the vet comes to M&B

Finally, I got the girls vetted. Phew! And they did so well! that's what the vet said anyway.

I would have liked to have had them totally prepared for a vet visit...but that will not be the case for  years with these two. So Dr Bowles and her tech JC came and had to towel them in order to do the exam. She exclaimed that they were very calm and quiet--so she said they must have been towelled without to much trauma before.

Their funny necks are probably, as reported, the result of an incubation error. DrB said that even very large and well-run bird farms cannot do as good a job at incubations as the bird parents do and that neck problems are one of the anomalies that show up.

DrB said that neither bird is likely to have learned to fly at the appropriate time as a juvenile, so they may never fly well. Miracle has no flight feathers on her left side and may never get them back, so DrB trimmed the other side so at least she wont be off balance.

Neither bird has molted in over a year. DrB took blood sample from their neck veins (Yikes)...but really they did great) and will know if there is something medically that is causing them not to molt or causing Blessing to pick. She also took fecal samples and will do sexing.

When it was all over, the girls were really fine--not perfectly calm but better than when I put the stupid foam rubber on the floor!!!

One little difficulty is that DrB did trim their nails which were very long and very sharp, but until they get them shaped up again, they are a little clumsy and this is especially trying for Miracle who has been very shy about climbing around on the vines and then today fell.

But my total response is that I am very relieved to have this done and maybe someday they will be exemplars of the Good Bird video on vetting.