Oof, I slid on the stairs while carrying his cage down. Thankfully, neither of us got hurt and I managed to fall back on the laundry someone shot down the stairs and land on my butt. I hadn't seen it because I had to put him back in his regular cage to keep him from climbing around.
Geralt behaved well when I tended to him this morning, at least. I rolled him over onto my hand and gently cleaned his vent and tum with some wet toilet paper, then applied a big gob of polysporin to everything. It's so scary, though. There's absolutely nothing between his feathers and foot, just a bit of muscle. I've never seen anything like it outside of horror movies.
I still can't believe he did that to himself. I know it wasn't the vet, as she made sure to show me his leg right after they removed the band and put him back in his travel case, so it was all him.
At least he's been eating, drinking, and pooping like normal, even if he has massive problems getting at his water without rolling around and getting drenched. he attacked the cuttlebone bits of his favourite snuggly toy, which I put on the ground for him, and he's eating his spray millet right now.
Yen is acting weird today, though. She latched onto my pinkie and wouldn't let go. She hasn't done anything like that in months.
UGHHHH and ARRRRGHHHH! Like @Lady Jane said - your Mom can get over it! I swear, I don't know how some people can make such terribly invalidating statements, and then even go one step further than that to make it worse! I can surely sympathize with you tonight, as my bestie made a hugely invalidating statement to me earlier. Hurts my feelings big time, but I'm supposed to suck it up like the doormat? UGHHHH - oh yeah, that's what I said already. Big hugs to both you and Geralt tonight!
She does it all the time with me, and it's infuriating. I'm sorry to hear that you're going through the same. I know I do have some mental issues, but whenever I even remotely like something, it's like 'ugh you're obsessed' and 'you're so much bigger than the birds, don't let them rule your life', as if she just expects me to swat them off when I want to go or leave them flying free in the basement without supervision.
@DQTimnehs I've already made the water bowl as shallow as I can, so I don't think he can drown in it, but I'm going to see if my brother has something I can use to shorten it and tape him up. I'm really worried with this cone. He's able to reach up with his bad foot and hold onto it.