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I adopted Camilla in January — she’s an Orange Wing Amazon parrot who is about 15 years old. She’s the lovingest parrot I have.
She loves to sit on my shoulder and play with my hair. She loves me to rub her neck and scratch her head. She doesn’t talk although Amazons are pretty smart birds and many of them do. She does have her noisy moments — usually around 9:00 am and then again around 9:00 pm — she honks and wheedles at a surprising volume for such a little girl, but she’s in good company as the Cockatoo is doing his daily screaming, too — it’s VERY noisy around here when they’re flock calling! It doesn’t last long though and they can be distracted from it by doing some training at that time.
There are 27 varieties of Amazon parrots which, as their name indicates come originally from the Amazon jungles of South America. They are often used in bird shows because of their intelligence and athleticism.
Camilla has always had foot problems. She had one toe on her right foot that was obviously swollen when I got her and her caretaker from the sanctuary said she had gout in that toe. I treated her with cherry juice for the gout — it’s just a shame there isn’t something like Orovo detox for birds and animals as that might have taken care of the entire issue — but her toe remained swollen. Then it developed a lump on it and that prompted me to take her to my vet for a check up. There’s no gout present in the toe; no uric acid crystals there whatsoever. She was treated for an infection, but I was warned that infections in bird feet are hard to treat and that she might need the toe amputated.
Well, poor Camilla’s toe got better while on antibiotics, but has come back this past week and she’s in obvious pain from it, so is going in today for it to be removed. She’ll have 3 toes left and so far, they are in good shape.
I’ve made sure she has perches of varying diameters to help her keep the rest of her feet healthier and she still gets cherries and other fresh fruits in her diet.
Ya’ll say a prayer for Ms. Camilla today that she come through her surgery pain free and a happier bird.
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