Here is a picture of my Shaemus, and a the sound of him and I saying tickle, tickle, tickle. Shaemus was my third Quaker, he came to me at 10 weeks old. He was splay legged at birth, the friend, a breeder, who gave him to me, chose me, because she knew I would never breed him, and he would have a good life with me. When I first got him, he couldn't perch, so I arranged a cage for him where he could sit on the bottom or on a shelf, as he could climb. And I put all sorts of foot toys everywhere for him, t o encourage him to try to use both feet for him to play.  And before I got him, my friend kept him in a little margarine bowl with cotton balls, I believe it was, to strengthen his leg. by the time he was 6 months old, he was using that leg just fine, and if you hadn't known his history, you would never have guessed he ever a problem with his one leg at birth.  Except when he was sleepy.  Or very tired, he still, then had a habit of supporting his whole little body to the one side, and keeping that leg on the side of the cage.  

Shaemus, I miss you dearly.  

Nov. 2000 - January 2003

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