Posts by CountryKitty

The swap birds almost certainly had it longer than yours that are just showing symptoms. Therefore they had higher levels of bacteria, and had been coughing that nasty mucous onto themselves and each other for a while, which might...

You're so welcome--and the best thanks is knowing it helped somebodies lovely girl like it did mine. Thanks for sharing that--it made my day!

Just saw this thread. Twice I have had pets with dead, dry skin like this--one a kitten that had apparently gotten a flap of skin caught in something, and one a muscovy duckling attacked by a Khaki Campbell drake. In both cases the...

ChiKcat, coolcanoechick, thanks.  He was one of those critters that we have in our life that we judge successive pets by. I cried when a redtail got him last year. I hope to see more pics of Buck down the road--I can see him being...

Eyes grow less than most other body parts--an eye that size makes me think that your lovely lad is not nearly grown yet...he's scared because he's still a baby. Give him some time to finish growing and he'll likely surprise...

Thanks, I have snap traps set up--I put them out after the birds are in for the evening. Used to put them in cardboard boxes with rat-sized holes in the corners--that allowed rats to get in and get dead without risk of the birds...

Ditto everything CMV stated. A tiny pocket of damaged tissue that doesn't heal as quickly as the rest can contain a small breeding pool of bacteria that can form an abcess quite a while after the original injury appears to be healing...

When useing hook and eye type latches for windows and doors, use the type that has a little spring loaded latch built in. Racoons have opposable thumbs and the simple ones are easy for them to undo but the spring latch type...

Possums are very quiet, don't move in a fast or threatening way, so they don't upset chickens on the roost or even some dogs. They can eat an amazing number of eggs in a night--especially if they have a litter with them. Had some...

I had a chick with this a few weeks ago--it was my first time with it. Googled what to do, but since the vets are closed on Sunday, I didn't think I could get the antibiotics for the chick. I mixed some olive oil with a tiny pinch of...