Kidney Disease!

Wings

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Budgie, "Julie"
Yep, you read right. Our little angel has kidney disease. :( Nothing we can do about it, however it isn't as bad as it sounds. The vet said her disease is in a very stable and early stage. She is still very happy, active, and loud! The vet says that this disease won't affect her quality of life, but should be closely monitored. This is saddening as there isn't much I can do, but at least it isn't as bad as it could have been!
 

goalerjones

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At least you caught it early. Often times it's too late.
 
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Wings

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Yeah. We are SO glad she isn't in critical condition or even in any threat at the moment! But things can change, and we have procedures ready to be done if things get too out of hand :eek:
 

goalerjones

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The vet will prolly put him on a low protein diet, since proteins are broken down by the kidneys.
 
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Wings

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We already started on a ""kidney diet" :)
 

Jowelbg

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Dude, that's heavy. I'm glad she gets the care she needs with you, though. :)
 

Blancaej

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Not the kind of news you want to hear. :(

But it sounds like you have it under control! :)
 
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Thanks everyone! I'm sort of grateful that this isn't a critical condition for her, but still not happy to know she has a disease that I can't really treat with conventional means (treatment is too stressful and risky) ;) :(
 

chippy

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At least she has a loving person who's willing to do whatever needs to be done, special diet, etc., to keep her as healthy as possible for as long as possible!
 

cockatielgirl

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AWW so sorry to here that and least its not that bad thank god!! at lest she has you witch is the main thing she needs right now!
 

MissTaz

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I'm so sad for you!!! I hope that she lives as long as possible and I am so grateful that she has you!!!!
 

Mayden

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Aw, sorry to hear about that Wings. What types of things are you doing to help her? I don't know much about Kidney disease in birds, so would be nice to hear about how you go about preventing/treating so early on :)
 

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