Paul Smith

Just in case. She was diagnosed with respiratory infection but antibiotics don't seem to be fixing her.

Not affordable unfortunately. If I had the money I'd spend it on her.

Well, this is the 30th day of Triple C treatment. She is still sick. I notice She has a nasty looking brown stain on the feathers above her Cere. I've ordered some Ronivet as a sort of last resort. If She had Canker though it probably should have killed her already. She still has difficulty swallowing food and water. It doesn't stop her though.

It seems she may be responding the the Triple C. It's the 10th day of treatment today. She is quiet this morning but I knew she would be after yesterday's insanity. She chirped and moved around almost playfully for about 3 hours yesterday. She even replied to my whistles for the first time. Highly unusual behaviour for her. She must have worn herself out. Hopefully the Triple C can clean out all of the bugs she has and she's not too far gone for her body to be able to repair itself. I'll keep up the treatment for at least another 10 days.

I wonder if she has a sore throat.

The different attitudes between the two vets may simply be that one is male and the other is female. When possible try to deal with females. Generally better human beings.

Not good. It cost $266 and they tried antibiotics. It didn't work and I can't afford to keep going back for more tests until they find out what's wrong. I'm trying Triple C on her now.

Hi Gina. Yes, she is still alive but only just. I'm on a pension and going back and forth to the vet for more tests isn't possible. Watching her each day I sometimes wonder which one of us is in more pain.

"selamectin" That's the stuff that's in Revolution for cats.

I've rung the Vet twice now but I can only get a nurse to talk to me. They automatically check all birds for Mega and it isn't showing. They have her on a broad spectrum antibiotic but I can't remember the name. I think it might have started with D. They said they can try Baytril?? but it has to be given twice a day for 5 days and this bird isn't tame. She just screams continuously when being held.

The said the bird was full of bacteria but didn't actually say Megabacteria. What would the treatment be for that?

Not going well. She's not responding to the antibiotics. The vet said she didn't have a mite or worm problem. Anyone got any ideas?

The vet just rang. No need for Psittacosis test but her blood is too thick. She's dehydrated. She told me to put a bucket of water near her cage to help humidify the space a little as I'm keeping her warm and it dries the air. I have to give a progress report in 2 days and we'll decide then whether it needs to go further.

The vet gave me a list of things to avoid today. Avocado Onion Rhubarb Garlic These can all be toxic.

I took her to the vet and it turns out she's quite sick. I thought so. She's had a blood test and I'll get the results later. She has been injected with Antibiotics as she's full of Bacteria. I may have to go back for her to be injected again. The results will tell whether she needs to be tested for Psittacosis aswell. Interestingly she doesn't seem to have a worm problem. $266 so far and it's not finished yet. At those prices she'd better live or I'll kill her.