Posted May 18, 200520 yr Around an hour ago i found that the female rainbow (ill) was on the floor with her wings spread out about to die, i got my dad and we took her out, at first we dripped water onto her beak then water with sugar in, after that her eyes were open more often but still she couldnt perch. Then my mum came back with a crop needle and a solution of food from a breeder she was visiting, she took the female and for the first time used the crop needle and stuck in down her throat, now she can perch and wont let her grip off us to easy, the best song to put to this is survivor by destiny's child! I hope she stays healthy.
May 18, 200520 yr wow thats great, im so glad for you , maybe you should get her to an avian vet anyway just to be on the safe side?
May 18, 200520 yr I agree, she still definitely needs an avian vet. Great that she's looking better though.
May 18, 200520 yr Hi all jack and ben's mum here. Well we know what is wrong with her she has or had Trochomoniasis She was being sick last Thursday and i put her under a lamp for warmth but she did not get better so took her to a freind who uses the crop kneedle her fed her a solution to kill the parasites last Friday and agin on Saturday he also gave me some medicine to give in the water to kill any parasites present on the other bird who came with her. She is not being sick now so i think the diagnosis was right. She has been fed 3 times now and is sitting on a perch looking far more healthy that she has done for a long while. I can do no more but hope and keep feeding her till she gets the strength to feed herself. I think she was just too weak to feed properly. A note to all out there who have never had to face this problem. Please quarantine your new birds as something like this parasite is present in a lot of birds but does not show itself till the bird becomes stressed and by then you could have contaminated you other birds. A very good reason to keep new birds apart if ever there was one. Don't leave a sick bird too long before seeking help like i did but i am new and will never leave a bird that long again. Try to jion a budgie club as they normaly have members who can help in an emergency and although they are not vets if they have been in the brreding bussiness for a while their experience can help a lot. Jonathan will keep you posted on the birds progress. Nite Nite P.S sorry for the long opst i hope this helps some people. :beer:
May 19, 200520 yr Wow, i'm glad your budgie's on the way to recovery! You did real well to get her through that!
May 19, 200520 yr Don't forget the avian vet though! She may look better now but she definitely needs to be checked out by a specialist. I say this from experience. When I lost Pixie I thought she was WAY better too. In fact, she was running along in her cage wanting to come out, not fluffed, droppings were good, everything was fine. Five minutes later I turned around and she couldn't even stand up. She was flopping around in circles. The nearest vet was over an hour away and closed. Within 40 minutes she was gone. So, while the things you pointed out (quarantine) were ABSOLUTELY true, I want to also emphasize the importance of an avian vet. In the end, they are the only ones equipped and educated enough to properly treat a bird that is very ill. There's very little you can do at home and even very little that a regular dog/cat vet can do. It is very possible that your bird is only feeling better enough to *appear* more healthy. They will fight to the bitter end to look as if there's nothing wrong because in the wild, weakness means being picked off by a predator. Good luck, keep us posted! Edited May 19, 200520 yr by devvle
May 19, 200520 yr oh soo sorry, after it seemed like se was pulling through aswell Edited May 19, 200520 yr by Andy
