midsummermagic
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- May 1, 2016
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Please help!!! My parrot, Buddy, has been battling various medical issues for over a year now. The vets still don't know how to get whatever he's got under control. I have expended way beyond my budget in vet visits, tests, medicine, supplements, etc and have no more money left.
I am hoping someone can tell me what to do. Please don't tell me to go see a vet. I have hit a road block in that area as well. I even paid $250 to talk with an Avian Specialist and without several thousand dollars to run more tests he pretty much just laughed in my face and sent me packing. Again, please don't tell me to go see a vet.. you will upset me.
I have started compiling a website of all the steps I have taken and the test results etc. It is still in the working, but I am pushing to get the stuff up there ASAP.. in case I happen across a knowledgeable person with more hopeful insight.. The address is Home - A Girl and Her Bird
Description of Illness:
I started realizing he was sick when I could hear his tummy gurgle.. and then I really noticed the sound he makes when he's breathing and also that he seemed to regurgitate more often than normal. So I brought him to the vet who did the normal fecal and sent me home with antibiotics.. to make a long story short everything got worse and we were afraid he might have aspergillosis. More tests resulted in finding he had both bacterial & fungal infections and candida. He's taken a ton of medicine over this last year and in addition an x-ray revealed he has an enlarged/overtaxed liver and possibly an enlarged heart. He's also had diarrhea and abnormal stools for so long I can't remember what a normal one looks like. In the last month or so he's had blood in his stool with a lot of fluid. I just switched him to baby parrot formula because of the difficulty swallowing.
Description of Today:
Buddy hasn't gotten to the place where he is sleeping all day or on the floor of his cage.. which is why I am still fighting. I stopped giving him pellets because it seemed to be difficult for him to swallow and I can't get him to eat pellets that aren't colored. I am giving him as many nutritious things I can think of as well as the Exact baby bird formula to hopefully equal the nutrition he gets from the pellets. Some of the foods I give him are egg, sweet potato organic baby food, snap peas, buckwheat waffles, applesauce. I have a whole bag full to the max of supplements and medicine I will list at the bottom. I am unsure of what to give him and currently am giving him only soft food with no supplements trying to give his system a break.
Through all the vet visits we tried to guess the illness he has by percentile of possibility. I even went to see a spirit medium and a small animal naturopath. At this point I am overwhelmed, confused, and can't see clearly. The highest possiblity is he has papilloma virus (HPV), with a fatty overtaxed liver, and possibly an obstruction in the upper chest area and/or possibly near the vent. The fungus, bacteria, and candida seem to be secondary illness caused by the main issues. He is still very alive, vocal, and active. Most people think I am exaggerating when I say he is sick.
Ideas for Treatment:
I read a post about a parrot having HPV and them treating it with Bee Propolis. This parrot has almost all the same symptoms as mine: Papillomatosis | New Life Parrot Rescue I haven't given it to him more than a couple times because I feel frozen with fear and confusion. I have so many supplements and possibilities that sound like it should help, but nothing feels like the right answer. If something is stuck the only options I have are without surgical intervention.. massage.. light enema..? Prayer.. I don't know. It's been a grueling five years personally and I just want my friend back. I'm tired. Please help.
Supplements:
* Curcumin/Tumeric (helps with liver and HPV)
* Slippery Elm (coats the GI tract, a safe herb)
* Milk Thistle (liver nourishment)
* Bee Propolis (HPV, staves off bacteria and fungus)
* Colloidal Silver (fights bacteria.. currently I put a few drops in his water)
* L-Lysine (HPV)
* Vetri-DMG (Liver support)
* Liquid Immuno (by Rx Vitamins for Pets - Immune support)
* Liquid Hepato (by Rx Vitamins for Pets - Liver cleanse)
* Probiotics for Birds (digestion)
* Mineral Powder for Birds (missing minerals from water)
* Thorne Myco-Immune (Mushroom combination for immune support & fights infection)
* Si Miao San (Chinese formula)
* Baytril
* Nystatin
* Terbinaphine w/Mucomyst for nebulization
* Meloxicam (for pain)
I'm afraid to give him any more conventional medicine because it seems to be hard on his liver.. Yesterday I was leaning towards Curcumin and Bee Propolis. Today I am leaning toward the two Chinese formulas. I don't know.. .. please help.
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