my right now: minor trauma in the hayes' house

well, i learned something new just a few minutes ago....trimming a cockatiel's nails is NOT as easy as it says on the internet! i was researching how to clip their wings when i read that you should also trim their nails with regular nail clippers if their nails are uncomfortable to your skin.

cool, i thought. "i can do this." so i got out my clippers and went snip. the very first nail i tried to clip i cut too short and there was blood everywhere! i felt terrible! joey was trying to get away from me, and i was trying "to apply gentle pressure" to stop the bleeding!

i was trying NOT to get the preacher involved because he was busy packing, but i couldn't get the bleeding to stop. so we got back online to see what to do in case you clip their nails a little too short, and it said to put flour on the bleed and apply gentle pressure. that, too, is not as easy as it sounds! it took two tries with both of us working on poor joey. once the bleeding finally stopped, daryl said we needed to clip his wings!

holy cow! that's like torturing the poor little bird! i informed the preacher that i was NOT clipping the wings, and he said, "fine. you can hold him while i cut." so that was another battle getting those little feathers off of joey, but at least there was no more bloodshed.

but now, joey is mad at me. when i tried to get him to "step up" on my finger, he hid at the back of daryl's head.