Watermelon, a budgie

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:12 pm

I sorry to hear about your loss. We have Chickens and Ducks as pets and it hurts when you loose one, especially the special ones.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:30 pm

Echoing what everyone else has said. Hate to hear of someone losing a pet. Sounds like she gave her life in a good cause, at least. Perhaps there is some comfort in that.

Would it be tacky to offer you a great deal on a chicken?
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Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:03 am

We picked up Doozie (Watermelon's partner) from the vet yesterday. He seems less fluffed and to have more energy. Awfully quiet though-- I think he misses her.

The vet is very understanding about the drive being a problem (it's 45 minutes away). After conferring with us he said he would call the prescription in to a pharmacy which would then ship it to us. The pharmacy phoned to charge the cost to our credit card. A very nice young woman said " I'm calling about the prescription for Doozie, uh....did the vet tell you it was going to be expensive?" I reassured her that it wasn't just for Doozie, it was for his 40 companions as well, and would last 30 days. "Oh! OK then" she said, much relieved

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:52 pm

Bless his little feathered soul! I hope you are able to conquer the yeast problem.

They do take a part of our hearts with them when they leave.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:09 am

Sorry to hear about your flock and Watermelon. I'm very fond of budgies too. This sounds like what was being called 'megabacteria' back when I worked for an avian vet. Hard to culture, easy to pass from bird to bird by regurgitative feeding, and rife in the really big breeding facilities.

It was pretty easy to see on a slide, but not identified while I was involved.