Well this post was one that got deleted and darnit, it was long!

To make a long story short, his vet visit went very well!! His fecal and oral gram stains looked great - the vet was actually surprised at how well everything looks considering he was from a pet store and in crappy conditions. He feels well and his heart sounds good also. He weighed in at 44 grams.

We are testing for Chlamydia, Psittacosis, and Giardia, and those tests might be back by this Thursday or Friday. The vet said she would be very surprised if any of those came back positive based on how he looks today.

And my baby did very well, he didn't bite anyone, not even once, and I was so proud of him!

Sarah, I can imagine you were a little worried but that is just a glowing report!! Fingers crossed that all the tests come back good also! I can't wait until you can introduce everyone.

That's great news, Sarah. I was just reading one of your other posts about your concern about him holding his wings out and breathing fast the other night. How is he doing with this now? Was it just new home jitters?

Sounds great -glad it went so well. Sounds like he's a good boy too

Great! I'm so glad everything went well at the vet's today. So how is he doing with you and Dave? Coming out of his shell a little bit?

That is SUCH great news!

Excellent news, Sarah! Now you can take a deep breath, relax and enjoy your new little boy!

I'm glad everything went well Sarah.

I am so glad it went well! Don't forget to let us know about the test results when they come back.

It doesn't seem like he breathes hard, but his wings tremble sometimes. I talked to Dr. O about that and she agreed with everyone else who suggested it was an nervous behavior (he did it once or twice in the car too, but by the way home, he really enjoyed the car ride and looked out the window the whole time!). He's making some crazy adjustments in the past few days and things are different for him, that's for sure. I doubt he's had this much attention in a looooong time.

He also does this thing where he'll step away from his mirror toy (which she suggested that I don't wean him off of for a few weeks, til he settles in more) and his torso will slowly drop a little and lean forward. Dave and I were worried it was a neurotic behavior or a sign of illness (I tell ya, any behavior different from Jerry's is raising red flags at the moment, and prematurely usually ). But Dr. O says that that is stereotypical behavior for the English budgies. She said that sometimes the English can act like a different species than the American with their body language. Julie was also telling me that she is still learning the different body language of her new English budgie.

And he is making great progress!! Dave and I can put our hand in his cage and touch his feet as long as he's standing next to his mirror toy (his comfort zone). Annnnndddd, last night we got a half-step-up from him, he put one foot on our finger for a short time!! He's coming along remarkably well. And he sleeps through the night with no problems and is eating well. Dr. O says that I can begin to wean him onto Nutriberries now, so this morning I mixed in two Nutriberries in with his seed mix.