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Here's a few chosen photos I thought I'd share with you, I hope you like them.

Thank you for all the replys, & thanks for the pm Karen. I know with his stomach being permanently damaged that it's only a matter of time now before it'll be time to say goodbye to pepsi. I will contact my vet again & have another chat with him, I wll give the vinegar treatment a try though, & monitor his weight. If his weight drops much more I'll have him put to rest, at least then I'll know he's not suffering anymore. To Xsaga, It was about 3, 4 months ago that I took him to the vets because he was passing un-digested seed in his droppings, it was then that the vet told us he had AGY. How he got the illness I don't know, but 3 years ago I was given another budgie as a gift from a lady (for capturing one of her escaped aviary birds while I was out one day, actually the budgie I was given was one of it's babies which I thought was really cute) , is it possible pepsi caught AGY from Cassie, my other budgie? They've always been kept in seperate cages, but they used to interact with each other, but now I keep them seperated. Thanks again for all the replies. I've posted a few photos of pepsi in the picture forum, in case anyone would like to see him.

I have a 7 & a half year old budgie called pepsi that is suffering with megabacteria. A local vet who is also a bird specialist, has told me that it looks as if pepsi's stomach has been permanently damaged by the bacteria. He used to pass un-digested seed in his droppings, but that stopped happening a month or so ago & instead he's now vomiting nearly everytime he eats. His crop looks very puffy/swollen. About once every couple of months, he brings up what I can only describe as white mucus. He also has trouble swallowing quite alot, his head often bops up & down (sorry that's the only way I can describe it) The vet did say to soak his seed over night, to soften it up as that might help his stomach to digest it, which I'm still doing, I also have some antibiotics for him which he is on all time time now. I know pepsi's condition is terminal, but he's my baby & I don't want to give up on him & I'm wondering if anyone on here has any tips for me, because It feels like I'm fighting a losing battle to keep his weight up He was 33 grams just the other day, but I had managed to get his weight back upto 38 grams a few weeks ago. One way I've managed to stop him vomiting so much is to feed him a few seeds at a time, then wait a few minutes & then let him have a few more, doing this has cut down on the vomiting. Is that the only option I have, or is there more I could be doing to help him (food recommendations?) Is this vomiting linked to his damaged stomach, or could it be something else, the vet did mention the possibility of a tumour or maybe an enlarged gland or something like that which could be causing a blockage. Do any of you think birds suffer alot of pain when they have this megabacteria illness, maybe he's in alot of pain & it's wrong of me to try & keep him with me, but in my heart I don't want to say goodbye to him yet. He does rest alot, but does chirp & play with his toys sometimes too. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Paul