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Walking the driveway
I really should introduce myself and Boo my Quaker. I have been a member for two years, but did not participate much. That is about to change. Boo is my 13-year old DNA sexed male Quaker. He is my only bird. He has a long history of mutilating under his wing at times. We have used collars and three different medications with good luck taking Fluoxetine or Prozac. He is currently drug-free. He barbers all the gray feathers on his chest. If you don’t know what barbering is take a look at his picture. He doesn’t pluck them he just chews them. I’ve never caught him in the act. He is very healthy and is on Harrison‘s adult lifetime pellets plus vegetables and fruits. He only started eating vegetables in early 2020. It took 13 years to get him to eat a vegetable, so don’t be discouraged if you’re Quaker is a picky eater. Eventually it may happen. For the good and bad and ugly, he is all of the things everyone has said. He does not like hands and he is not cuddly, and he is currently cage bound. The door to his cage is open all day, but in the last six months he has grown more and more fond of his cage. I have had MS for 32 years and I am in a wheelchair. I am in bed part of the afternoon and his cage is beside me. He is the best therapy I have ever had. He makes crying sounds if he thinks I am upset. He is my everything. Thanks for reading. I will be posting more and more, as I want to be a productive member of Avian Avenue.

