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Recounting My 2 Visits In The Past Three Days


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Hi everyone, it's been a while. Hope you have all been well. :)

 

I just wanted to recount my experience with my local avian vet — Django and I have been there twice in the past 3 days, and they have been nothing but warm and friendly, and intent on getting to the bottom of his illness.

 

It all started when I was home sick last Friday. I noticed that Django was doing some unusual head-bobbing which seemed uncomfortable, and his sneezes sounded squeaky and rapid. If you weren't paranoid you'd have thought it was just a passing thing. Since I am somewhat of a birdie hypochondriac (always remember: when they start showing that their sickness, it's almost too late!) and I was home, feeling a little off but still well enough to go out, I made our first appointment with this avian vet clinic. Is it strange to say that I have always wanted to bring Django there for a routine check-up just to check them out?!

 

They examined and weighed him, took crop and poo samples to examine microscopically and did gram stains. All good, he had a mild upper respiratory bacterial infection which is expected because he is currently going through a big winter moult. I got some oral antibiotics. Django seemed to respond well over the weekend, was almost back to his normal rambunctious self.

 

Then this morning he threw up a pea-sized blob of yellow mucus which scared the heck out of me. I had just given him his morning dose of Entrotil. He shuddered and shivered, and was making choking motions for a good 10 minutes. It was before 9am so I couldn't call the vet yet. I called work and asked to work from home to monitor him.

 

When I finally called the vet, Django's symptoms had subsided but he was looking fluffy and lethargic. The vet spoke to me personally, got all the details and booked me in for later in the afternoon, but also said that if his condition didn't stabilise, I could bring Django in as an emergency case.

 

Django was sleeping most of the whole afternoon, I was really anxious. He ate some food but he seemed to drift in and out of sleep. When we got to the vet she did the same routine as before, and concluded that the antibiotics for the bacterial infection had brought through a secondary fungal infection, visible from his mucous crop stain (clear this time, not yellow) and poo. More antibiotics were prescribed, whee! She said that hopefully that was the end of his infections or else she'd have to start on his blood work. :( She said she'd had a strong suspicion it was either a secondary fungal or thrush infection after our phone call.

 

Well, I just really wanted to say that it's great when you go to a vet and they are confident about what they're doing, and when they genuinely care for the sick animal. I have had experiences at my previous vet where the "avian specialist" would just pump a needle full of the strongest antibiotic and finish off with worming, and declare a clean bill of health. I felt reassured and confident of this vet's diagnosis, and even though I was really upset before going to the second visit, she made me feel so much better with her competence and even gave some tips on administering the oral treatments.

 

So Django is on another 4 days of Entrotil, and another 9 days of Fungilin. He's getting spoilt rotten until the treatments finish, and he's got a heat lamp going to keep him comfy. Fingers crossed that he will be all right after this and that nothing else major comes up!!

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Hi Sootie, how is Django doing now? After a course of antibiotics, it is a good idea to give some probiotics to replenish the good bacteria that may have gotten killed off by the antibiotics. Or some yogurt with live cultures. :)

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