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                                            before starting the protocol

All seems to be going well, I've been able to increase her to .04 ml of the medication without any side affects. As far as I can tell she is not chewing any new feathers so we are just waiting for the rest of her new feathers to come in. Also, I'm happy to show that she is choosing to eat some foods on her own, as in the picture below. which to say shows she has come quite a long way since starting this treatment. In the beginning she had a huge loss of appetite, and lost a scary amount of weight. I started her on hand feeding formula and have been feeding ever since. well, I'm ready to also move on from that as well, I'm going to make a mash of sorts and puree it and still syringe feed her that instead. I think that she has become very attached to getting the syringe and she eats a good amount that way, since she is my pickiest eater I have no issue with continuing on this line of feeding. As I also feed another bird with a damaged beak with supplemental syringe feedings as well it really isn't much of an issue for me, and of course the rest of the flock get a few bites as well.
I'm also going to include a recent pic of her feathers and a pic of her the day before I started the treatment, just so we can see that in fact there has been progress.
The most important thing to me is that she's happy and healthy, she's getting her appetite back and choosing to eat some foods that are offered to her. She does still as always enjoy her cashews and trains with them and gets a couple in her dish for when she wakes in the morning, before I get up.
At this time she is sleeping by herself in the bird room with free access to the whole room, I think she's enjoying that very much and feeling much less stressed and able to relax with ease. In the morning, I get up, go to the room, open the door greet her with 'good morning' and of course kisses then allow her to choose when she wants to come out and join the rest of the flock. I think this is making a huge difference, it's allowing her to make choices and giving her confidence with doing so.






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