporting them will yield some results, please let us know if they do. From my side, id like to make a b...

Thanks very much Ellie. He truly was something else. Don't mind at all AJ. This petshop we got Dante from is privately owned by this couple. They refuse to part with the money that was paid to them and I'm not going to take another bird from them. I'm not a person that likes to make a big fight abou...

Hi guys, So i called the petshop today. I told the owner that i purchased a ringneck from her a couple weeks back, to which she replied she remembered as i showed a keen interest in a couple of their birds. I then told her the bird we purchased from her had gotten sick and was diagnosed with having ...

Johan thats how people are at times. Il be sure to give the cage a good cleaning and scrub, thanks for the heads up. :) Buttercup, i understand your concern. Some petshops just dont care, plain and simple. Its all money for them and nothing else. Maybe its worth looking for a private seller/breeder?

Hi Johan, Thanks for the kind words and advice. I also took into account that Dantes items would be infected and have managed to burn most of the stuff already to avoid any other birds being infected. Its just his cage now i have here at home. Yeah i figured that this season is about done. I just se...

You're right sky, thats very true.
As much as wed like to save or prevent other animals from suffering at the hands of those who are looking to make a quick buck, theres only so much we can do.
I wish people would open their eyes though.

@electronegative - I read about PBFD sometime ago and I prayed it wasnt that. Unfortunately my fears were realised when we got back the test results. Honestly, i would love to get another ringneck sometime, but as sheyd mentioned, the recurrence of another bird contracting that awful disease is not ...

Hi guys, I just want to say very sincerely, thank you for the kind words. This whole experience was and is very personal to me. What started out as just a pet parrot brought home from a petshop turned into me building a relationship, with a close friend and companion. I have no respect for petshops ...

Just got home and went to see him. Opened his cage and he literally ran and jumped on me. Considering the fact that he couldn't breathe and still did that, I am truly amazed by him. Sat with him while he struggled to breathe. Couldn't make a sound. Struggling to catch air. Resting on my chest. Sat w...

Hi all, Little buttercup & skyes crew - thanks for the support guys, it means a lot. The vet called with the results - and not for the better. Its beak and feather disease. The test that was done was to check for that. Apparently he ruled out any other possibility of it being anything else. That...

Thanks for the support guys. Let's see how he goes.
Will keep you updated.

So we got back from the vet today and he's taken feather samples for testing. He says its possible feather disease. Won't know for sure until the tests come back.
F***. Feel so down now.

Thanks Bennjamin. I hope so too.
He feels warm, not hot. His temperature feels fine.
I've attached some pics now. 2 of when I first got him and a couple from this morning.
See what you guys can make out.

@AlphaWolf - Hand feeding him baby formula at the moment. 3 - 4 feeds a day of 3 x 5ml syringes. Feeding him something called AVIPLUS Phase 2 - 2 weeks to ± 6 weeks. Thanks for the input Wolf. @Ellieelectrons - Thanks for fixing up my post. Well, I'm gonna get him to an avian vet tomorrow. When we g...

I was told he was 4 weeks old when I got him. He's still on formula at the moment.

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and to any kinda blog in general, so please bare with me if I mispost or don't do it properly. My baby Dante is about 6 weeks old. I've grown very fond of him and I truly love this bird. My girlfriend got him from a petshop about 2 weeks ago for me. He looked under nour...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and to any kinda blog in general, so please bare with me if I mispost or don't do it properly. My baby Dante is about 6 weeks old. I've grown very fond of him and I truly love this bird. My girlfriend got him from a petshop about 2 weeks ago for me. He looked under nour...