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911 Astrid attacked
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Thank goodness she is ok! What a traumatic experience for all of you! 
oh wow! good news! thank goodness ya'll were able to react so quickly!
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Hope little Astrid will be ok! That's terrifying!
Yay for Astrid!
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I'm so glad Astrid is okay!
She is home, and resting, her brother is loving all over her, he called for her the entire time she was gone. But she is home, and they are preening each other currently.
Vet says she is a nice healthy bird, and the fact she is, coupled with her being young, she feels this will heal quickly. I have drops to give her for the next few days, and I have to watch and make sure if her eye swells shut, to open it frequently to avoid prolonged eye issues.(And she says it will most likely do so) But she feels that overall Astrid will be A ok. We will keep her quite and monitor her closely for the next few days. I am attaching photos of her injuries, these are "cleaned up" photos. Not what she looked like when I first took her in. You can see why I was concerned about the eye.
Vet says she is a nice healthy bird, and the fact she is, coupled with her being young, she feels this will heal quickly. I have drops to give her for the next few days, and I have to watch and make sure if her eye swells shut, to open it frequently to avoid prolonged eye issues.(And she says it will most likely do so) But she feels that overall Astrid will be A ok. We will keep her quite and monitor her closely for the next few days. I am attaching photos of her injuries, these are "cleaned up" photos. Not what she looked like when I first took her in. You can see why I was concerned about the eye.
awww poor baby! 
lots of yummy millet treats seem in order here!
lots of yummy millet treats seem in order here! 
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awww poor Astrid...many hugs and prayers glad she will be ok.
glad she will be ok.
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Awww, sweet little birdie. I second extra millet is in order.
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I am glad that the vet feels she will make a full recovery!
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He is starting to get this way. Which from the timid scared of everything bird we brought home is actually a good thing....
I am hoping that he just nailed her with a warning stay away bite and not a full out one. I am most concerned with the eye. I hope she does not lose it.
Pooka will want to preen Sophia or the macaws, or start shoving himself in front of them wanting them to preen him. When they don't comply, he gets annoyed and then may try to give them a pinch. He was badly bitten by one of the macaws years ago, and we never even knew until I went to pat him hours later and found a large hole in his side.
The difference between my house in yours is that my pushy little Napoleon bird is the smallest bird in the house, and poor Astrid is teeny compared to Ducky.
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Glad she's OK.
Pooka will want to preen Sophia or the macaws, or start shoving himself in front of them wanting them to preen him. When they don't comply, he gets annoyed and then may try to give them a pinch. He was badly bitten by one of the macaws years ago, and we never even knew until I went to pat him hours later and found a large hole in his side.
Astrid is teeny in comparison to Ducky. She is however much bigger then her brother. Oddly enough. I am actually thankful that it was Astrid who got bit as apposed to Hiccup. Hiccup is sorta a mess anyway...and he is so much smaller then Astrid. He is very timid, something like this could really do him in confidence wise. Astrid however is pushy and in your face personality wise. I have no doubts she will be herself in a few days.
I am thankful that it did not turn out any worse then what it was. It could have been very very bad. We have always been so careful, and the fact that this accident happened has shaken both Dave and I up. We have already put in place locks on the teils cage and we will be having a nice long talk with all the children about this to stress the importance of locking the cage up. ..
I remember the time Red escaped and let himself into the scalies cage and nailed Pikachu. It's so scary and locks are definitely the way to go.
So glad Astrid is okay and great work on being able to react so quickly.
So glad Astrid is okay and great work on being able to react so quickly.
I think it was a combination of things. 1) He is familiar with the cage. It was his not that long ago. 2) Opportunity. The twins opened the door for him to go right in 3) His discovery of flying. He is learning he is capable of doing it. Its still "startles" him when he does. But he it does not fully freak him out anymore. Those all came together to form this accident. I am just thankful it was not worse!
