Took Fluff to the vet's today after her behavior had changed and the signs of watery droppings as I had discussed in other sections of this forum . Well the vet said the best thing was to admit her into hospital as there were signs of discharge from her cere and looks like a possible respiratory problem , they are going to monitor her over the next few days and feed her all the best nutrients they can give her as well as some antibiotics . Also too maybe problems caused from the fatty tumours she has that might be putting strain on her organs . There was one good sign when I arrived at the vets she did some of her normal chirps , I havn't heard them for about two weeks . I really hope my little girl pulls through .

 

Cheers Toohp

Edited September 15, 200816 yr by **Liv**
changed "cear" to "cere"

I hope she makes it through alright.

Hey Toohp I am sorry to hear about Fluff, I really hope she is better real soon

((Hugs)) I hope she is feeling better soon.

Thanks , I hope she pulls through too , I hate looking at this empty cage .

Edited September 15, 200816 yr by toohp

*hugs* It's so horrible waiting for news

I hope you get good news soon

Good news that you got her to the vet in time!

 

Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be fine, she's in good hands

Here is hoping she is okay!!! HUGS

Oh mate... hugs xoxo I'm sure she'll be fine! Good luck!

I rang the vets today to get an update on Fluff , vet told me they have discovered blood in her droppings and this is not good , they will continue to monitor her and give antibiotics as well for possible heavy metal poisoning .

 

They wanted to keep her in for an extended time 1 - 2 weeks but I had to decline due to financial reasons and re access the situation for this thursday . This is so hard , how far do I go as she was already in hospital for approx 10 days several months ago , I havn't given the consent to take bloods or xray's just yet , in the ideal world I'd spend any amount but I have to think about the fatty tumor's she already has . This is so hard as I'm so attached to her .

 

My gut feeling is to possibly bring her home soon and see if she recover's ?

Blood in the poo is not a good sign at all

 

I am sure that the Vets will let you know what is going on -

When there is Blood in the Poo there are a few reasons for this the most common is worms -

 

Good luck

Maybe suggest if they tested for worms, as Neat said. Fecal testing is fairly cheap vs the bood work and x-rays. Hugs, your heart will tell you how far to go we can't answer that for you. Does your avian vet take a payment plan or possible discount available to you if you tell them your situation.

 

Everyone's opinion is different when you talk about the extents you go on your pet. As a single bird pet owner, I would find myself very apt to do whatever I could as long as the pet was not in pain in suffering and I knew there would be a positive results especially when it is a younger pet.

Some Good news I get to take my bird how tomorrow and keep her on medication for a while , vet say's even thou she has lost a lot of weight in the hospital , she's very alert and looks good , if I know my bird she won't have eaten at the hospital due to being in a different enviroment and different feed ( she's real fussy with her food ) so they had to crop feed her . Her dropping's have returned to normal . I'm so happy :beer:

They would be returned to normal from the Crop feeding - Lets hope he keeps the good poos up

That is wonderful, keep us posted

Got my bird back today and all is good her normal chirps and funny sounds are back and she ran straight over to hang out her cage window to see me . The vet said they found a extremely high number of bacterior in her droppings of I think Strep was the name ( streplicosus ) ? She has to go back next week for another droppings test and I have to admin Baytril twice a day in her beak for six day's . I'm just looking at her now and she looks like one happy bird .

 

A big thanks to the staff at Highbury vet clinic in Melbourne once again .

 

Thanks everyone here for your support & kind words .

Excellent news... and I'm glad you have got some answers. I bet he was happy to see you!

Thats brilliant news I am so happy she is home with you again

that is AWESOME, glad she is home .

that's good news, l'm glad she is home and is doing well.