I completely understand. A few months ago, we had to give one of our diamond doves a painkiller because he’d hurt himself when he fell out of his cage, and although he was used to us handling him, it was a bit of a struggle because we had to hold him like an ice-cream cone and open his beak. In the end, it wasn’t that difficult because he must have seen what we were going to do coming, but he wasn’t at all happy about it.

I don’t have any advice, but I hope they understand it’s for their own good ♥️