| Rex Video |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|09:19 pm] |
I finally managed to capture Rex talking on video. Woot! Of course, Lily just had to add her two cents. |
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| Good Thing The Tickets Where Free |
[Sep. 14th, 2009|03:18 am] |
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We were given a couple of free tickets to the Marilyn Manson show. We hadn't planned on going, but hey, free tickets. Good thing they were free as we walked out about 3/4 of the way through.
Easily, the worst concert I've ever been to. Manson looked bored and it seemed like he was just going through the motions. His stage was boring and his "shock" theatrics like the Nazi imagery with dollar signs instead of swastikas just came across as tired.
We were both bored. The center was about 2/3 full and most of the crowd stayed in their seats. Except when they were getting up and walking around.
The best part of the concert was when Manson asked the crowd to hand him a dollar. I guess someone threw a loonie at him as Manson than threatened the guy for throwing something at him and hitting him in the face. Manson then made a crack about our dollar being worth half of an american dollar. The people around us booed him loudly and exclamations of "At least we have an economy!" were heard. That made me laugh.
As we were leaving, I overheard a teenage girl exclaim, "THAT'S Marilyn Manson??" in a voice full of sarcasm. Indeed. |
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| Finally! Good News, Georgie |
[May. 14th, 2009|03:38 pm] |
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For the first time, Georgie's vet results were positive. His liver and kidney functions have returned to normal. He actually put on weight!!! He's still smaller than he should be but it's a start.
The best part? He can finally come out of quarantine and join the rest of the flock. Poor Georgie has been living alone in a room away from the other birds. Hopefully he'll start to become more social and friendly once he can watch and interact with the other birds.
At least we saved one of them. I wish it had been both and Gracie was still with us. But given what his condition was like, I more than happy to have him healthy again. |
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| It's a start! |
[Apr. 10th, 2009|04:26 am] |
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Georgie is our 20 year old, rescue Mollucan. We recently lost his mate, Gracie, so he's been having a rough time. We know he's a wild caught bird, was never a pet and we took him out of a horrific home.
I've never met an animal so determined not to make friends. Give him a treat and he throws it at you. If you put the treat in his dish, he takes it out and throws it away. He hisses and growls when we approach his cage. When we have had to towel him to get him to the vets, he screams so loud, our ears ring for hours afterwards. Cutting his nails is a huge production and one we are always happy to come away with all our fingers intact.
It's hard to make friends with a bird like this. Treats do not motivate him, so coaxing him on to the step up perch doesn't work. I've been desperately trying everything and anything to get through to him.
The only things he seems to like is the tug game and when I sing to him (if you ever heard my singing, you'd wonder why, maybe my screeching sounds familiar to him). He'll sway along with me and he seems to go into his happy place. We recently discovered if I sing to him when we're toweling him (which I hate having to do but other than sedating him, we have no choice. He has some major health issues and sedation could kill him.), he'll settle down and stop screaming. Picture us at the vets, with a rather terrified vet tech, a pissed off, screaming bird, a vet who is always dead calm and me singing "Georgie, Georgie, give me your heart so true, I'm half crazy over the love of you".....over and over again to calm him down. It worked but my vet ended up laughing so hard she had to leave the room for a moment. *sigh*. Life with George is interesting.
We had a breakthrough today. Whenever Georgie makes a soft sound, I go to him and sing. Or we play tug with a branch. He likes the tug game quite a lot. Today I moved my hand closer up the branch, each time until I was able to stroke his beak with my finger. The first few times, he let go of the stick and lunged for my finger. After a few times, as long as the stick is in his beak, I've been able to stroke his beak for a few moments!! And I kept all my fingers! Eureka, a breakthrough.
Then I tried to see if he would step up on the hand held perch. We've introduced the step up perch to him for a while now. His usual response is to either chew it to splinters in 2.5 seconds or to grab it and throw it. So it was much to our surprise and shock today, he stepped up quite quickly!! We were able to take him into our T.V. room, place him on a play perch and visit with him. Not one scream out of him. Nobody lost any body parts. He even took a piece of orange from me and ate it.
For the first time, I feel we have a chance of taming him. My gut feeling is he wants to be friends but he is too scared. It's taken us since October to get this far. But it's a start. A good start. Now if I could only convince him getting his nails trimmed is a good thing...... |
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| Gracie |
[Jan. 6th, 2009|05:35 pm] |
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On New Year Eve, Gracie fell from the play stand. From about 3 feet onto the stone that surrounds the fireplace. We spent the night taking care of her.
She's stopped eating, most likely because of pain. She's lost all the weight I managed to put back on her through hours hand feeding her, and more. We are now tube feeding her twice a day. She was doing so well. I had finally started to believe she might make it after all.
I don't think she's going to make it. After all our work to save her, if she dies, it will be due to human error. Yeah. |
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| One Less in the Zoo |
[Nov. 10th, 2008|03:17 am] |
We lost Esmeralda today. The last of our hedgehogs has died. She went quietly and didn't suffer, for which I'm am most grateful.
Gracie was back at the vets today. She continues to lose weight and her neurological issues are not getting any better. We are testing for something I don't even want to contemplate. If she does have it, the only choice will be to put her down. We're redoing all her blood work to see if the numbers have changed. We've tested for lead poisoning and now zinc as we realized the nesting box she spent 99% of her time in is zinc coated metal. How smart is that to build a nesting box out of material that is toxic to birds. Makes me so mad.
In my heart of hearts, I don't believe she's going to make it. Maybe, because I can see how weak she is, I am only willing to think the worst and not hope. I really want her to make it. But she's lost 45 grams since she got here and she was underweight then. Not good. Not at all.
I now believe, even more, that had we not taken Gracie when we did, she would be dead. I have no doubt. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 14th, 2008|10:22 pm] |
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It's ironic how often the goodbye comes a long time after the door was closed. |
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| Ron Jeremy??????? Stick it In, Stick it In |
[Jun. 19th, 2008|04:06 am] |
I can't stop watching.......I've been wanting to see the rest of these forever and just found them on youtube. Even Wil Weaton has made an appearance.
Ok, that made me laugh. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|04:10 am] |
1. go to www.flickr.com
2. type in your answer to the question in the "search" box
3. Pick a picture from the first page only.
4. copy the html and paste for the answer
What is Your First Name:
Nickname (seemed more appropriate):
Favourite Food:
The School I went to:
Favorite Color:
Celebrity Crush:
Favorite Disney Princess:
Favorite Drink:
Dream Vacation:
Favorite Dessert:
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What do you love most in life?
One word to describe you?
What do you dream about?
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| Nadia |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|11:56 pm] |
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If you have a Youtube account, please go to this video and rate it. It will keep the video on the front page and more people will see it. Please. |
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| Missing |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|09:41 pm] |
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| |  worried | ] |
My 18 year old cousin Nadia, has been missing since March 9, it's been all over the news. She disappeared from her dorm room, leaving her wallet and money. Her family is really close and don't have a clue what's going on. She hasn't contacted anyone since she disappeared. No activity on her credit or bank cards, nothing. My family is incredibly upset by this.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080314/missing_girl_080314/20080314?hub=Canada
There is a facebook group set up as well: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14599910210 Her name is Nadia Kajouji.
The last time I saw Nadia was when she was 9 years old and was visiting us here with her Mom and her grandmother. I really hope that will not be the last time I see her. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 24th, 2007|03:46 pm] |
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
I'm starting a new meme. It's pretty simple, really.
Think of the past year and list those things that made you feel grateful. Post in here and in your journal. |
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| Much Needed |
[Oct. 10th, 2007|03:32 am] |
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After today, this was a much needed laugh.
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