[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-11-16 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
When I first introduced my baby to the nectar I held his beak into it until he started drinking. I relaxed my hand and he escaped by diving into the dish. Poor little bugger was upside down in the stuff, flapping and panicking. I had to bath him to get the gunk out.

[identity profile] chinrest.livejournal.com 2006-11-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
hahahahha I've shown him the D cup (the older one) but he forgets everyday and needs to be shown again. Then as the day goes on the D cup gets emptier, so I know he knows...lil shit! Thankfully the juvie lorri is smarter and is fully feeding himself. But the poor bugger....another member had an adult in care since september with a suspected broken wing, turns out it was a runner so the lorri is in isolation in the back verandah :( Bleaching everything was fun too! not!!

we should be having this convo in the wires community. I'll do a post there later with the pics of what I have atm, and hopefully we can attract some more members. I know we have the intranet, but it's too slow..they need a chatroom!
*runs off to physio*

[identity profile] chinrest.livejournal.com 2006-11-16 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
meant to say the older lorri got the green needle...be interesting to see if 24 hours contact will give the juvie beak & feather and if it does, how long it'll take to show signs...

[identity profile] dewhitton.livejournal.com 2006-11-16 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
We have that running through the local wild flocks of galahs and cockatoos. It really knocks them down while there's a drought on.

[identity profile] chinrest.livejournal.com 2006-11-17 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That'd make sense as the diesease is carried in the wing/feather dust. If the rain's not there to make them groom and frequent baths, then it's goona escalate. Just another outcome of global warming I guess.