True Love Aviary

10/27/2024

Morning preening and fluffing.

10/26/2024

Missing my BeBe today (and the rest of them too...).

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10/25/2024

Sweet boys. They are still working out flock dynamics. #

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10/13/2024

Sweet BeBe... 11 years ago
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This is our version of Peek-a-Boo except that we call it "Where's BeBe?"Still grieving the loss of Evee, but we enjoy our play time together.http://www.truel...

10/12/2024

Missing his buddy. Giving lots of kisses. ❤️
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Watching our birds, Blazer and Char, be silly on our Aviary camera. It’s one day after our loss of BeBe, but we still have to focus on our other 3. ...

10/11/2024

We are devastated and broken. BeBe is gone. We loved him so much. He was 19 years and almost 3 months old. Please pray for us as we navigate life without him. We want to thank everyone who has loved and cared for our boy, but most especially Dr. Burkett and his staff.

10/05/2024

Hi Friends! BeBe has lost a lot of weight recently, but we think it's mainly because he is just sleeping a lot. He still has some meat on his bones, so we are just monitoring to make sure he doesn't lose any more. We are moving to give him pain meds daily to keep the arthritic pain at bay. He still is his sprightly self and loves snuggling with Luna in his tent. Luna has become a caregiver, preening and comforting him as needed. ❤️

09/02/2024

Happy Labor Day from the wet birds!

08/19/2024

A bird in her hair...

08/04/2024

Happy Birthday Charlotte and Tamara! Char is turning 13 and Tamara is turning... er well... more than that!

07/24/2024

Luna loves to snuggle with his buddy, BeBe. Naps are better together.

07/16/2024

Happy Hatchday to our little old man, BeBe! He turned 19 yesterday! He's blind but chatty, arthritic but makes his way around pretty well. We often find him in Luna's cage/tent napping which means he has traversed between the two cages along the table (not flying anymore). We love him to bits and are excited to celebrate another birthday with him!

06/14/2024

Blood feathers are scary! BeBe keeps breaking them or preening them too hard. Well, today it was a bloody mess, and we had to bathe him to clean him up. He was tired after with some warm snuggles.

05/19/2024

Sometimes, it's nice to nap on the window.

05/05/2024

Home sick today and getting some precious "old man" time.

04/28/2024

They missed Daddy. Love these four!

04/05/2024

Bird baths after our trip!

03/23/2024

Today was annual bird exams day. This is a super important part of your bird's health and an investment to say the least. I definitely went into today with some anxiety. When you have older birds (ie. 12+ years for lovebirds), there can be some fear.

Today, we confirmed BeBe's blindness. Doc says that BeBe likely can only see light and shadows and at some point it will be full totality darkness For now, though, he is doing great in all other physical aspects (we are still waiting on labs for bloodwork and f***l). We have made so many adaptations to allow BeBe as much freedom safely as possible, and he makes the journey between his and Luna's cage and back to forage and chill/nap just fine. He pans his head to see the shadows and may do more "Stevie Wonder" head movements over time to try and process the shadows he sees. We just ensure that we talk to him and gently scoop him as we move him or give him love. Lastly, to help with his arthritic pain, Dr. Burkett prescribed him some Meloxicam (pain meds). We just want to give BeBe the most comfortable and freeing last YEARS of his life. We truly believe he has more years in him even in these last golden years.

Luna is 16 years and 3 months now, but he has clear eyes and flies like a champ. His weight is lower than we like, but he's always been a small bird and he's healthy for an old guy.

Char is over 11.5 years old now. He is doing great! His weight was nearly perfect and while he has some age spots (ie. Feathers going yellow where used to be green), overall, he is strong and healthy.

Blazer, our young guy, also checked out. He's almost 4 years old now and likes to "dance" as his favorite pasttime. That's, of course, how we describe those movements to Juliette.... lol.

Much Love,
TLA
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03/16/2024

We love birds! Ours started tweeting at about 7:30A. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/JZrhpxJbBLTAAfeE/?mibextid=xCPwDs

03/02/2024

Silly guys!

02/18/2024

Happy Gotcha Day, Blazer! He quickly became Charlotte's best friend after we rescued him one year ago today.

11/03/2023

We love snuggling with Daddy, he is so warm!

10/20/2023

This is what 97 grams of brotherly love looks like!

10/13/2023

Me and my old guy before I left the flock with the sitter. Love my little old man! 18 years and 3+ months of loving him.

10/06/2023

True love!