Talon

Thanks Tracy, I was doing the very same thing!! Great minds........B) B)

Dan, your such a sweetheart! I LOVE the flowers!! You once again put a smile on my face! My vet believes whole heartily in this routine. I have been doing it ever since Talon was a baby, and in the past it has been used in place of antibiotics for her bacterial infection to much success! Every 3 months, She has a 1/4 tsp. of lacto-plus mixed into a 8 oz. cup of water or juice. We use that mixture for her drinking water or juice for 2 weeks. I keep the unused portion refrigerated) Mixing a fresh batch every 2 days or so. After that, she gets a 1/4 tsp. of organic apple cider vinegar mixed into 8 oz. of water or juice. We use this as her drink for the next 2 weeks. Then we are done. This gets repeated every 2 months. 2 months off, 1 month on, etc. The lacto helps put the good bacteria into her system, and the apple cider vinegar cleans out the bad, I guess. It smells horrible, thus the juice! :pinch: I have yet to find anyone else here who's vet does this, but my vet has all his avian patients using this. Every time I have ever stopped, Talon ends up with some kind of infection. :huh:

Actually, I prefer, Strawberry Daiquiri's and Italian food the best. IN that order I might add! B)

OMG! I just saw the glass of wine there. Good for her!!:woohoo:

Yea, can we just send her around to make toys for us all? I promise to feed her well.....she likes McDonald's doesn't she?? {Feel-good-0002006E} All kidding aside. I LOVE what she is doing instead of staring at a screen. Your a lucky man! :)

You guys are great! I LOVE this family. I have been having personal problems with the soon-to-be-ex,(but not soon enough for me!!) and I have been very mentally drained. But enough about me, I just want you guys to know how much your caring and friendship to me means. You have helped put a bright ray of sunshine in my life each day that I come here. I love you all!! :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: Okay, enough of the mush!! :pinch: Talon's eye is getting better. It is still red and a little swollen on the top only. it was the entire eye, but it seems to be coming along, just not as quick as I expected. She has been such a good girl. After clamping that beak tightly shut....she will eventually give in, and drink the medicine slowly as I put it into the side of her beak! I'm very proud of her. And I only have to sing and dance for a short time!! :laugh: Friday am is the last day of her medicine, PHEW!! And then I will start the lacto/vinegar routine. I have neglected that since the move, and it seems that every time I do, she has comes down with some kind of infection. Hopefully I have learned my lesson, and I won't neglect this routine ever again. Bad Mommy! :huh:

OMG!! You guys have me laughing soooo hard! {Feel-good-0002006E} AND BTW.....I'VE SPENT MOST OF MY DAY SEARCHING THE HOUSE FOR HIDDEN CAMERAS!!!! :whistle: Thanks for the WARNINGS Judy!!! :silly:<br><br>Post edited by: Talon, at: 2008/05/19 03:41

Dan.........what am I going to do about you? Don't make me fly out there ..........:lol:

OMG! I just know I'm going to get caught doing something stupid........... :pinch: :blush: :blush:

REMEMBER TO VOTE EVERYONE!!!!!!!! {Communicate-000200D5}

HA HA HA DAN!!!! Not in a million years will you ever see me singing and dancing! {Communicate-0002011A} Thanks all for your support. I'll update again in a few days. B)

HA HA HA DAN!!!! Not in a million years will you ever see me singing and dancing! {Communicate-0002011A} Thanks all for your support. I'll update again in a few days. B)

Hi Everyone! Thanks for all your concern about Talon. It means so much when you are worried about your precious one to have support like you have shown me here. I wanted to update you all. Dan, her gram stain showed 10% bad bacteria, not a huge amount, but enough so that she has an infection. I have found that if I put her on my shoulder, and playfully talk and do things with her, I can get her into the bathroom with me, where I play peek-a-boo with the towel on both her and I. I then dance and sing with her. She seems to relax a bit, then she gets the idea, and flies onto the curtain rod, or light. I then climb up and throw the towel over her, and take her down. Once I uncover her cute little face, she says, "whoo!" Then I am able to fight the syringe into her beak and give her the medicine. Of course, all the while she is shaking her head NO! But we get through it twice a day, and then she climbs back up onto my shoulder, and I give her a noodle reward. She is so forgiving to me, it amazes me!! Her eyes are still red, but the swelling seems to have gone down. I hope the medicine clears it all up. I feel badly for her. I wish I knew what causes these infections. She seems to be susceptible to them... Thanks all for your encouraging words and support!

Madi, She did sleep when he was on the computer. She is now in my bedroom with me. I often work on my computer late into the night. She sometimes eats when I'm working, but mostly she's very quiet. I think if you kept it totally quiet for them, they would have a hard time sleeping if they were ever to be moved, or would startle when they did hear noises. It is impossible to keep it total quiet, and most greys do just fine. They adapt to sleeping with what ever noise they hear. Some members here, have the tv on while their greys are in bed at night. :unsure:

Madi, She did sleep when he was on the computer. She is now in my bedroom with me. I often work on my computer late into the night. She sometimes eats when I'm working, but mostly she's very quiet. I think if you kept it totally quiet for them, they would have a hard time sleeping if they were ever to be moved, or would startle when they did hear noises. It is impossible to keep it total quiet, and most greys do just fine. They adapt to sleeping with what ever noise they hear. Some members here, have the tv on while their greys are in bed at night. :unsure:

Yes, safety has to come first. You did the right thing. B)

Those are great!! Thanks for sharing them with us. I especially loved "I'm a Believer"! B)

Very nice photo Tari!! You did a nice job!

HI Judy, I still have all my fingers, and fingernails so far....... Her eye is getting worse, and now it is spreading into the other eye. I just got home and the vet left a message on my voice mail. She does have a bacterial infection, and will have to be put on oral antibiotics for 10 days. I HATE this, she's tough to get medicine into. What a fight she puts up twice a day. Since she is fully flighted, I have a heck of a time catching her. She seems to read my mind before I even get the towel. It becomes a cat and mouse game here.....

Thanks everyone! I'm not really too concerned, as we have dealt with her having an upper respiratory infection and a bacterial infection on 2 other occasions. But putting eye drops in her eye, that's a new one for me. Maybe I will post a photo of her eye, I wonder about it, as her eye looks perfectly normal, its the area around it that is red, and gets worse as she gets excited, and barely noticeable when she is calm. :huh: We seem to get a handle on it early, as I am not the type to do the "wait and see" approach. I take her immediately with in a day or two if I notice a problem. I will keep you posted, and thank you all for your concern.

Thank you everyone! I had the best Mothers Day I ever had! My kids cooked me breakfast, and served it to me in bed!! :woohoo: :woohoo:

OMG! Tari, that's an incredible shot!! :cheer:

OMG!! This just keeps getting harder and harder. The pictures are incredible guys!!B)

Talon has an eye infection. We're not sure how or why. Our vet did a gram stain, and the results won't be back until Monday afternoon. He thinks she could have an upper respiratory infection as well, but he won't know for certain until the results are in. IN the meantime, I am to TOWEL her (which she despises!!) and put eye drops in her eye morning and night. So far, it's been 4 times, and I only have one hole in one finger nail!! I consider myself pretty lucky so far, as she is such a biter!! I'll let you all know how many fingers I have left in ten days..... :pinch: :ohmy:

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to everyone here in the U.S. and everywhere in the world! I hope your little grey friends are good to you, and give you lots of kisses!! {Love-000200BF}