My budgie Sunny has been sick for several days and was rushed taken to a vet. (He was throwing up, sleeping on his food dish, and acting very strange.) They suggest he has a yeast infection in his crop, so they put him on special vitamins and antibiotics. I separated him from his buddy Oscar, and put him into a small cage with a low perch so he couldn't hurt himself, and used a heat lamp tp keep him warm. I turned it off yesterday, since it had been on for two days. He seems to be getting a little better, ever so slowly, but just a half an hour ago, I awoke to hear loud thrashing in his cage. I quickly got up to see what was wrong, and Sunny would just not stop thrashing himself against the cage. My mom rushed into the room after hearing it and quickly took him out of the cage to calm him down. After seeing the blood on her hand I noticed he had broken a bloodfeather and applied cornstarch to stop the bleeding. There wasn't much blood, and it seemed to have stopped even before we put the cornstarch on, but I am worried sick about him. I turned on the heat lamp from a few feet away to start with. If I had left it on, this probably wouldn't have happened.

 

Is there any more that I can do? Should I rush him to a vet? Being extremely stressed in the first place, is there anything at all that I can do to make him feel safe and more comfortable?

 

 

Please help, it really means the world to me.

Edited October 22, 200519 yr by BudgieLover14

Oh, I can't help, but you poor thing. Glad to hear that you are doing everything you can. Stick around, someone should have some advice soon

I appriciate your concern. But its too late. He died in my moms arms. We think he had a seizure- he thrust his head back and curled his toes. Then he let out a squeak, closed his eyes slowly, and died.

 

I dont know what was wrong with him. We did everything, everything that we could. He was always different from the start though. He never really acted the way a normal budgie would- he hardly played with toys and just, seemed different for the year and a half we have had him. But I loved him more than anything, and I tried. I gave him the best life I could.

I feel sorry for you it must have been very stressful for all

Seams there was not that much anyone could have done anyway

So sorry poor little thing

im so really sorry its terrible when that happens, my thoughts are with you

Love Dawn

aww im so sorry {{hugs}}

ATD

oh how awful and so very sad you did everything you could for him.

 

take care of yourself,

 

x

How traumatic for you. I'm very sorry about Sunny. ((((hugs to you))))

Thought are with you, sorry to hear your sad news, Sunny will be missed. I can relate as we've had a few budgies that had similar symptoms but not as quick a loss. Again so sorry to hear your news.

Thanks for all of your support. Its a very difficult thing to cope with..

 

It just doesn't feel right- him being gone. Its an empty feeling you know? Impossible to fill up again.

 

I'm so sorry. (((hugs))) It's terrible seeing a loved pet die.