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29th March 2006, 10:54 AM
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Squidget Update!Ok Pidgey, I heard you loud and clear! LOL!
Squidget is doing very well considering his disabilities. He is very spoiled and thinks he is a big bird now! He is a picky eater but eats good. He poops alot to go along with it! He loves his mama and will puff up, growl and peck at anyone else that trys to touch him! I am told he pecks very hard! He would love for me to hold him all day but he only gets about an hour of holding per day now! But he sits next to me in his playpen whenever I am home. He cannot walk or fly, but can scoot in circles untill he reaches his toys and seeds. I must hold him when he drinks, which he gets maybe 6 to 8 times a day! That is not counting our hour of cuddle holding time LOL! I try to do the best that I can for him, including not doing to much so he trys harder for himself! The only thing I worry about are those wing boils! The vet told me it was scar tissue, but they look ugly and scabby! I have never seen him peck at them either. He takes alot of work to care for but I love him! Baths are the hardest, he hates them and I feel bad making him do it every week, but he needs them! Pics http://community.webshots.com/album/549019614XLQGeu Denise 
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29th March 2006, 11:04 AM
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Hi Denise,
You're such an angel for all you're doing for your Squidget! I must say that lil special boy deserves to be spoiled, it's only right to do so  He's such a cutie pie, I'd love to take an hour shift giving him cuddle time. Keep them pics coming
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 Pete, Dudley, Glinda, Moe & Clover
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29th March 2006, 11:05 AM
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He was on Baytril for 4 weeks
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29th March 2006, 11:07 AM
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When I took him for x-rays, the vet told me he would have those forever, as scar tissue!
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29th March 2006, 11:11 AM
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Hi Denise, so happy to hear from you. You know how much we all love our Squidget! He looks so cute and happy. What a wonderful job you have done with this little fellow. Just keep on spoiling him rotten.
I know you'll be glad when tax season is over. Maggie
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#7
29th March 2006, 11:17 AM
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I can see in one of the pictures where there are scabs. You might try using forceps or something like that to pick at the edges and see if the regular tissue just fills in behind it. I had one that'd been shot in the wing (pellet was still in that joint but I got it out) and I had to work the scab over a period of days, slowly. Eventually, there wasn't any scab left and the skin and feathers filled in and looked normal. Took a week or so.
Pidgey
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#8
29th March 2006, 11:18 AM
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Thanks Pete and Maggie!
He is a sweety and I will spoil him as much as I can! For about 3 weeks he decided he was to big to lay on his back in my pidgy sweatshirt, but guess where he is now? LOL! He likes his tummy tickled, it is funny to see! Denise
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#9
29th March 2006, 11:27 AM
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Pidgey,
I put vasoline on them during the week and neosporin after his bath on Sunday. I have done so much to this little guy in his short life, it is a wonder he likes me at all! I cannot pick at those and hurt him, I am hoping nature will take its course! It is not a thick scab more like a hard red area, they are very hard lumps, that seem to get bigger! No fluid or softness! I just don't know. Denise
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#10
29th March 2006, 11:33 AM
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Well, then, you might try talking (typing) to feralpigeon and discussing enzymatic debriders. She has one called "Panafil" and it might be helpful in this case. Here is a webpage (hope you've got a strong stomach) that shows some pretty ugly wounds that weren't healing on their own and the management that finally got 'em there:
http://www.kesslerhospital.org/wound...g_services.htm Pidgey Last edited by Pidgey; 11th May 2006 at 12:51 PM.
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#11
29th March 2006, 11:46 AM
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Pidgey,
Thanks, just what I wanted to see! I guess I never thought of them as wounds! More like warts, they seem to grow in small bumpy stages. Like small yellow pimple bumps grow around the edges and then harden into scar like tissue. So over time they are getting bigger. It is just to hard to explain, I wish you could see it with your own eyes. Who on this board lives the closest to Michigan, that is willing to look at him and possibly give me some ideas! I need a vacation anyway LOL! Denise
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#12
29th March 2006, 12:06 PM
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Hi Denise,
It is good to hear from you and Squidget. Great pictures, he does look contented and happy. I wish I lived nearby, so I could give you a break. I know you love him dearly, but every mom deserves a break with such a darling and demanding little one. God bless you for everything you do for Squidget.
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Treesa  Plan ahead.............It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. 
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#13
29th March 2006, 12:08 PM
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Hi Denise...!
Glad to hear the update on Squidget! Give him a nice big sloppy kiss on the head from me and from the Various Birds here...! I do not know anything of any possible use on the Wing Boil aftermath question... ...wish I did! Good luck on that...! He sure looks Happy and handsome...and bright... Spring is around the corner, and nice Sunny Days too...so no doubt he will get lots of outside time then to soak up Rays and feel the breezes and hust loll and daydream amid the ambience. Golly, that sounds good! I can't wait for that for myself, for that matter...I been cooped up in here way too much this Winter...! Spring! Yippeeeee! Phil Las Vegas
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29th March 2006, 04:36 PM
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I agree Phill! Maybe sun and outside will help!
Thanks Denise
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29th March 2006, 04:59 PM
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It is so cool to see photos of that miraculous bird! His beak is simply kissable!!! What a lucky little soul he is. Good job Denise!
Last edited by Cricket; 29th March 2006 at 05:00 PM. Reason: spelling error
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