Annie

Hello! I just found your site through a Google search. I've been all over the net, and another forum, but none have been as knowledgable as what I have seen here so far. I could explain the symptoms of my bird, but my main question is that of my topic title. Do lime green urates always mean Chlamydia psittaci? I live in the US and we just moved to a new state. We got an unexpected snow storm here and I'm snowed in, so I don't know how quickly I can get to an avian vet. The closest I've been able to find is about an hour or so away. My bird has had a poopy butt (as we call it in chicken terms) and I've been cleaning it and putting olive oil on it so it doesn't stick. I intially noticed she was having this problem because she was making a mewing noise like a cat. We separated her from the other birds and put her in a hospital cage with a low wattage reptile heat lamp on one side of the cage. She has been eating. She's fluffed up. Because we just moved and this snow storm, we aren't very prepared. I had a medicated food I keep on hand for my Crested Geckos called e-fix. It has Metronidazole in it and I had a powder for my chickens on hand with Tetracycline in it. We mixed these up together. The gecko med is a food based powder, so we had to thin it out. I've been putting it in her mouth, but I don't know how much she's eating. I'm going to try and contact an avain vet tomorrow, but I'm really worried that if it's Chlamydia psittaci that it could have been transmitted to us or my other birds or animals. We keep chickens and I'd really not like it to spread if that's the case. My boyfriend and I are both asthmatics, so we are worried and I have been incredibly fatigued. Granted - we just moved and we've been very busy. Any help or suggestions is appreciated!