squishy_bub
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Hi, I hope everyone and their birds are doing well
I am writing again to seek some advice from you.
Today marks her 3rd week after the surgery and her 3rd week of staying with the collar.
On Wednesday, I went for a check-up as stated in her file, in hope that her foot in fine and she gets her collar removed. The foot is doing fine, told that she needs to walk more with it to make the skin harden. About the collar, not so fine. He did not remove it, saying that maybe I should wait for 3-4 more days until I remove it just to make sure the sole of the foot is more hardened and in case she starts prodding at her bad foot to come again and put a collar.
Now, this has put me in a dilemma. I have 3 options that I can make :
1. Remove the collar the next day ( don't know how to do that), put her in the bigger cage and see what and how she does.
2. Don't remove the collar until Saturday, that marks the 28th day post-surgery, in hope that her foot is even better healed. Until then, I want to let her roam outside the cage (supervised) on the floor. Problem is she has the ability to fly (ground level).She could prod at her foot even then, but maybe it will be harder.
3. Don't remove the collar until Saturday, but let her inside the bigger cage.
What should I choose and why?
I can see her get frustrated day by day with that big collar since she has not preened for so long. She is just so pissed at it that she will lunge and screech at me, even make noise like a crow when I try to remove her poop or food bowl. I won't pretend I understand what she is going through, but I admire how she managed to stay so long with the collar. If I were her, I would have probably gone mad by the first week. I want to see her without a collar as much as she does, because that would certainly make her happy, but I do fear that if I remove the collar the happiness won't last for long in case she prods at her foot. These are just IFs, but I do claim them as my fears and worries.
Sorry for the long post, here's Yoko.
I am writing again to seek some advice from you.
Today marks her 3rd week after the surgery and her 3rd week of staying with the collar.
On Wednesday, I went for a check-up as stated in her file, in hope that her foot in fine and she gets her collar removed. The foot is doing fine, told that she needs to walk more with it to make the skin harden. About the collar, not so fine. He did not remove it, saying that maybe I should wait for 3-4 more days until I remove it just to make sure the sole of the foot is more hardened and in case she starts prodding at her bad foot to come again and put a collar.
Now, this has put me in a dilemma. I have 3 options that I can make :
1. Remove the collar the next day ( don't know how to do that), put her in the bigger cage and see what and how she does.
2. Don't remove the collar until Saturday, that marks the 28th day post-surgery, in hope that her foot is even better healed. Until then, I want to let her roam outside the cage (supervised) on the floor. Problem is she has the ability to fly (ground level).She could prod at her foot even then, but maybe it will be harder.
3. Don't remove the collar until Saturday, but let her inside the bigger cage.
What should I choose and why?
I can see her get frustrated day by day with that big collar since she has not preened for so long. She is just so pissed at it that she will lunge and screech at me, even make noise like a crow when I try to remove her poop or food bowl. I won't pretend I understand what she is going through, but I admire how she managed to stay so long with the collar. If I were her, I would have probably gone mad by the first week. I want to see her without a collar as much as she does, because that would certainly make her happy, but I do fear that if I remove the collar the happiness won't last for long in case she prods at her foot. These are just IFs, but I do claim them as my fears and worries.
Sorry for the long post, here's Yoko.
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