**Liv** 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) My beautiful BG who i have had for about 5 years (94 ring) has been sick for the last 3 weeks. He had a upper respiratory infection in autumn, but it came back 3 weeks ago - only two days after i took this photo (he's the one in the middle) I have been back and forth with him to the vet and spent almost $200 on tests and appointments, All his tests have come back negative, no infections, parasites etc. The vet has diagnosed him with kidney failure and lung damage due to old age The vet told me to keep him warm and comfortable and let him go quietly. she didn't give me any meds for him, she said they would just prolong 'it' I am keeping him comfortable with a warm lamp and watching his every breath - i had such high hopes for him - I had planned to pair him with Lady ( the spangle on the right of picture) in spring I am so sad - my poor beautiful BG!!! Edited August 2, 2008 by **Liv** Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Really sorry to hear this Liv....hard for you to go through Link to comment
deb 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,867 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 198 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,737 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 11,910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2011 Birthday: 25/09/1970 Share Posted June 30, 2008 i am so sorry to hear about BG, i hope he is not suffering too much. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2008 He is so handsome, I am very sorry for what you are going through, I have been there and Pretty died in my hands, the 1 thing that helped me pull through it was the friends I had here right on BBC. BIG HUGS. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) Thanks Guys, It is really hard. My vet offered to eutanase him, but i couldn't do it. Not today and on the spot like that I can hear him eating... the warm lamp makes him feel so much better, but his eyes still show that he is not good. I also forgot to add that he had a full course of antibiotics for the upper respiratory infection for 10 days, But he has continued to deteriorate from then on - just in case anyone thought i didn't treat his infection The vet said that he has probably been discreetly having these infections for years and because he has gone without treatment in the past his lungs have been damaged too badly to heal. he breaths very heavily (not wheezing though) and is wobbly in his feet. Edited June 30, 2008 by **Liv** Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted June 30, 2008 l'm so sorry Link to comment
the pie 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 2,384 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,172 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7,460 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/06/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 27, 2012 Birthday: 25/08/1981 Share Posted June 30, 2008 sorry to hear Liv, I was looking forward to that pairing too. Link to comment
Angelic Vampyre 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,545 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 207 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,028 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 26, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2008 *hugs* Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Oh LIV.... I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope he is comfortable and goes without to much pain. I really feel for you and can understand what you are going through. He knows how much you love and care for him and he knows you are doing what is best for him. Good luck with his final days and biggest hugs to you xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Link to comment
Tam 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,993 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 264 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,745 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 18, 2013 Birthday: 27/11/1986 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I am so sorry to hear about poor BG At least you have little latte and cookie (I think they were his chicks ) to remember him by. Link to comment
Norm 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,235 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,965 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 12,755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2009 Birthday: 20/08/1940 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Sorry to hear that news Liv, I was also looking forward to seeing if he could produce some nice chicks, what a blow, but as they say while there’s life there’s hope, the warmth might help, not many recover, but some do by themselves. As others have often said, it’s often the ones we have big hopes for that we loose. Link to comment
Neat 0 Posted June 30, 2008 Member ID: 3,275 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 321 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,171 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,845 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2010 Birthday: 22/05/1980 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Liv, sorry to hear this mate, Link to comment
Sailorwolf 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 1,536 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,753 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 16,870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Sorry to hear this Liv. At least you know he had a good life with you and he is as comfortable as you can possibly make him at the moment. Link to comment
Sunnie 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 3,666 Group: B.B.C Club Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 80 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,470 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 8,830 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/09/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10, 2013 Birthday: 20/01/1966 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Sorry to hear your news Liv . I know it doesnt make it any easier, but 14 years isnt a bad life span for a budgie his size is it? He must have been kept very healthy and happy during his life with you Link to comment
Min 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 4,398 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 16 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 145 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/06/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 21, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 )= hard to hear.. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 OMG!! Thank you for all your warm wishes and support - I think BG can hear all your thought because I was expecting to bury him this morning, but insead i woke to hear him desperatly trying to escape the small hospital cage!! I have moved him to a slightly bigger indoor cage and this is him today He is still slightly fluffed, and his wings are a little droped, but his breathing has improved GREATLY and he is singing and preening and eating and lots the wabble he had yesterday!!! :D I am starting to think the "avian" vet knows as much about birds as I do. - I am really hoping she is WRONG!! I dont want him to die - BG is in my A list of favorites Link to comment
Sailorwolf 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 1,536 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,753 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 16,870 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 21, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2008 There are lots of animals that like to defy what we expect of them and I'm glad BG is trying to be one of those. YAY!!! He's saying, "I wanna live!!! So there!" Vets try not to get people's hopes up and will tell you the most likely result so you are prepared for the worst. Sometimes it can be hard trying to pinpoint things, because so many diseases present so similarly, especially in birds! Who when they are sick either fluff up, don't eat, sleep more or poop funny. Getting a TPR (temperature, pulse and respiration) is hard too, cause they are soooooo tiny and their hearts go at like a million per second (not really ). And then trying to find a mucous membrane to see what perfusion and hydration status is. Bah! You know what I mean . So that is why you keep hoping for the best, because miracles happen and we (everyone) don't know everything, medicine is a science after all. Good vibes from loving people do a lot, I think. Lets hope BG just had a little sickness but he's over it now. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Wonderful news Link to comment
Angelic Vampyre 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 3,545 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 207 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,028 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Thats great news, sometimes it is hard to keep a good Budgie down! Link to comment
deb 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 3,867 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 198 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,737 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 11,910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/12/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2011 Birthday: 25/09/1970 Share Posted July 1, 2008 That is great news that he is looking better, i hope he continues improving for you. Link to comment
Norm 0 Posted July 1, 2008 Member ID: 3,235 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 76 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,965 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 12,755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2009 Birthday: 20/08/1940 Share Posted July 1, 2008 That’s a good sign Liv, fingers crossed he makes it. Best wishes. Spring is on it’s way that may revive him. Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted July 2, 2008 that's great Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I have had some come back from the brink of death when all hope was lost. I really hope this will happen with BG too :angel1: Link to comment
missylu 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Member ID: 4,117 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 357 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,765 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/03/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 3, 2009 Birthday: 09/07/1984 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I hope he is doing well today he is a beautiful bird. Link to comment
maesie 0 Posted July 2, 2008 Member ID: 3,838 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,386 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,580 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2013 Birthday: 20/04/1979 Share Posted July 2, 2008 :parrot: Doing the happy dance!!! Excellent news and I hope he continues to improve! Link to comment
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