Awww I'm really sorry DrNat.

i'll see about it in morning, crying now

I am really sorry DrNat. What a traumatic time.

 

I wonder if there was a rupture of some sort ?

I don't blame you Nat, it was a awful way to loose her too. Make your you wrap her up and pop her in the fridge, then you can decide in the morning.

Sorry to hear the bird didn't make it.

 

An autopsy is a good idea.

Awww. Poor budgie. Biggest hugs on your loss mate xo

Im very sorry your budgie didnt make it, you did all you could.

I have no words of wisdom other then please let us know what happens

im sorry for your loss how traumatic.

I am so sorry

What a tragic loss

I'm really sorry to hear this.

By the speed that it grew it sounds like it was inflammation caused by some sort of allergic reaction most likely.

She was probably bitten by something which caused it. This would explain it being hot, red, painful and fast growing.

It could also have been an aneurysm maybe.

 

Get a necropsy done and then you will find out what caused it. If it was a bite then you would need to know so that you could maybe exterminate the area of poisonous insects.

Vet said the cinnamon violet hen with the swollen face most likely had a highly mitotic (rapidly dividing/growing) malignant adenocarcinoma tumour associated with sebaceous glands of the ear canal. It was all hard tumour mass. Other than lymphomas and leukaemias, I didn't know tumours could grow that quickly. I have only seen infections and bites or stings come up that quickly. (Though I did see a huge spider in my breeding room last night and promptly removed it.)

 

Apparently budgies and galahs are very prone to this type of tumour and it may or may not be hereditary. Clearly I have not been giving my birds enough beetroot and green veggies lately.

 

Another live bird I took in at the same time for a consultation has a xanthoma (benign fatty tissue tumour) of the part of his left wing that grows the primary flights. I have to squeeze out any blood feathers and muck from the flights in this area and apply betadine so his wing doesn't get gangrene. It is believed to be the result of trauma in the nest box, so it is not contagious or hereditary and I can still use him for breeding.

she's gone

 

thanks anyway guys

 

goodnight

 

hugs :baby:

At least you know what the cause was... not that it makes it any easier. HUGS xo

I'm awfully sorry for your loss :baby:

Ive only just read all of this now .. heart in throat... I'm shocked and amazed something so horrid can happen so fast.. glad you found out what possibly caused it though, Ive NEVER seen anything like it..

 

RIP you poor lil sausage :angel1:

I too have only just read this I am soo sorry to hear about your loss. How traumatic. Im so sorry.

My prayers are wth you.

I'm so sorry about your budgie. That swelling looks exactly like the tumour my son's budgie had.

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....1&hl=fizzer

 

I was absolutely shocked at how fast it appeared and with no warning signs!