Krisrath11
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So I'm getting a yellow shouldered Amazon and the person said she's recovering from a n egg stroke... I love taking care of special needs animals and I agreed that she's right up my alley but I've got some questions (yes I'm going to take her to the vet as soon as I pick her up or the next day) I just really want to know what to expect and tips and tricks because we're going to have LOTS of things to overcome. So she hasn't been out of a cage in the 6 years she's been where she is and she was used as a breeder. She will take treats from their hand with the door open so that seems a good start. She is on seeds primary and leafy greens/ pellets some so what my vet says that's the first thing that needs change would be the diet to less seeds and to pellets primarily. Next she's coming in her current recovery cage (small wire dog kennel like I have for my chiweenie) and she's got a sand perch on the floor she's standing on. They said she hasn't fallen off the perch in awhile to their knowledge but she uses her beak to steady herself when she turns around. The stroke was said to have been approximately 4 months ago. Well this is a multi question thing that's both health and taming related. Wanting info on recovery time and suggestions for making her get there as soon as I can, should I start trying to get her to accept being handled while she's in recovery or would it be to much stress or a good time since they said she seems to really want out of her cage, I'm not going to do anything to fast but I do want to get her able to at least get out of the cage and hopefully one day be able to just be completely tame. This will be a whole round of firsts for me as I've not dealt with her condition or anything Amazon before. I want to do the best I can to make her happy and healthy and I'm going to pick my vet the best I can for info but that time will have a limit due to her having other people to see so I really want any advice or things I should ask that I might not be aware of. She will be quarantined beyond any of my birds until she gets the clear from the blood work at which point she will be in the room with my conures (everyone in separate cages of course). Any experience helps as I'm excited to get her but terrified of screwing up something because she deserves to finally have some loving and be the pretty girl she is. Attached the pics I was sent of her in her current setup