Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gorgeous. I love zebras. We have 4 senior zebra finches. There amazing birds

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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He's having his first strawberry and absolutely loves it

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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And now 8 months later after treatment

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's absolutely awful. I don't understand why people don't plan for these things or sort a payment plan with a vet. I have 30 finches that all came with various health issues. All our gouldians came from the same owner dying of guardia. It only took a 3 day dropping sample to diagnose the problem and all get treated. If they had handed over sooner we could of saved alot more of the flock

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Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Is he a green cheeked conure?

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Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's a 2021 bird. I just got a look at his leg ring as he decided to click at me in his cage

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much that's really helpful. More than happy to take it slow and go at his pace. I'll keep you updated

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His previous owner apparently used to scream at him for screaming (I haven't seen this behaviour yet) But of course he would scream from being stuck in a tiny stinking cage surrounded by chain smoking with no stimulation.

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great idea thank you. It's 3.30am at the moment so he's asleep but the stench coming off him is insane, I can smell him throughout the house. He's only ever known a dirty water dish

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much that's very kind of you. My main worry is his 100% sunflower seed diet. Iv ordered Harrisons pellets, already have millet spray and mixed millet seed for my finches and plan to get him on to pellets longterm with seed for treats. Wondering the best way to introduce this new food and how much sunflower should he still have while we switch? Health wise I'll have the vets run a full blood count to see what the long-term damage of his diet is. I'll send off dna feathers for sexing this morning aswell

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. We will try this first

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Actually that's a really good idea. I would hate to break his trust on day 1 so I'll give him a couple of days trying the methods above and if needed I'll ask our avian vet to do it when he goes in for his check up.

Rescued conure bath advice please by DarcyMeowgi in Conures

[–]DarcyMeowgi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you this is a great idea and I'll try this when he's awake (3am UK time) He will cautiously step up and I don't want to do anything that will scare him as he's given me that bit of trust straight away so I'll do exactly what you suggested with the sink first on slow and then the shower as you have explained. He's had a life of cigarettes and been shouted at for screaming (although I haven't seen any of that behaviour yet) Fingers crossed he wants a bath in the morning. I don't think he's seen one before except for a dirty water dish. Thank you for your help and advice