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16th December 2007, 03:39 PM
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Addition to Winter Wardrobe?Something strange in the winter woollies drawer!
He's called "Mon Fay" and he (or she) was a pitiful sight a week ago, lying in a corner on the cold, damp balcony floor after the rest of the crowd had flown off after 'breakfast', on a wet and very windy day. He's very young, and couldn't fly too well in the howling winds we had here on the coast. One eye was closed up and watery, and he had yellow gunge stuck to his face where the discharge from the tear ducts had formed a crust. The first pic - Monday, the next day - shows him on his feet, on a hot water bottle. Had to bathe his feet to get off the poop he had stepped in, of course. He also had little bits of cotton or something attached where his feathers had got sticky. I had washed his face and removed as much stuff as came off fairly easily, Sunday evening, starting him on Baytril (the only antibiotic I have in stock). He could have one-eyed cold or could have just been badly pecked, but it was best to be safe. He's now had the course of Baytril, is eating very enthusiastically, had the freedom of the bedroom the two days I worked at home and has now just returned from Cynthia's with me, seemingly unfazed by two long journeys in a pigeon carrier and the weekend in different quarters. He got his name because the email to Cynthia telling of his initial progress should have been entitled "Monday" but was mistyped "Monfay" - Cynthia reckoned that Monfay was a nice, and different, name for a pigeon. So much for my idea of calling him "Poopfoot"  The second pic finds him relaxing amid the old woollies in the space above the wardrobe. John
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16th December 2007, 03:44 PM
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He had a little run around tonight when we got home.
Here he is fascinated by the shining thing hanging from the ceiling. John
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16th December 2007, 04:00 PM
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Poor little guy would probably be dead by now had you not intervened. He seems so tame and comfortable in your home and I know you're enjoying having him around. He looks really good so whatever problem he had, I believe you caught it in time.
Monfay is a great name - reminds me of a medieval- type name. I know little Monfay will continue to thrive in your good hands. Great save, John.
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16th December 2007, 04:15 PM
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Bless his little heart, John.
He looks remarkably better in the pictures following the initial one. I, personally, like different names. I think Mon Fay is delightful.  Please keep us posted. Cindy
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16th December 2007, 06:00 PM
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What an amazing difference in his appearance. The picture of him on the sweaters is priceless.
Bless your heart, John. Bless his heart too!
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16th December 2007, 10:03 PM
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What a lucky cutie! He knows where it's warm to snuggle. It always interests me to hear the different words we use, in the UK and here in the States.
 Are "woolies" just warm clothing? Sweaters and "long underwear" (aka "long johns"), and such? What a good descriptive word for them. My favorite so far, I believe, is torch, when we mostly say flashlight here. That was on a thread where someone in the States mistakenly thought someone in the UK (I think it was) had a real flaming torch out in their aviary at night and was worried it might be dangerous. Oops, got off topic. . .just enjoy the different words. And Mon Fay is a perfect name.
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17th December 2007, 04:55 AM
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Monfay is a real cutie, and a well-traveled one for his young age. I bet he is quite happy now and also with the name he actually got.
Thanks for sharing.
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17th December 2007, 06:51 AM
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Rescue of Mon FayGlad you could rescue him, John. He's a cutie.
Larry
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17th December 2007, 07:26 AM
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Quote:
Yes indeed. Sweaters (or jumpers) and sweatshirts and stuff. We do have some subtle differences in terminology, for sure. I get confused sometimes, as I often spell the US way - I work for an American owned company and much of the stuff that comes from the CEO and his minions is US style. I once went to a store in NYC asking for 'cotton wool' and confused everyone, til they worked out it was 'cotton waste' John
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17th December 2007, 07:49 PM
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Squeaks and I are flying by to add our KUDOS to John for a FINE rescue!
What a WONDERFUL difference between the first and last pictures, John! We, too, think Monfay is MUCH better than Monday AND, even more so, than Poopfoot!  I, too, am fascinated by the "differences" is language, MJ...can cause quite a fun time when one "misinterprets." Love, Hugs and Scritches Shi & Squeaks 
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