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carrie

I know that the members on this board change constantly and I haven't been on for a while, but for those of you who remember Atticus, it is with overwhelming grief that I have to announce that she left us yesterday morning. She had been very ill for a few days and was staying in the vet's surgery. S...

carrie

Hi all - sorry it's been SO long since I've posted. I have dropped in a couple of times but I've just been too busy lately. Anyway, thought I'd put up some photos of my deformed little brat. As you can see she's a bit of a mess since her last moult. She did have a tail (3 feathers anyway) for about ...

carrie

Hi - I got mine from the parrot rescue centre (parrotrescuecentre.com) on the Gold Coast. It was the cheapest and I'd prefer my money to go to an organisation like this one. If your other order falls through give them a try.

carrie

Thanks guys - you have no idea how much better I feel just knowing that you care so much. I know when I read about baby's tragic death it was too much for me to bear. And I know I'm probably being too pessimistic but that was just the mood I was in yesterday - glum you know? Anyway she's back to her...

carrie

Scared the sh.. out of me on the weekend when I got home from shopping and noticed that Atticus had done about 3 poos with blood in them. And it wasn't mixed up in the poo - there was big blobs of it. Rang the vet straight away (thank goodness they're open on sundays) and rushed her off with sample ...

carrie

Hmmm - I think I agree with you all - I can kiss the couch goodbye. After dragging her out 58 times in a row I get to the point where I just think stuff it - eat the couch! I hope she tires of it soon. At the moment I have blankets draped all over the bloody thing in a paltry attempt to stop the des...

carrie

Aaagh! This bird never stops! Having solved the problem of her chewing the timber rail she is now obsessed with getting in under the cushions of the couch and ripping it to shreds!! Now I can't rub vaseline all over the couch so what to do? Apart from throwing all the cushions on the floor and sitti...

carrie

If it turns out to be psittacosis (which sounds pretty unlikely) then it's not as bad as you may first think. Atticus was diagnosed with psittacosis almost a year ago after we had moved house. I was pretty shattered at the time. The vet said that most birds carry the virus but show no symptoms. Symp...

carrie

I know Chamon - I cracked up when she did it - wish the quality was better though.

p.s. Good to have you and Datsun back!

carrie

Thanks! She's got beak & feather disease - hence the white wing feathers as well. Most of her tail broke off but I suspect she won't grow them back - poor little bugger.....

carrie

Okay they're really scruffy but hey, I'm new at this. This is where she has spent the last 3 days in my office - in the paper bin. Shredding and scratching around like an old chook (nesting????). She comes out for a poo every half an hour or so and then straight back into it. The first one is how sh...

carrie

Just back to the shower perch - I bought Atticus one after it was obvious that she loved the shower - but she is petrified of it! She will not stay on it at all. When I first got it I just had it stuck to my desk so she would get used to it but not a hope of that. Stuck it in the shower and tried to...

carrie

p.s. Your little one is just GORGEOUS!!!

carrie

Ayuen - I live in Brissy and shop online at vetproductsdirect.com.au. They have a good range of pellets and treats - some are a bit expensive but others are cheaper. They change their range quite often so there's always something new. See what you think anyway.

Carrie

carrie

Well I put a new perch in and a new, darker cover on. She still doesn't want to go in but she's not screaming anymore. I know she wants to go to bed because she stands on the lounge yelling - her usual bedtime routine - but the closer we get to the cage the more she starts freaking out. Once I get h...

carrie

That is just heartbreaking. I am so sorry to hear this - my heart goes out to you. I could think of nothing worse than losing a little one.

carrie

Two nights ago I put Atticus to bed - no problems - then about 2 hours later we heard a big bang and she started screaming (not her normal annoying scream but her panicked one like when she's at the vet). We all came rushing from all corners of the house to see what the hell was going on and here sh...

carrie

Thanks for asking Jen - we are both doing fine. She hasn't lost many feathers lately - but I'm just waiting for the next moult - I'm sure she's going to look quite different after that. I just hope that the feathers are the only side effect - I'd hate for her to get depressed or sick in any way. I w...

carrie

Don't they just crack you up when they are playing? I love it when Atticus gets a toy in her claw and pretends that it's stuck on, thumping it up and down on the floor, biting it and growling the whole time like she can't get it off. Then she'll throw it across the floor and run up and jump on it an...

carrie

OMG Jen tell me about it! When she is quiet I have to wonder what is going on! I hate to say it but when she goes to bed it's like, phew, peace at last. We have tried everything including ignoring her but man, it's REALLY hard to ignore her when she's been going all day. I too feel your pain......

carrie

Well I've got a screamer! Screams morning, day and night. Usually when she gets left alone she quietens down but otherwise drives us nuts!! Is climbing on my desk right now screaming! Think yourself lucky I say.

carrie

Yeah - I think you're right. But I think I'll stick with the showers in winter! She hates the spray bottle - I think it's the noise that freaks her out!

carrie

I am thrilled that I got Atticus into the shower because she absolutely loves it, but I am just wondering if I should still offer her a bath every now and again. I noticed the other night that after I put her on the towel rail to dry off she started doing the head ducking bathing action - idiot that...

carrie

How on earth do you get them into the shower with you? Atticus just freaks out when the water comes on - so much so that I'm not game to take her in just in case she does some damage to herself. She'll sit outside the door but no way is she coming in! Is there hope for her??? I would love her to com...

carrie

Hi guys - so sorry I haven't been on for a while - just way too busy!!! Thanks for thinking of us - you are just too nice! Atticus is doing just fine - she is currently annoying the crap out of me - chewing my pens, climbing all over me, trying to get into my desk drawers - so I guess you can say sh...

carrie

Chamon Just on the beak thing - I notice that atticus' beak looks a little yellow on the tip also. Now I never thought anything of it until this whole beak & feather thing - then I assumed that it looked like that because of the disease. Obviously I am mistaken because datsun certainly doesn't h...

carrie

Sorry Jen - didn't see this post until just now. I have just put another post up to let you all know. Thanks for thinking of us!

carrie

The vet rang me yesterday to let me know and confirmed my fears - positive to beak & feather but negative to everything else (polyomvirus, psittacosis, pachecos). Bad news I know but like he said, it's the better of two evils. If it turned out to be polyomavirus then she would have become a very...

carrie

Thanks guys- I'm actually at Northgate Jade (near the airport) but I wouldn't mind having another avian vet contact. At the moment I am using Adrian Gallagher at Brighton. He seems very good - just very busy! He did say that beak & feather was extremely rare in asiatics - he thinks it's more lik...

carrie

Oh thanks guys

- thanks for all your support. At least she's still happy and healthy even though she's obviously had this (whatever it is) for a while now. I'll still love her no matter what. Keep you all posted.

carrie

I wish I could hurry things along but I've already had to wait 6 weeks to get her an appointment. He is the only avian vet in the area and is too busy. We did get her from a pet shop - a very large one with lots of birds, very healthy and happy birds I must say. All out in the open and socialising w...

carrie

I wish I could get a better shot than that!!! The sheaths aren't as thick in those other pics though - the fall off if you rub them - but could that just be the breed? It looks all to close for my liking.

carrie

Yep just like that - but no blood. I only have a crappy camera today but you can get the general idea from this pic. The top feather was her tail feather - another one came out the same but didn't fall out. That's what I mean by deformed - pretty bad eh. http://members.optusnet.com.au/apodsoil/mypic...

carrie

I tried to get some pics but she won't stay still for long enough! The feathers sticking out are her flight feathers. As you can seen her tail is in a sorry state - mostly broken feathers but the three longest ones grew back deformed - but they're not curling so is that a good thing? http://members....

carrie

She's just had her yearly check up at the vet and things aren't looking very good. You see as well as the white feathers coming through she's also had a lot of deformed growth in her flight and tail feathers. Some come out thin and mottled, some just fall out before forming properly. The vet is conv...

carrie

Seriously! On a sunday arvo I'll be in my usual position - lying on the couch - and atticus comes and sits on my belly, has a clean and then naps with me - but she lies down! It's not a full lie down - she kind of leans forward so that her belly and head are flat on me - but she stays in that positi...

carrie

My partner and I run a soil testing business from home. Most days I work in the office downstairs so of course atticus comes down with me, chewing everything in sight! If I leave her upstairs she screams until she's blue in the face (pardon the pun). At the moment she is sitting on my arm cleaning -...

carrie

Just out of curiosity (or stupidity) - what does their threat call sound like? I know when a stranger comes into the house Atticus lets out her alarm call - short and sharp squawks repeatedly. When she wants attention it's a different scream altogether - longer and much more annoying (this is the on...

carrie

Okay - quick update. The vaseline worked like a charm! She went over for a chew, tried to bite it and spent the next five minutes wiping her beak frantically. Mind you, she went back for another go, but that was the end of it - hasn't been near it since. Thanks so much Jade. I will now use this tric...

carrie

Excellent idea! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks!

carrie

Okay how do I keep her there??? I know it's my fault because I should have trained her from the start but now as soon as I put her up she's down again, and again, and again. Do I just keep persevering with that? Cause you know I just give up in the end. I don't want to cage her when I'm around but s...

carrie

She's clipped but she climbs down from her playgym and goes for a chew - it's only about a metre away from the stairs. It is also behind the lounge so she sneaks down and before you know it she's having a munch. She's due for a vet check next week anyway so I'll see if they have anything. Thanks for...

carrie

Atticus has taken to chewing the timber around the top of the staircase resulting in big chunks all over the place. I tried rubbing lemon juice on it but it seems that she likes that too! I have heard of some bitter stuff that can stop bird chewing things they shouldn't - does anyone have any idea w...

carrie

My little girl does this - but only to me and only when she's sooky. Apparently it's a female behaviour but according to my vet males do it in breeding season also. I have noticed though that she hasn't been doing it as often lately - at the end of last year she would strike the pose as soon as I wa...

carrie

Well now I'm a bit confused as Atticus does this all the time - to my watch, a beer bottle, but most of all to my feet. If I am sitting with my legs up she'll walk down my legs and start bobbing my feet - sometimes for up to 10 minutes which leaves my legs totally scratched but I just think it's so ...

carrie

Same kinda story here. Went to the pet store for some flea stuff for the dogs and walked past the birds there which were all out of cages and just hanging around on a play gym - except for one little blue thing which was climbing all over the cages, jumping on the floor, jumping on anyone who got to...

carrie

Thanks for all you replies. I'm still in shock to be honest. Julie - I paid $450 for her from a pet store which I thought at the time was a tad expensive - especially when I later saw them for sale from breeders for about $150! So I kinda figured I'd been ripped off - now maybe not. To think that I ...

carrie

Well you never know - if she keeps up her naughty behaviour she may yet become a breeder! Seriously though - I guess that option is always there. I will still take her to the vet for a once over but you have just made my day. Thankyou thankyou thankyou!!!

carrie

OMG - ARE YOU SERIOUS??????!!!!!! I am in shock!!! Did you say $10k???? She is such a little devil but we'd better start treating her a bit more carefully if that's for real! I am truly shocked.........

carrie

Jeremy - do you really think she's pied? Her feathers have only come through like that in this her first full moult. Her three longest tail feathers came out white with blue tips in her 6 month moult and the vet wasn't sure why. He suspected beak & feather disease but wasn't convinced as he'd ne...

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