Update on CoCo

Was a long day yesterday so didn’t get to post until now. Getting him into the carrier went as expected unfortunately and was pretty stressful. I tried for almost a half hour to convince him to come out but he didn’t want to move. I had to use a blanket and the look of betrayal was pretty heart wrenching. I imaged him yelling “ET TU BRUTE” at me as I moved toward him with it. He panicked but I was able to get him into the carrier. He damaged his pin feathers again in his fright which sucked. We had to wait a bit for our appointment but we didn’t mind. We knew other animals needed help more than our guy did at the moment. The vets got him into the back to remove his pin feathers on the left wing as they were pretty messed up. They gave him a pain killer which helped him relax while they cleaned him. His carrier looked like a slasher film! Not gunna lie I was a bit tearful seeing it but they said it looked worse than it was and he was all fixed up. I’m used to blood but seeing the little guy hurt after all he has been through choked me up. The vets were amazing. We sat down and talked for at least an hour and a half going over all of the reasons for feather picking, ways to help with the behavior, diet, psychological aspects of parrots, anatomical, you name it we talked about it. We are having a full blood panel and fecal analysis done on him. It will probably be a week before we get the results unless something bad pops up. No heart murmur, no lung infection, all around he seemed to be in good health despite his living conditions. Even though Coco was really scared he was a sweet heart and made the vets hearts melt. They told us we sounded very prepared to handle his situation which made us feel very good! They told us to reach out anytime for question or concerns about him. They are on team Coco and want to see him flourish! By the time we got home he just wanted to sleep and our other little monsters needed some love and attention. This morning he let me give him scratches which made me so happy. I think he forgave me for all he went through yesterday. He got a millet treat before I left for work, his heater keeping him toasty, and some calming music. I’ll see how he is doing after work but he will probably still be a bit achy from the pin feathers. I’ll let y’all know when we get the blood work back!