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A Second Chance - Our Family's Newest Addition
Fri, 16 May 2008 15:22:59 GMT Brian calls me at work yesterday, and lets me know that there's a yorkie at the store he works at that looks a lot like the pictures of my yorkie Ritse from when I was younger. Ritse was MY first dog. Yes, my parents bought her and paid for everything, but Ritse and I were inseperable. She's the first dog that slept in my bed, starting a trend that sometimes aggravates me at 3 in the morning when my schnauzer crawls under the blankets and takes up all the room. I went to visit on the way home. Brian told me his story then. Brian started calling him Chance because he got a second chance at happiness. It stuck. Chance was bought as a gift for a rich man's wife 4 months ago. About a month later, they realized he wasn't a teacup yorkie, and he got too big to be cute. They had bought a small cat carrier for his kennel when they got him, thinking he'd max out at 3 pounds. It's about two inches too small for the little dog, he can't turn around in it. They put him in there 3 months ago and left him in there, taking him out only to hose out the box. They put a bit of food and water for him. Finally, they walked to the pet store owner on Wednesday night and said "Here. We paid $1300 for him, here are his papers." Chance is champion bloodline. His sire was a champion, as was his mother's sire. He's perfect in conformity, and beautiful. And about 2 pounds underweight. His little legs are soo skinny and his ribs are showing. He was so covered in feces and vomit that they had to cut him VERY short. The pet store was going to sell him for about $300 (negotiable) to make sure he went to someone who would take care of him, but the owner kept taking him off the floor because she couldn't let him go to someone she didn't KNOW was going to take care of the dog. She started asking Brian more about my schnauzer's story. Bella, my schnauzer, was a rescue of sorts. She was born to a bad breeder, and her markings weren't the right color. She is of a very good bloodline, all of her siblings went for $1500 - $2000. But, because the breeder couldn't get that for Bella, he had put her in the back and was going to sell her to a puppy mill as soon as she was 8 weeks. When I went to see her litter, she was the in the back of the pen, separated from the other dogs. Not groomed, ears unclipped, extremely underfed. I paid the breeder $250 because the puppy mill was going to pay $200, and I took the baby and never looked back. Called the Humane Society on my way home, and she was investigated. . .they eventually took all of her dogs away. Bella had worms and a strangulated hernia that was so dangerous she had to have surgery and be spayed immediately, so the puppy mill would have euthanized her when they realized she wasn't able to breed. She hadn't had her shots, and she reacted to everything. Poor baby took 8 months before we could housebreak her because she was constantly sick. And now she's the best dog ever. It looks like Chance may take a lot of work, like Bella, and the owner didn't want to leave that to just anyone. So she asked Brian if he thought I might take him. Brian told her that we were talking about getting another dog, but that I wasn't a fan of "purse dogs." My yorkies growing up weren't toys or teacups--the smallest one is the one still living with my parents, and he weighs a good 12 pounds. The owner asked him to have me stop by. If you've read my posts, you know I have a thing for needy animals. So, Chance came home with us for a trial. I told Brian that if he couldn't get along with Bella, then the deal was off. Well, Bella (who has a bad back foot and usually shies away from other dogs because of it) immediately took to Chance. They spent the entire time running around and playing. He spent the entire night with us and slept through the whole night. He doesn't know what treats are, doesn't know what love. He won't leave us alone because he's so much happier. The only thing he has to learn is that Bella does NOT share her manatee pillow she sleeps on. She'll share toys and food, but NOT mama's old manatee pillow. I swear I've spent $75 on dog beds around the house, and that's the only thing she'll sleep on. So, yeah. We had an unexpected addition. Hopefully we can get him healthy again. We'll have a small problem since all of my dogs have always been kennel trained and I can't bring him near one without him crying and shaking. But we'll work it out. I'll post pictures later. |
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Weighing scale
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:38:49 GMT Do you guys have a weighing scale to check your bird's weight? I took Mili to the vet and the Vet weighed her and she is in the normal weight range for her age. I want to monitor regularly. I cant find any in the petstores. Do you know of an on line site that I could buy one from? I tried a few but, could not find exactly what I have to get. Thanks. |
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How Loud Are Sun Conures?
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:34:45 GMT If you're wondering just how loud a sun conure is, I uploaded this video of Stewie "vocalizing": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYFMo5Ar1k0 He can get louder than this, but it's pretty representative of what his usual screaming sounds like. :rolleyes: Obviously he doesn't scream 24/7, but if you're thinking of getting a bird and you have no idea what an aratinga conure sounds like, you might want to know what you're getting yourself into when you fall in love with a sun conure. |
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Bird Books
Fri, 16 May 2008 14:10:26 GMT Well so far I have The Healthy Bird Cookbook A Lifesaving Nutritional Guide and Recipe Collection -Robin Deutsch I have only had it a few days and made one birdy bread so far but I already love this book...:boogie: And this morning I just ordered these 3 and should have them Tuesday :clappurple: Clicker Training for Birds (Getting Started) - Melinda Johnson; The Click That Does The Trick: Trick Training Your Bird The Clicker Way - Robin Deutsch Parrot-Toys and Play Areas : How To Put Some Fun Into Your Parrot's Life - Lauren Shannon-Nunn What books do you guys have and recommend as a must have? |
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Operation Success
Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:39 GMT So after losing Petree, i have been thinking...i dont think birds are suppose to get sick or be operated on. I spose if they were out in the wild, they would not make it. I just want to see if many people have success stories with operations on cockatiels or budgies? I know the odds on larger birds are much better, but because the smaller birds are so tiny, i wonder if surgery is too much for their little bodies to handle? (maybe its just me dwelling, i feel as though i should or could have done more for my bird... :( |
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Missing Sulpher Crested Cockatoo
Fri, 16 May 2008 12:42:11 GMT Sulpher Crested Cockatoo, white bird with yellow crest, last seen in Mechanicsville, VA in Spring Meadows neighborhood next to Wal Mart Route 360/295 area at 5:30pm on 5/13/08. ChooChoo says name and a few other phrases. This bird may fly to you for food. Please contact 804-730-5540 if seen. Please leave message as we will be out looking for her. We can provide identification. This bird is very dear to us and her flock of other birds. We are all missing her. If found, please, please do not keep her. No questions asked. REWARD |
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Tyreal eating some breakfast...:)
Fri, 16 May 2008 12:26:00 GMT well on todays menu for breakfast are some fressh veggies and fruits....mmmmm.mmmmm. mango apple banana some dark greens broccoli chili pepper(one of his faves) cucumber carrot corn and i think thats it yum yum yum he was talkin all through breakfast..."hello.....hello....hello boy....hello.....hello boy...yumyum.":lol: ~Nate |
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Narky Cockatiel
Fri, 16 May 2008 11:51:22 GMT Hey everyone...after some adjusting to not having one of my cockatiels, the other male bird has been getting alot more attention :) The only problem is, hes sooo narky (the exact opposite to my other bird) he attacks our hands (but not if we are putting our hand in his cage) but he has no problems of being scared of us coz he is continually sitting around us. Does anyone have any similar cases? Does he ever get any better? When we first got him he let us pat him and everything but now he swoops us and wont let us pat him. Is clipping his names the way to go? He is about 2 years old now. |
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interesting article about quakers in the US
Fri, 16 May 2008 11:03:55 GMT Wild parakeets in South Florida now the bane of birders, utilities -- -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbparakeets0516sbmay16,0,1167383.story) ~Nate |
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We Are Now At Our Witts End With CJ!!!
Fri, 16 May 2008 10:51:36 GMT My wife was thinking that she made progress with taming CJ, he would be out of his cage and letting her love on him, and she was very happy with the progress. Since we now have Hannah, he is very jealous and will only let my wife give him scritches throught the bars of his new cage which we bought him last weekend because he has been living in Hannahs cage for the last month and a half, so now that we have Hannah we put him in a cage that is smaller, but I don't think that the new cage is the problem because he is taking to it very nicely. He still goes over to the corner nearest to where my wife usually sits and begs for lovins through the bars, but when she opens his door and lets him out he will come on over to her acting like he wants lovin and then he lurs her in for the biting to begin. She is at her wits end and now wants nothing to do with CJ, in fact now she wants me to move his cage away from her seat so that she doesn't have to listen to him beg for scritches, she is very angry about the whole thing. on top of all that Hannah is the sweetest thing that ever came out of an egg so now my wife thinks she is a failure when it comes to birds.........What do I do?????.....LMB |
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