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Delighted to report that Ms. Helen Sturkie’s surgery went very smoothly at @medicalcenterforbirds 🙌 A great hug thanks to Dr. Galusha and Dr. Baden for taking such excellent care of our very sweet girl and to @rachaelstpeter @airric6 and @cgleee for helping with transport and care! They were able to get very deep into her foot and pull out old, hardened kernels of puss that were lodged in her tissue. They also removed some scar tissue, cultured the infection, and stitched up the hole in her foot. The culture showed a super resistant e.coli bacteria, so she received a regional limb perfusion this morning and will continue with both those treatments and oral antibiotics as well. If you’d like to help cover her care, we still need to raise about $1500 to cover the surgery cost as well as funds for her continued limb perfusions/antibiotic treatment. Venmo: @blackberrycreek PayPal: [email protected] Or link in bio! #weloveMCFB #avianvets #loveoneanother (at Blackberry Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2no89JXCB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Action shot from our parrot flight training lab with veterinary professionals. #avianvet #avianveterinarian #avianvets #avianveterinarytechnicians #cockatoosofinstagram #parrotsofinstagram #parrottraining #freeflight #parrotfreeflight

Just finished putting together my powerpoint presentation for the ExoticsCon veterinary conference about this superstar named Jackson. The words from my last slide...."Animal training is often considered a luxury. However, Jack’s example demonstrates that training significantly contributes to high standards in animal welfare. Training should be as essential as daily feeding, cleaning and veterinary care. When professionals begin to embrace training as a part of a well-rounded approach to providing best practices in animal care we can reduce or eliminate stress for many animals in regard to medical procedures." Hope his example will inspire many others. #parrotsofinstagram #parrottraining #avianveterinarian #avianvet #avianvets #exoticscon

Veterinary professionals. Come learn about working with flighted parrots with me, Chris Shank and Pam Clark at Exotics Con in Portland, OR. Unique opportunity to work with parrots in free flight (and in aviaries) thanks to proximity to world class training facility Cockatoo Downs. We won't be able to offer this again. Price increases at midnight. Lab #5 http://www.exoticscon.org/pricing/ #parrottraining #parrottrainingworkshop #parrotsofinstagram #parrottrainingseminar #parrottrainingcourse #veterinarian #veterinarytechnician #avianveterinarian #avianvet #avianvets #exoticcon #flighttrainingparrots #parrotflighttraining #parrotflight #exoticscon (at Portland, Oregon)