Hi everyone 
Its been a while since I last post... but anyway... I would like to introduce you to Bandit, my baby Galah. I've had him for a month and 3 weeks now. He is 6 months and 3 weeks old. Despite his young age he was unfortunately a rescue (he has had a bad start to life )
He is my first rescue bird, and was on deaths door when we were given him. A lady handed him into us at work (we buy, sell and take in birds people can no longer care for; whether it be from age, money issues, or even they don't have time for the birds, or or other reasons). She bought him in wrapped in towel. He was sick, and so skinny (pretty much just feathers, skin and bones - his keel showed through his feathers!) and we weren't sure he was going to make it through the day. We talked to the lady... but he wasn't her bird, and taken from a bad home (no food, dirty water, afraid of people, not too bad though).
Fortunately he did make it, and the next day we took him to the vet. Despite his incredibly bad condition he had no other illnesses or diseases apart from diarrhea. He came back to work with us and remained in isolation and on special medication (an immune booster and stuff for the diarrhea) for a month before coming home with me. He was still thin... but wasn't life threatening.
Since I don't have any other birds (issues happened where I remain separated from my other birds ), he was my only bird, and I've been able devote my time at home to him. I did let him out of his new cage 3 weeks after he was home... and it was immediately obvious he'd never been outside a cage in his life. Carpet was terrifying (I had to put a big piece of wood on the floor for a week) and one wing was clipped - fortunately he didn't try flying, but did flap a lot. He wouldn't come near me, but there were no freak outs (I'd been looking after him - at work we decided one person was better than multiple seeing to him)
However in the recent 3 weeks he has made a complete tun around I just figured letting him come me and letting him set the pace would work best. He became very curious in an incredibly short amount of time, and was coming up to me within a week and a half! Carpet is no longer terrifying and he knows what toys are now for! He even let me touch him today! (He does also come onto shoulders) It's amazing how far he's come in only 3 weeks! However, he is still a little thin and I'm the only one that may get anywhere near him, or think of putting hands near him...
But work on that can come later...
Sorry for a long post, but I wanted to share Bandit's story
Its been a while since I last post... but anyway... I would like to introduce you to Bandit, my baby Galah. I've had him for a month and 3 weeks now. He is 6 months and 3 weeks old. Despite his young age he was unfortunately a rescue (he has had a bad start to life
)He is my first rescue bird, and was on deaths door when we were given him. A lady handed him into us at work (we buy, sell and take in birds people can no longer care for; whether it be from age, money issues, or even they don't have time for the birds, or or other reasons). She bought him in wrapped in towel. He was sick, and so skinny (pretty much just feathers, skin and bones - his keel showed through his feathers!) and we weren't sure he was going to make it through the day. We talked to the lady... but he wasn't her bird, and taken from a bad home (no food, dirty water, afraid of people, not too bad though).
Fortunately he did make it, and the next day we took him to the vet. Despite his incredibly bad condition he had no other illnesses or diseases apart from diarrhea. He came back to work with us and remained in isolation and on special medication (an immune booster and stuff for the diarrhea) for a month before coming home with me. He was still thin... but wasn't life threatening.
Since I don't have any other birds (issues happened where I remain separated from my other birds
), he was my only bird, and I've been able devote my time at home to him. I did let him out of his new cage 3 weeks after he was home... and it was immediately obvious he'd never been outside a cage in his life. Carpet was terrifying (I had to put a big piece of wood on the floor for a week) and one wing was clipped - fortunately he didn't try flying, but did flap a lot. He wouldn't come near me, but there were no freak outs (I'd been looking after him - at work we decided one person was better than multiple seeing to him) However in the recent 3 weeks he has made a complete tun around
I just figured letting him come me and letting him set the pace would work best. He became very curious in an incredibly short amount of time, and was coming up to me within a week and a half! Carpet is no longer terrifying and he knows what toys are now for! He even let me touch him today! (He does also come onto shoulders) It's amazing how far he's come in only 3 weeks! However, he is still a little thin and I'm the only one that may get anywhere near him, or think of putting hands near him... But work on that can come later...
Sorry for a long post, but I wanted to share Bandit's story
