Friday was a trip to the Vet for our four feathered family members.
Chips was declared in very good health. She was my Aunt’s bird before she died so I have no idea how old she is.
Tekki was also checked and declared a little chubby. Again this bird belong to an older woman who could no longer take care of him. My clowning partner said she knew that I would take him.
This sweet baby came to us blind in one eye, her owner unable to take her when she moved. Her age is unknown but Echo is happy just to stay safe in her cage, nibble on your knuckles when you ask for a kiss, and going whoo, whoo when she is happy. Her general health is ok for her age.
Last is Spirit declared in excellent health but he is around six and a half years old. His papers are filed somewhere. He was six weeks old when I got him.
Every one was examined, had the beak, claws, and wings beauty treatment before they came home. All set for another year.
Today we changed the feeding station over to winter. The orioles have been gone for well over a month and the last hummingbird left a little over a week ago.
So now the new seed feeder is up and in place. We moved the finch feeder over to be viewable from the French doors in the dinning room.
One more item to buy—-a plastic sled to put the bird seed on to haul it to the deck in the snow.
Then replenish the wild bird seed and suet cakes and the feed station will be in business!
I had a bird much like Chips when I was about 19. I used to bring his cage out to the back porch when I would sit out there and read in the afternoon.
One day I brought him out and hadn’t noticed that his cage door was open. (I would sometimes open it so he could fly around the house.)
He took advantage of the situation and freed himself.
Do you know the lifespan of your birds? They live for a pretty long time, do they not?
They sure are beautiful!
Glad the feathered family members were given a clean bill of health (no pun intended).
Oops, did I miss something? I wasn’t aware (or did I forget, but I wouldn’t do that or would I?) that you had birds. So we are not the only ones with two African Greys. I was just writing about mine and getting ready to post it in a few days.
Jeff, Sorry for the delay on my answer—still not up to full throttle yet!
According to Risa Tritler(1979)author of Taming And Training Cockatiels they have a life expectancy of 20 to 25 years.
The African Greys according to author Paul R. Paradise (1979)have a life expectancy of 20 to 25 years but he did not specify if it was in the wild or not. He did state that at that time the record life-span for a grey in captivity was over 70 years. I have read that the larger the bird the longer they live. So I guess more investigation is needed on that answer.
Thanks Anne, I was somewhat relieved on the outcome and extremely relieved pocket book wise!!
Yes I remembered your Greys and am looking forward to your post Maria.
So, when the birds went to the vet did the vet happen to find a piece of Cami’s nose??
As I sit smiling Need4hugsall I can think to answer is Echo either ate it or spit it out behind the cage! Sorry Cami!