Wednesday, October 03, 2012

3 Week Old Senegal Parrot

Last week Thursday got a frantic call from a breeder acquaintance. She looked in her senegal nestbox (she's not breeding anymore but they still have a nestbox???) and there were two baby senegals. One died and the one she saved has severe splay legs. Kathy from HAPPE Parrots went and picked her up on Sunday and took her to the vet right away. She is on some meds for infection and had her legs 
taped up so hopefully we can get them to where they should be. Picked her up today. Pix tomorrow. Just fed her 10 cc's of formula and she's happily sleeping in her little container. I hope we can fix the legs. Normally you need to do that way before the three week timeframe, but cross your fingers she'll be okay. Mary loves to handfeed babies, so this will be her new project starting tomorrow. We'll keep you updated on her progress (don't know sex yet - just calling her she for now).

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