ilikebirds
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you have brought tears to my eyes, both happy, and sad. how any breeder could in essence torture her so...make her breed in that condition. i am excited to see her blossum in your care! she is 100% adorable! 
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Thank you for helping her. 
She likes the highest perch (which isn't that high) in her temp cage 
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Thank you for taking this beautiful bird in!
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Omg, that poor bird. 
I was in tears reading this post.
Thank you for giving her safe place to land.
Freedom is great name for her and she earned it the hard way.
and his mom
I was in tears reading this post.
Thank you for giving her safe place to land.
Freedom is great name for her and she earned it the hard way.
and his mom
Gave her some veggies this morning. Switched out her treat bowl for veggies... lets just say she was less then thrilled 
I think she is much older then her estimated 13 years from her owner. She sleeps a good 95% of the day. Now some could be a result of stress from a new environment but it is a lot of sleep. Hopefully it isn't anything health wise. She has an appointment with our Avian vet for 2 weeks from now as I wanted to give her some time to acclimate and allow me to actually be able to give the vet some information on her from my observations.
I think she is much older then her estimated 13 years from her owner. She sleeps a good 95% of the day. Now some could be a result of stress from a new environment but it is a lot of sleep. Hopefully it isn't anything health wise. She has an appointment with our Avian vet for 2 weeks from now as I wanted to give her some time to acclimate and allow me to actually be able to give the vet some information on her from my observations.
Freedom finding her toys
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glad she is in a great place now 
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One thing you will probably see is that when in new places or with new people she will taste the air (or the people) to help her learn about them.
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I am wondering if she has cataracts? I dont know if this is something that can be treated very easily in parrots, but reading online there is some reference to vets performing surgery. Among causes, vitamin e deficiency and infection are listed. Hopefully, your vet can tell you more.
I'm glad she finally found a good home with you.
I'm glad she finally found a good home with you.
She does have cataracts [I believe]. they do offer surgery for dogs and cats- I would have to check with the local avian specialist if they offer it and if it would be an option financially and in her case since she isn't tame.
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It is possible to do the surgery in birds, but I think it's a question of whether or not a vet (or perhaps even an eye surgeon for humans) would deem it worthy. Found some links about it.
Cataract
http://www.kruuse.com/da-DK/VidenOm/~/media/Files/ALL/Avian ophthalmology.ashx
http://mwvos.com/download/Cataract surgery in birds.pdf
Cataracts in Birds | VCA Animal Hospitals
I've been following Freedom's journey thus far into your home. The breeder is a real idiot! Poor girl! Before my cherry headed conure passed away, he was developing cataracts, and I came across eye drops that might help reverse the effects of cataracts. As per my avian vet, and the eye doctor she consulted (the one who taught her!), it is not harmful at all. So, worse case scenario, it doesn't do anything! (unless an animal is allergic to one of the ingredients?) I never did get a chance to try it out, although now my bourke parakeet is an older bird and I think she might be getting cataracts. Anyway, here's the product I was looking into.
http://www.ocluvet.com/files/Download/OcluVetBrochure.pdf
Cataract
http://www.kruuse.com/da-DK/VidenOm/~/media/Files/ALL/Avian ophthalmology.ashx
http://mwvos.com/download/Cataract surgery in birds.pdf
Cataracts in Birds | VCA Animal Hospitals
I've been following Freedom's journey thus far into your home. The breeder is a real idiot! Poor girl! Before my cherry headed conure passed away, he was developing cataracts, and I came across eye drops that might help reverse the effects of cataracts. As per my avian vet, and the eye doctor she consulted (the one who taught her!), it is not harmful at all. So, worse case scenario, it doesn't do anything! (unless an animal is allergic to one of the ingredients?) I never did get a chance to try it out, although now my bourke parakeet is an older bird and I think she might be getting cataracts. Anyway, here's the product I was looking into.
http://www.ocluvet.com/files/Download/OcluVetBrochure.pdf
Freedom has a new fleece toy and rope perch. We are just waiting for her to find them
Thanks everyone for your advice and info!
