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Written by Lainey Alexander
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I purchased a car diffuser from abundanthealth4U.com, and have been very happy with it. I have an outlet (cigarette lighter type plug) in the front and the back of the car, and this is where the diffuser plugs in. So yesterday I was able to diffuse the G Chamo for my Eclectus, Riley, from the back outlet near where his travel cage goes. I think it was too strong for him because I had it diffusing right into the travel cage, and he didn't eat for a while afterwards (which for an Eclectus is a big deal), but next time I will run the diffuser with a little cover over the travel cage so it is more gentle. But you can definitely smell the EOs in the front of the car when the diffuser is plugged into the back. They work quite well.
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Written by Lainey Alexander
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For the past few weeks, I have been using Creer Lab German Chamomile in a diffuser for my male Eclectus, Riley - twice a day for one hour - to help with his overall elevated stress level and feather plucking. I have noticed that his overall stress level is greatly improved.
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Written by Leanne Burton
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01.14.07
I just have to share with the list all the behavior changes I'm seeing in my umbrella cockatoo. This is a bird who I cannot be in the same space with. He has attacked me numerous times in the past and while his aggression has diminished to a great degree in the recent years with lots of positive reinforcement training, the aggression would pop back up from time to time. He also has a history of screaming that was reinforced at his previous home. This also improved with positive reinforcement, but was still at a level that was almost more than we could stand. He has been with us about 5 years now and my husband especially has a hard time with the screaming.
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Written by Lainey Alexander
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Yesterday I came home from grocery shopping to find that one of my flock of gouldian finches was really sick. He lives in a 25 foot flight with many other gouldians, so they are in constant motion. He was completely fluffed up with his head tucked in even though all the other birds were flying back and forth around him. When I caught him, he was very weak and his eyes were barely open. In the fifteen years that I have been breeding gouldians, I have never seen one bounce back once they are this far gone (until I learned about the therapeutic EOs!).
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