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Visited with The Bird this afternoon. I managed to come NOT at a mealtime and I think that could be part of why she was calmer than usual. Either that or she's getting used to me. Nah. ;) I tested out my new earplugs w/ her and they nicely prevented the ringing when she yells sitting on my shoulder. Nice.
The good news is last week they did the throat culture and earlier than that clipped her nails (whew! doesn't hurt nearly as much) and sent out the DNA sexing blood sample. They're expecting 1.5-2 weeks on the throat culture, and possibly a bit longer on the DNA sexing. As soon's the throat culture comes back they'll call me. And I'll make her a vet appt and take her home! :)
I got to listen to Carline (I think I got her name right now) talking to a 9-year-old boy and his father who were in the early stages of researching buying a budgie. She gave them an overly fastidious view of bird care (things like wash the entire cage every day) to balance what the boy was saying he read in a minimalist book on parakeet care. It was nice to see that they were actually listening to her and thinking about what she said and comparing it to what they thought they already knew. The only part that bothered me was when she asked them who would take care of the bird, the father said the boy would and he didn't want to have anything to do with it. The boy's 9 years old. We got Peeper when I was 12 and I was pretty responsible for a 12-year-old, and I did *NOT* take care of her. I worry that if they got a budgie it might end up starving in this situation, and it was clear to me that Carline's schpiel was motivated by similar concerns. It was quite heartening to see. I like this place more and more all the time.
The good news is last week they did the throat culture and earlier than that clipped her nails (whew! doesn't hurt nearly as much) and sent out the DNA sexing blood sample. They're expecting 1.5-2 weeks on the throat culture, and possibly a bit longer on the DNA sexing. As soon's the throat culture comes back they'll call me. And I'll make her a vet appt and take her home! :)
I got to listen to Carline (I think I got her name right now) talking to a 9-year-old boy and his father who were in the early stages of researching buying a budgie. She gave them an overly fastidious view of bird care (things like wash the entire cage every day) to balance what the boy was saying he read in a minimalist book on parakeet care. It was nice to see that they were actually listening to her and thinking about what she said and comparing it to what they thought they already knew. The only part that bothered me was when she asked them who would take care of the bird, the father said the boy would and he didn't want to have anything to do with it. The boy's 9 years old. We got Peeper when I was 12 and I was pretty responsible for a 12-year-old, and I did *NOT* take care of her. I worry that if they got a budgie it might end up starving in this situation, and it was clear to me that Carline's schpiel was motivated by similar concerns. It was quite heartening to see. I like this place more and more all the time.
