samhatch
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- Aug 17, 2014
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- Parrots
- ♥ 4 Tiels - Karson, Kai, Savvy and Cojo & 1 GCC - Raeden ♥
Hello all,
Haven't posted in quite a long time but I'm posting because I know people will understand here.
My youngest cockatiel Karson, who originally was thought to be a male thus the name Karson, is in fact a female. I was almost 100% sure she was female though after having her for a couple years because she never lost the barring on her tail feathers. She is now just over 4 years old.
A week ago I noticed her vent area was quite swollen and so we went to the vet who also thought she was male because she has a very very bright face, but I explained I thought she may be egg bound. The vet took some xrays but nothing showed up and so we went home and I was told to watch her eating, drinking and weight. Then yesterday I came home from work and noticed her vent area was very hard and swollen, obvious signs of egg binding. I called the vet again and set up an emergency visit for the next morning. I also tried to give her a good steam in the shower to see if it would help. It didnt.
So this morning I brought her to the appointment and had to leave her there with the vet. He did another xray and confirmed that there were 2 eggs showing up now. Both egg bound. Im at work right now and am just crying so much for my little girl. The vet says she still has amazing energy and is very perky, and will be giving some calcium and oxcitocin injections and will try to help the eggs out. If that doesnt work we may have to aspirate and remove the eggs, which comes with some risk.
Im so upset, I love her and all of my birds so much and I cannot imagine not having her around.
Just hoping she will get through this. And I just needed somewhere to get this off my chest. <3
Haven't posted in quite a long time but I'm posting because I know people will understand here.
My youngest cockatiel Karson, who originally was thought to be a male thus the name Karson, is in fact a female. I was almost 100% sure she was female though after having her for a couple years because she never lost the barring on her tail feathers. She is now just over 4 years old.
A week ago I noticed her vent area was quite swollen and so we went to the vet who also thought she was male because she has a very very bright face, but I explained I thought she may be egg bound. The vet took some xrays but nothing showed up and so we went home and I was told to watch her eating, drinking and weight. Then yesterday I came home from work and noticed her vent area was very hard and swollen, obvious signs of egg binding. I called the vet again and set up an emergency visit for the next morning. I also tried to give her a good steam in the shower to see if it would help. It didnt.
So this morning I brought her to the appointment and had to leave her there with the vet. He did another xray and confirmed that there were 2 eggs showing up now. Both egg bound. Im at work right now and am just crying so much for my little girl. The vet says she still has amazing energy and is very perky, and will be giving some calcium and oxcitocin injections and will try to help the eggs out. If that doesnt work we may have to aspirate and remove the eggs, which comes with some risk.
Im so upset, I love her and all of my birds so much and I cannot imagine not having her around.
Just hoping she will get through this. And I just needed somewhere to get this off my chest. <3
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