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OK on a personal note here I feel it is important to let you know how frustrating this whole process has been for me. First she lost a lot of weight I was really scared, and now for everything I'm trying I can not find a good place to keep her at. My friend made me commit to three months and I'm already fully on board and not going to stop however I fully understand now how so many do. This is not an easy process for sure but I'm committed because I know if I don't stick with it the outcome will be death. Maybe not this year or next but FDB is progressive and I've seen her do more then when I first got her, I don't want it to go any further, and I would love to see her fully feathered. I just wanted to let you know some of my personal frustrations as I'm going through this, I'm not a super woman and I'm sure others will feel this way as well and hopefully know it will get better and I know I'm not alone and hope others aren't either.
So I took her down to 2 ml and she chewed, so I'm going back to the 1/1 solution since I'm using the formula now to deliver it should be fine.

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