That's fantastic! I bet you're both looking forward to it

 

WOOT! Go Rascal, he's such a trooper pulling through that. He'll be good as new in no time!

 

Yes, I'm just amazed. I totally was NOT expecting his flight feathers to grow back this fast... I thought I'd have to wait at least 5+ months!!!

They also took him off the baytril and metacam meds... so now he only has to take milk thistle for an entire year. So I still have to syringe him twice a day... what do you guys recommend... put it into his food? But then he won't really get all the milk thistle he needs. They told me not to put it into his water. Look like I'm forced to syringe him twice a day for a year, yikes!

I also don't see the point of making him stay in the fish tank anymore? I feel like he'd be fine in his bird cage if I have to leave the house for an hour? I'm still super super careful with him still though so that he doesn't try to fly and injure himself.

 

They also aren't retesting his liver until after the holidays. His AST (liver) was 1500+ extremely high but went down to 1000 and now I don't know what it is but it needs to be between 160-383.


... but he REALLY needs a bath... he is stinky (in a good way lol) but desperately needs a bath!! I won't give him one yet thought.

 

Try the few grains of boiled rice, the rice soaks up the meds and Birdie always eats every grain. So happy that Rascal is looking so good.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Thanks! I will def try that. =)

 

Make sure he will eat the rice first. My tiels won't eat brown rice, I tried a few days ago.
I'm so glad he is doing so well, and he looks fantastic.

 

OMG!! OMG!!! OMG!!!

Rascal just took off flying from my finger (by accident) and flew back and forth in my house... he's already FULLY flighted!!! What on earth??? How did this happen so insanely fast??? He was literally dropping like a rock just 5 short days ago... ALL his flight feathers were GONE and ripped out by the roots.... yet in 5 days he managed to regrow his flight feathers???

He is fully flightyed!! LOL. I am in total disbelief it's almost a little creepy LOL

I have to be extremely careful with him... I cannot let him fly around for at least another week or two... it's still too early, yikes!

He is a super bird that is for sure, I cannot believe he is already fully flighted I was not excepting this!!! :excited:

... at least we now know he didn't break anything or nothing healed improperly to prevent flying!

 

Ok, well my plan to try to not allow him to fly is not working at all lol. He's flying as his normal self.. as if nothing ever happened. He just flew off my shoulder straight up onto the window self on my vaulted ceiling where he usually goes... stayed there for 2 minutes then flew back onto my shoulder and has been preening nonstop.

I have my old bird back now, awesome

... sure his liver will be ok too when retested in 2 weeks. Now I get to focus on going after that nasty woman!

You can tell by the look on his face he's thinking "what are you looking at, I'm a super hero bird preening my magical feathers I just spouted!" lol

 

I use white Basmalti rice, it absorbs meds better than whole grain. I just use ten grains, cut into bird sized bites so that Birdie doesn't get it all over her beak.

 

Thanks, I'll try that tonight and he normally does like to eat rice

 

He looks fantastic, I'm so happy to see him looking so well after all he'd been through ;o)

 

This fish tank is so cool... I was able to boil spaghetti with him in the kitchen with me

This has completely solved the problem of him screaming after me when I used to have to lock him in the room when cooking

I've also figured out solution as to where I should keep him next time I have to leave town. I'm going to leave him at the nice vet's clinic but I'm going to bring my own desk lamp which I'm going to demand ALWAYS stays on even at night because if he has night fright again and there's nobody around to calm him down and he thrashes and thrashes he's going to seriously injure himself again this disaster is going to happen all over again. But, with a desk lamp and only covering half the cage... he will totally know it's sleepy time but won't be dark enough for him to freak out! A nightlight is not light enough, must be lighter.

I will also put a note next to his cage that clearly says "Light must be on at all times!!".... just incase one of the employees there doesn't know the situation.

I feel better if he's at the vets (in that big room with all the employees) rather than someone taking him to their house... at least he has lots of exciting things to see during the day at the vets.

 

I am relieved to hear good news about Rascal! He is one tough cookie

 

I was looking forward to reading your update on Rascal . It is a Christmas miracle -no doubts about it ! I am extremely happy ! He looks amazing ! Well done Juliet ! Well done Rascal ! Lots of love. Teresa X x x

 

Same for me (ditto!)

 

Oh, great news... so glad he can fly again! I'm still waiting for that day to come for Phoenix. Try not to worry about him too much while you're away

 

Rascal all that wonderful, delicious food your mommy has been feeding you grew your feathers sooo big! That's awesome! :3

Kiwi would eat the herbal supplement when it was soaked into bread. Now she will just eat it from the dropper.

I'm going to do the same thing with Kiwi since I have to go down to Texas next month. I decided with everything that happened to her she would stay with a vet too. Especially after Rascal's experience! >.<

 

That is a good idea

 

Sooooo weird, I just found out that the vet (the impolite very unfriendly vet) told my boss my bird would not be able to fly for an entire year!!! My boss told me he didn't tell me this earlier because he didn't want to upset me more than I already was.

That mean vet can kiss my you know what... Lil' Rascal proved her wrong by regrowing his feathers in just 5 days LOL

He was literally dropping like a rock... straight down - NO gliding to the floor safely whatsoever before I went to Boston - I was gone for 5 days and now my bird is fully flighted. I just cannot get over how crazy that is!!!! He's flying around as if nothing ever happened!

Maybe since his flight feathers were ripped out by the roots instead of just cut... mother nature regrew them much faster... or he's just a super bird lol

Pretty cool

 

Read back, I told you that the flights should grow back quickly if the follicles were not damaged.. Clipped feathers need to wait for a molt.

 

You'd be surprised how well cockatiels can fly even when clipped or when their flights are short/impaired. I keep Rocko fully clipped, but even when clipped, he can fly just as well as he could with his flights.

Very happy for you both

 

Yay Rascal! What happened to him breaks my heart, but the story of his recovery amazes me.

 

Rascal looks great! Better than my own bird, with her tattered tail feathers!

 

He doesn't look better in these pictures LOL

I guess he knew he desperately needed a bath because he flew onto the shower floor as I was showering. I picked him up and he bathed for a good solid 10 minutes, he REALLY got into it! They look so funny when wet... like little drowned rats... but cute rats

They look so miserable cold and wet... I tried to dry him off with the hair dryer on medium warm setting... but it didn't really get him drier.

EDIT: Oh wow, I see that the bath really helped get rid of a ton of the sticky gooey meds that were stuck in his feathers, awesome!

 

Most meds are water soluble for delivery effectiveness, so they usually clean off quite well. He still looks cute though. So glad he's doing so well now!

 

He does look adorable though ;o)

 

So cool!

That bath he took got rid of 100% of that sticky gunk he had stuck all over his face, chest and body.

Now he has his beautiful soft n' silky feathers back. He's looking so pretty now... was so gross and sticky before lol

 

Aww bless, looking fab! And (sorry cockatiels everywhere) I find them so funny after a bath/wash, they look so sorry for themselves and more like a small dinosaur

 

I love soggy birdie pics. They always look so adorable.

 

I just noticed this thread... I am really sorry about what happened, that is the worst thing that could ever happen... Rascal looks so much better, he is the bravest little warrior and survivor! Congratulate him for me, he made it through all of that pain. :clap:
Best luck and wishes from me and the fids!

 

I just noticed this thread... I am really sorry about what happened, that is the worst thing ever! Rascal looks so much better, he is the bravest little warrior and survivor! Congratulate him for me, he made it through all of that pain. :clap:
Best luck and wishes from me and the fids!

Thanks. Rascal is a fighter... tiels are tiny but tough! =)

I just noticed your username... I'm an equestrian myself

Used to compete in English Jumpers. I love horses.