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Hi everybody!
I posted about my green cheek Remmy who sustained a traumatic brain injury about a week ago, so heres a bit of an update and a few more questions!
Remmy is doing somewhat better. He's on painkillers which are helping, and his personality seems to be coming back slowly but surely. He has up and down days. Today is a down day. His feet just aren't cooperating, and he can't do much more than stumble a few steps. There are days that he can navigate his temporary cage without falling all that much, even take a venture out on my floor for a bit. He's a lot happier then.
I had to clip his wings as he kept trying to fly, and I can tell with that added to everything, he's pretty depressed. I don't know if this is normal, but even his sounds are different. He's slowly started talking again, but his voice had changed? He still says "thank you" when I kiss him, just...different. I'm just glad he's alive, and feels stable.
Now the problems. These things are never convenient, but this has come at a really unfortunate time. I just left my job a week before it happened, due to a hostile work environment, and I am needing to move soon, out of state. My bank account it definitely feeling it. So are my stress levels.
I know it's kind of early to get him set up in a permanent cage, since I'm not sure how his mobility will be long term, but I'd feel better if I at least had a plan for one. I was originally thinking about a critter nation cage lined with fleece and such, but they are just so expensive. I'm keeping an eye on my local craigslist for used ones, but the ones I see are multi level an still expensive. My other two birds are upset since they aren't getting their normal amount of attention. Still out everyday, but having them with Remmy upsets him. Sam doesn't get along with him all that well to begin with, and Frankie loves him, but gets in his face a bit too much right now. I think she's worried.
I don't have a place lined up yet (I did and it fell through), so I have a bit of time. I'm trying to catch odd jobs, but since I'll be leaving the area soon, I can't get a steady well paying job.
That's the basics of it.
(My favorite picture of Remmy, from a year or two ago)
I posted about my green cheek Remmy who sustained a traumatic brain injury about a week ago, so heres a bit of an update and a few more questions!
Remmy is doing somewhat better. He's on painkillers which are helping, and his personality seems to be coming back slowly but surely. He has up and down days. Today is a down day. His feet just aren't cooperating, and he can't do much more than stumble a few steps. There are days that he can navigate his temporary cage without falling all that much, even take a venture out on my floor for a bit. He's a lot happier then.
I had to clip his wings as he kept trying to fly, and I can tell with that added to everything, he's pretty depressed. I don't know if this is normal, but even his sounds are different. He's slowly started talking again, but his voice had changed? He still says "thank you" when I kiss him, just...different. I'm just glad he's alive, and feels stable.
Now the problems. These things are never convenient, but this has come at a really unfortunate time. I just left my job a week before it happened, due to a hostile work environment, and I am needing to move soon, out of state. My bank account it definitely feeling it. So are my stress levels.
I know it's kind of early to get him set up in a permanent cage, since I'm not sure how his mobility will be long term, but I'd feel better if I at least had a plan for one. I was originally thinking about a critter nation cage lined with fleece and such, but they are just so expensive. I'm keeping an eye on my local craigslist for used ones, but the ones I see are multi level an still expensive. My other two birds are upset since they aren't getting their normal amount of attention. Still out everyday, but having them with Remmy upsets him. Sam doesn't get along with him all that well to begin with, and Frankie loves him, but gets in his face a bit too much right now. I think she's worried.
I don't have a place lined up yet (I did and it fell through), so I have a bit of time. I'm trying to catch odd jobs, but since I'll be leaving the area soon, I can't get a steady well paying job.
That's the basics of it.
I hope he continues to improve.
Of course I'm glad he's still got some of his energy, though it wears him out really quickly when he does things like that, but I can tell the cramped space is getting to him mentally. I'm doing some thinking on something semi-permanent that won't break the bank but haven't come up with anything just yet.
