My new addition to the family, a 4 month old Lovie, is sick. I bought him/her from a petstore in a city two hours away and I believe the drive and change in environment really stressed it out. On the drive home I heard sniffling/sneezing in the carrier. It wasnt much but it got worse. Marnie is showing symptoms of a respiratory infection. The vet gave me some medicine and during the medication process marnie was doing a lot better but did not fully recover. After the process he had a few sneezes but eventually got back to being full blown sick. Money is tight right now since my cats are being treated for leukemia. Yes all three cats (my pack leader cat got in a fight with a stray who infected him and then he play fought with his younger siblings infecting them) and that is expensive. I can take him to the vet but would have to wait for my paycheck and I fear the wait would only make him more sick. I bought some VetRx for caged birds and rubbed it on his beak and during the night he barely sneezed but in the afternoon the next day he was sneezing again. I really hate having to catch him to apply the medication because he is not tame and freaks out and bites. I dont want to stress him out even more.
These are his symptoms currently:
sneezing- he does this a couple times throughout the day but it is more throughout the night and early mornings.
sitting on perch, not very active- he will fly about when he hears the other birds and calls for them.
Puffs up when he is cold.
There is no nasal discharge its just sneezing. I dont know if I am overreacting or not but I really don't want to lose him.
Also, he preens A LOT, several times throughout the day. I do not see any mites on him but didnt get to thoroughly check.
He is eating well and drinking water. I want to approach natural remedies since the antibiotics did not work.
I have echinacea and grapefruit seed extract but the GFSE kills both good and bad gut bacteria.
I also have colloidal silver which my sister has been feeding to the cats and y other sisters rabbit who has snuffles.
Now before you get alarmed about the silver read this product report: Silver Colloids: Colloidal Silver Product Reports
There are three kinds of colloidal silver. I have the ionic silver and it is absolutely safe to use. There is a lady who has been using it on her leukemia kitten for five years. Her kitten is not blue nor is it dead or sick. Actually it lived longer than what a leukemia cat normally lives (the vet said a leukemia cat on steroids or other conventional treatment methods lives at the most 3 years).
I would like to know what you have to say. I would really love to here some holistic remedies for upper respiratory illnesses in birds. I would visit holisticbirds.org but I am already apart of so many forums.
These are his symptoms currently:
sneezing- he does this a couple times throughout the day but it is more throughout the night and early mornings.
sitting on perch, not very active- he will fly about when he hears the other birds and calls for them.
Puffs up when he is cold.
There is no nasal discharge its just sneezing. I dont know if I am overreacting or not but I really don't want to lose him.
Also, he preens A LOT, several times throughout the day. I do not see any mites on him but didnt get to thoroughly check.
He is eating well and drinking water. I want to approach natural remedies since the antibiotics did not work.
I have echinacea and grapefruit seed extract but the GFSE kills both good and bad gut bacteria.
I also have colloidal silver which my sister has been feeding to the cats and y other sisters rabbit who has snuffles.
Now before you get alarmed about the silver read this product report: Silver Colloids: Colloidal Silver Product Reports
There are three kinds of colloidal silver. I have the ionic silver and it is absolutely safe to use. There is a lady who has been using it on her leukemia kitten for five years. Her kitten is not blue nor is it dead or sick. Actually it lived longer than what a leukemia cat normally lives (the vet said a leukemia cat on steroids or other conventional treatment methods lives at the most 3 years).
I would like to know what you have to say. I would really love to here some holistic remedies for upper respiratory illnesses in birds. I would visit holisticbirds.org but I am already apart of so many forums.