mrob
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Gizmo:Male RS Eclectus
R.I.P Merv Hughes: Cockateil
Booger: Alexandrine
Im taking my bird back to the vet. He is a 10 month old male eclectus, who is going through his first moult.
We went to the vet about 3 weeks ago, where his bacteria was good in his stool sample but yeast spores were slightly up. He was also skinny, but active and seemingly healthy. BUT I didnt get the usual vet and I was dubious at the vet who did see him, who apparently is an experienced avian vet but, as she kepty referring to my bright green boy as a girl, i got the idea she wasnt very experienced with eccies.
So, he is still happy and ctive, but I have a couple of concerns.
1. His feather have lost their sheen and have started to get black lines on them, which look too neat to be damage from his active play etc. The new feathers coming through from the moult are initially iridescent green but slowly lose their sheen over a few days.
2. He has exhibited a runny 'nose', wet feathers around the cere and, watery, clesar 'drool' from his mouth. I watched him carefully but it went away after one day.
3. His keel bone is very very prominent, and he just looks a bit 'rough'. The last vet seems to think he had just lost a bit from the moult, but I have been feeding him a LOT of extra weight gaining foods and he eats like a horse but if anything, has lost a little more.
I suspect he may have some kind of low grade infection, and probably respiratory/ fungal from the elevated yeast spores.
I so cant afford it but I am taking him in on friday to be on the safeside. Does anyone have any idea what these symptoms might be exhibiting?
He is not 'sick' as yet, but I feel like there must be something wrong with him. My cockateil died recently in similar circumstances - ie, weight loss then she got stressed (got out), I got her back but she died at the vet after 3 days in an incubator. She showed no response to antibiotics such as pittavet.
Ideas? The right questions to ask the vet? Im seeing the proper one on friday.
Thanks!
We went to the vet about 3 weeks ago, where his bacteria was good in his stool sample but yeast spores were slightly up. He was also skinny, but active and seemingly healthy. BUT I didnt get the usual vet and I was dubious at the vet who did see him, who apparently is an experienced avian vet but, as she kepty referring to my bright green boy as a girl, i got the idea she wasnt very experienced with eccies.
So, he is still happy and ctive, but I have a couple of concerns.
1. His feather have lost their sheen and have started to get black lines on them, which look too neat to be damage from his active play etc. The new feathers coming through from the moult are initially iridescent green but slowly lose their sheen over a few days.
2. He has exhibited a runny 'nose', wet feathers around the cere and, watery, clesar 'drool' from his mouth. I watched him carefully but it went away after one day.
3. His keel bone is very very prominent, and he just looks a bit 'rough'. The last vet seems to think he had just lost a bit from the moult, but I have been feeding him a LOT of extra weight gaining foods and he eats like a horse but if anything, has lost a little more.
I suspect he may have some kind of low grade infection, and probably respiratory/ fungal from the elevated yeast spores.
I so cant afford it but I am taking him in on friday to be on the safeside. Does anyone have any idea what these symptoms might be exhibiting?
He is not 'sick' as yet, but I feel like there must be something wrong with him. My cockateil died recently in similar circumstances - ie, weight loss then she got stressed (got out), I got her back but she died at the vet after 3 days in an incubator. She showed no response to antibiotics such as pittavet.
Ideas? The right questions to ask the vet? Im seeing the proper one on friday.
Thanks!