Nanny Adventures

Today I took Lemongrass for her third shot of Lupron aka birth control shot.  She weighed in at 35 grams, which is great.  Her pelvic bones were close together and keel bone was not in distress etc….the shots are working.  No signs of egg laying!
I don’t need to bring her back for shots unless she [...]

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Last week I took Lemongrass to the vets because she was doing a strange fluffy sitting on her swing and leaning on her toy. I couldn’t handle this bird ending up dead on the bottom of the cage…been there done that. 
Dr. Crum said she looked good and she even gained 1.0 gms since her last [...]

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For the past six years, I have had a lovely parakeet named Lemongrass. I thought for sure that Lemongrass was a boy. Last January, Dr Crum said Lemongrass was a girl. I was like yeah right. “HE” screeches etc and is a vicious biter. Lemongrass will step-up when out of the cage, not so much [...]

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So yesterday was Kidlet #3’s birthday. He loved the Taj Mahal cage for Sparki!   She looks so tiny in it!  I will have to get a picture of it to share with everyone.  He also got Dance Dance Revolution from Kidlet #2 and I along with 2 discs for it.  Shamelessly I wanted it so [...]

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It amazes me at times how non curious kidlet #3 is.  Today while he was at soccer practice I quickly ran up to the pet store and bought a huge new cage for his parakeet.  It is in the back of the car under my rainjacket and a towel.   As we drove home the wire [...]

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Kidlet #3 got a parakeet for Christmas named Sparky.  He has done a good job finger training her etc.  Anyways, her wings have grown out now.  The other week she escaped from the cage and took a little flight around the house for a bit.
The kidlet wanted to let her out of the cage yesterday [...]

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