Feathers and Quivers

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One of my parrots has been quite sick for the last two weeks. Now I’ve figured out what’s wrong with him, I’m hoping he’ll get totally better quickly. He has two sores, one under each wing, and apart from dosing him with antibiotics, and loads of oregano (until tomorrow when I’ll finally get the right medication), he’s been needing round the clock looking after. At least he’s eating now, and judging from the amount of yelling he’s doing, I’m hoping to start getting some proper writing done again, and we can all breathe sighs of relief.

After my chat about anxiety disorders and panic attacks yesterday, it occurred to me that one of my previous posts touched on the subject of finding help. So instead of repeating myself, I’ll send anyone who is looking for new avenues of relief here. Before I read this book, and did what the man said I should do, I tried just about everything, including drinking water upside down. That one worked for a bit for the minutes I was concentrating on the water in my nostrils, but nothing else did. This book more than fixed me. Even if you think life’s just peachy, it’s still an amazing little book.

Right now, it’s parrot fixing time again, before more zooming down my emails. The last one I opened was a recommendation to buy a book on how to write. I won’t mention the actual title, but I will tell you that “write” was spelled “wrti” in the actual blurb on Amazon. Well done that man!

Till next time friends.

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13 thoughts on “Feathers and Quivers

    The Story Reading Ape said:
    June 20, 2013 at 12:34 pm

    Please give your parrot my best wishes and a hope for a speedy recovery Jo 🙂

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      jorobinson176 responded:
      June 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm

      Thanks Chris! These little guys don’t get sick often, but when they do they get very sick. He’s eating like a cart horse now, so it’s a big relief. 😀

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        The Story Reading Ape said:
        June 20, 2013 at 12:58 pm

        I had to read that TWICE to be sure he wasn’t ACTUALLY eating a carthorse LOL 🙂

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          jorobinson176 responded:
          June 20, 2013 at 2:05 pm

          Ha haa! He’d really would give that a go when he’s well though. His favourite munchies are chicken wings, steak fat and bacon. 😀

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    Holly Jahangiri said:
    June 20, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    Glad to hear your parrot is on the mend! Just ordered the book – looks excellent. And subject lines like the one you mention are why I’ve completely given up hope – I was getting them from Writer’s Digest.

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      jorobinson176 responded:
      June 20, 2013 at 2:08 pm

      Thanks Holly! I’m really glad you’ve ordered it – I reckon it should be prescribed at pharmacies instead of diazepam. I really want to hear how you find the trip. Even the hard bits that seem silly are really, really worth it.

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    marianallen said:
    June 20, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    Is this Jelly? Get better, you li’l feather-fluffer, you! Who’s a pretty bird, then? 🙂

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      jorobinson176 responded:
      June 20, 2013 at 2:17 pm

      Thanks Marian! Jelly’s fine though, and weaving my hair into my earing right now. The sick boy is Beep Beep (yeah I know – but that’s the only sound he made for the first month I had him). He’s my 18 year old nanday conure (small parrot). Jelly just hogs all the blog action. 😀

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    LucyPireel said:
    June 20, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    Hope Beep Beep is soon better and do we need a book to tell us how to wrti?
    Another great post Jo Dearie. xoxo I do so luv to read these little snippets of your life.

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      jorobinson176 responded:
      June 21, 2013 at 11:56 am

      LOL – wrti! He’s so much better thanks Lucy love. I still have to hang on to him all the time to stop him picking his sores open, and he’s getting antibiotics in his beak with a spoon all the time. Silly birdies. I’m catching up, and you’re about to enter the hut! 😀 xxx

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        marianallen said:
        June 21, 2013 at 12:21 pm

        Have you tried cutting the toe out of a sock and putting it over him to hold his wings down? Silly fluffer! Doesn’t know what’s good for him! You should nickname him Darwin — he is not exhibiting survival behavior!

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        LucyPireel said:
        June 21, 2013 at 12:43 pm

        Wheeeeheeee! and Whoop!
        luv you Jo dearie
        xoxo

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