Poor Bobbins is still staying at the vet, she’s been there for five days now. We had expected her to come home on Friday as she had shown signs of improvement, but then on Friday she took a step back again and again yesterday, so she will be there until Monday. This is exactly the pattern we’d experienced at home. We’d been worried she was taking steps back because she was eating (or more likely snuffling) something that was upsetting her, so she was being kept under pretty strict house arrest with as little snuffling opportunities as possible – but if the same is happening at the vet, it’s apparent it’s not us. They’ve scanned and ultrasounded her and are pretty confident it’s still the virus – so we’ll learn more next week. They don’t seem to be worried, more bemused by why she isn’t getting better.
I hope she comes home tomorrow – she’ll certainly be pleased to be back to her morning and evening sausage treat after she’s had her eyes cleaned.
I’ve been smiling quite a bit at the lovebirds. They have accepted each other from day one, however they’ve been staying at either end of their cage. They have a huge cage and I’ve hung lots of toys in it, so they can easily ignore each other. But bit by bit they are getting closer and they’ve started sleeping in adjacent food bowls (I’ve moved their perches around, but they strangely still prefer to sleep in their food bowls). They’ve also started cheeping together which I am sure must be a good sign.
Spain is yet to impose a national lockdown. We have the national nighttime curfew from 12 – 6, but other measures are set at a regional level. Extremadura has moved back into Phase 3 (the phases here go the other way from the UK with 4 being the ‘new normal’ and phase 0 being complete lockdown) which has put new limits on capacity of public places and certain venues. People are being encouraged to do things outside, where possible, for example open air masses, weddings, restaurants etc. I think we stay in this phase for two weeks and then move back up again if things stabilize – here’s hoping!!