Ailsa, Have any of these birds been through quarantine? Laurie ----- Original Message ----- From: Ailsa To: General mickaboo discussion ; Mickaboo Action Heroes List Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 9:38 AM Subject: [Mickaboo Action] New foster homes REALLY needed for SF conures! Good morning all, I have more information on the conures that Jennifer has taken in and what their medical requirements are. I'm hoping this will help you all understand better their needs and how swamped Jennifer is with four ill birds as well as her own two to look after. LOMBARD has a sprained wing, and will be in a wing splint for a month. He's on Cipro (2x a day), Panacur (1x), and Metacam (1x), and needs oral feedings (2x). WILLOW has a broken leg. She'll be in a cast for a month or more. She also likes to pick at it at lot. She's also on Cipro (2x), Panacur (1x), and Metacam (1x). ELLIS also has a broken leg, as well as a big bite on her beak, and got seen by Dr. F yesterday. She'll be in a cast for a month, too. Ellis needs Injectable Claforan (2x a day), Panacur (1x), and Metacam (1x). GENEVA finally fell asleep in her water dish one too many times, and now has a sinus infection. She's getting Cipro (2x) and 30-minute nebulizing treatments (2x). Most medicines are for 2 weeks or so, so Willow and Lombard would have only a week or so to go. I know the babies are easy to towel and give meds to (when I was giving meds to Peter Pan, he would actually sit between my legs and then just tilt his head and take his medicine so long as I let him play with the oral syringe afterwards!) Once these birds are done with their meds, they'd just need a continued loving and warm home to give them time to heal, give them human love (Willow and Ellis are both babies and trust me, they are not only incredibly cute as babies, but they are happy to be loved!), and teach them about toys and a good diet. Please, if you can help, let me know. Jennifer is overwhelmed right now and there's the possibility of more birds coming in to us in the coming weeks, now that we have people watching the flock for injured members. Thank you so very much, ~ Ailsa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Action mailing list Action@mickaboo.org https://mickaboo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/action