After her 20th dose of antibiotics on the 24th, Bosco went back into the Big House — straight to the dish of soaked seeds. Although she seemed to work a bit harder flying around, that's understandable, considering she'd been confined to a small space for ten days. Apart from that, she seems...about the same as she did before the course of medication. She seems to spend a lot of time snacking, and a lot of time eating. She's puffed up a bit sometimes. But she's also usually the first down snacking on soaked seeds, she's acvite (when she's not napping), and she'll hover in front of the plastic nest box to see if there is any millet spray inside. One moment I'm ready to put her back in the hospital cage, and the next I'm convinced she's fine.

The only other clue — the bloody poop — remains a mystery. The thing about blood in poops is that unless you see them fresh, the color goes dark. That could be blood, that could be dark green from lettuce, or it could just be first-morning poop. (Stop with the details.) Truth is, I saw dark poops in the hospital cage, and dark poops in the Finsterium both with and without Bosco inside. So it's still a mystery.

I've decided, therefore, that Bosco is mature (six years is anywhere from middle-aged to old for a Society finch, depending on which source you read) and porky (although I've never gotten her weighed, she's definitely one of the bigger Societies I have).

Both photos are of the darker Bosco and the lighter Darjeeling. The picture on the cuttlefish bone is from yesterday, but not great. The picture on the nest box is a few months old, but very pretty. You can click here for a close up.