Here are the last pictures I will ever take of Mango. This is her eating her final red jellybean. In her previous home these were her favorite, but I phased them out due to the sugar. Still, she would get one once in a very rare blue moon. I knew she had to have one before she went. She ate the

Thank you for your condolences. I'm sorry I don't have the energy to respond. While all of this was going on I have also been dealing with what I'm pretty sure is the flu. I don't think Queso understands yet, but he's happy to be on my shoulder.

I'm sorry. Mango is gone

Hay. You got seeb?

She still looks rough in this video but she is doing better. This morning she made normal vocalizations for the first time in days, which previously has been one of the first signs she's starting to feel better. She is also more active. We will be back at the vet on Monday for another Onsior shot.

Thank you so much to Seed Street Toys for the Mango care package! We both appreciate it so much 💖 Seed Street has some of Mango's most favorite toys ever, including this one.

Sometimes it's hard to get video of Charlie because he's like, "Your hand is not for phone. It is for holding bird."

Just wanted to provide some recent receipts. This isn't all of them (there's been a couple vet visits now), but it is the most recent ones from my email, text, etc. As promised, money donated is going towards vet bills (including the Onsior shots that will need to be given every 5 days for a while)

Mango got her first Onsior injection this morning as well as some fluids. For now, you can tell she's still not feeling great. But here's hoping that changes soon with these new meds!

Bird Street Bistro is Pooka approved!

So last night Mango had a seizure. I think she has had a couple before, but I wasn't 100% sure. She is going back to the vet tomorrow morning for fluids, an injection of Onsior, and will also be put on gabapentin. The tentative plan is the Onsior + gabapentin until she is stable, and then Celebrex +

She's still scruffy and tired, but I do think the Celebrex is helping. Hoping it will continue to help, and if this is indeed avian ganglioneuritis, it will go into a sort of remission. It's been so hard to see her go from being almost entirely normal to sick again. Hoping we can test soon.

Prince Pierogi looks like that owl from Ocarina of Time

Hello? Sorry signal here is terrible I can barely make out the screms

Hold on I gotta take this call

Well, she's definitely doing better than yesterday. Not great, but better. I tried to take a pic of her sitting on my hand, but instead got this picture of her desperately flying to my pizza. Unfortunately, I think cheese is the last thing she needs so no pizza for Mango.

So Mango really went downhill again. I'm kind of not doing great so I will keep this brief and simple as I try to explain best I can. 1. Mango likely has something called avian ganglioneuritis. If I understand correctly, many captive parrots (as many as 1 in 3) has Bornavirus. However, not all of

So Mango is not doing well again. These are pictures of her at the vet today. They couldn't do the tests because they required a blood draw and she is too weak. My regular vet called Tufts to consult on what to do. She is now going to be on her heart meds + Celebrex and once she is more stable

I will show this video to the vet, but I wanted to show it to y'all too, just in case anyone has thoughts. This looks like hormonal behavior to me, as this is what she used to do when she was about to lay an egg, however, it doesn't seem to be that. This behavior has consistently been a

Bad Birdie

Cookie is still the only cockatiel I've ever seen eat with his foot like the conures do. Does your cockatiel do this?

Mango Update! She has another vet appointment this Friday for two different kinds of Bornavirus tests. So far all tests for everything have been negative. She is starting to be a little more lethargic and doing hormonal looking wing flaps again, which was the precursor to her getting sick before.

Guardians of the bird room

The budgies in particular just love this thing

Communicating with Charlie

Happy sunday! Here's Pooka wondering why I'm not opening the door, as she stands in front of an open door.

I took her out first thing and made sure she got her special food (Bird Street Bistro) so she knows she is still my baby princess 😭

This gold heart sticker fell on him and he gave me such a hard time about getting it off. He wanted to be bedazzled.

Mango had a recheck appointment today! Vets are surprised at how well she is doing and how much she has recovered! She is still going to have a couple tests done + she will continue to be on meds for her heart murmur, but otherwise she is doing good!

Bath time! Sorta. She keeps flying onto me and then going back to the water. Anyway, Mango has a vet appointment tomorrow just to see how she's doing + run a couple more tests since we still don't know what was wrong or if it'll return. Though I would say she is 95% back to her full Mango power!

Wanted to show off my Hobonichi Cousin cover and back Featuring Mango ♥️ from @pepperandpals.bsky.social I wanna see if y'all decorate yours ♥️ #hobonichi

You must pet the Mango

Sometimes I buy cheap paper towels for the birds to shred. Hurley has been hard at work on this roll. I asked him, "Are ya winning, son?" as I took these pictures.

Bornavirus test is negative! More tests will be done, since there can be false negatives, and there will be some kind of antibody test performed soon, but for now Mango gets to say hi to Queso.

Get it? Because sun conure? You get it. Anyway, everything is political. Everything. Even ignoring politics is political. Yes, even posting your birds is political. For example, I believe birds should NOT be sold in pet stores. I support legislation that bans this, much the same way some states

Mango is 90% back to normal! She has regained all the weight she lost, she is more active, stable, and vocal. I think the only difference still noticeable is that she continues to nap often. Hopefully she keeps improving! Still waiting on the Bornavirus test results. Thank you for your support 💖🦜

Stay safe and warm! Huddle up with your flock! Oh, and fight fascism!

I would say that Mango is mostly back to normal! She has improved so, so much. The only thing is that this happened before, so I'm not totally sure what to make of that. She has a followup vet appointment so we'll see!

I have Mango cuddle time every morning to help make sure she don't hate me for giving her many meds. Meanwhile she attempts to cut off my airways with feathers so that I might not medicate her anymore. Have these unflattering photos of the event.

Budgie bath time

For some reason Bluesky won't let me post the video, but you can see Mango doing a SCREM here: www.facebook.com/share/r/1X4g...

I put the meds in Mango's Girl Gruel (Harrison's Recovery food) and it worked! Well. For a moment. I don't think I've ever seen an animal so attuned to detecting meds in everything.

She's hanging in there!

You've heard of Girl Dinnner? I've been calling this stuff Mango's Girl Gruel

Got her cleaned up a bit and gave her some Harrison's Recovery food stuffs.

Got this case summary, discharge notes, etc sent today. Sharing for transparency, because it provides a better explanation than I can, and also contains some info I think might be good/helpful for others. It also mentions why a reunion with the other birds isn't possible yet.