I have a 3 year old budgie, Dash, who ever since we have had him (he was 6 weeks old when we bought him) gets a bout of vomiting during a very heavy moult. Baytril always cures him and I was therefore not too worried when he started last week. He was doing the head flick with the vomit sticking to his head thing last week but that stopped within a day luckily (or so I thought ).

He seemed back to normal within two days but a few days ago I noticed he seemed to be eating non stop but was not putting on any weight and he vomited again too so back into the laundry with him with towels around his cage and the heater on.

He had very black poos as well last week but his poos are green now but I can seed in most of his poops.

He now seems to only vomit when I catch him to medicate him (I don't add Baytril to his water as he is not a big drinker).

When I release him he vomits up a mouthful of seed and when I hold him to medicate him he squawks a lot so it is obviously way too stressful for him :-(

 

I am now thinking with the way he is behaving that he might have megabac?

Anyone else got any ideas/experience?

 

Thanks in advance for any advice, am trying to get a vet appointment tomorrow, unfortunately today I couldn't as I was on a school outing with my daughter's class....

I think he has megabacteria........and as this is a secondary illness once he has fallen in immunity from other issues..........its pretty serious if he does in fact have mega which it appears he does.

 

Make sure your vet is a very good avian vet like Tim Oldfield at Wattle Grove

 

 

Good luck

oh bugga :-( Unfortunately I am Northern suburbs so visit my dog's vet (he is a very, very good vet though who also looks after a lot of wildlife as he has a wildlife carer working at reception). What is the general treatment for megabac and what is the general outcome? :-( I don't want him to suffer either to be honest, he has lost a lot of weight. He was 55 grams a few weeks ago (that was on the heavy side I must admit) and he is now 36 grams :-(( Thanks Kaz

Edited June 18, 201213 yr by Clouds birds

Please please make an appointment with Tim Oldfield no matter what...no general vet ......as right now you really need an avian vet as good as Tim. I would not place any trust in a general vet nor pay one for this kind of issue.

Edited June 18, 201213 yr by **KAZ**

I might go see the other guy then (forgot his name) my friend goes to him with her Alexandrine so I will get his details of her, he is is still a long way away though, used to be in Applecross.... From what I have been reading the past few minutes on various websites is that the outcome is pretty bleak though :-((

Yes the outcome is grim...most of them dont make it once mega kicks in ....

:-(( Might have to make a decision to end his suffering :-(( I don't think I want to put him through much more :-(((

Gram stain was negative......

 

Dash vomited again this arvo though, just as I thought he was actually perking up again :-( (and just after I cleaned and disinfected his cage, toys, dishes, perches etc sighhh) Poor little man :-(

Had him put to sleep today :-((( Am devastated :-(((( He was vomiting so much more today and had lost even more weight :-((( Did not want to put him through tube feeding or any other tests, every time I tried to get meds into him he would get so worked up he would throw up afterwards :-((

Will miss him so much

Sorry about Dash.