LauraC
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I am new to this forum. My name is Laura and I have a 4 year old Moustache Parakeet named Fuji. When I first got Fuji his BA (bile acid) was 170. We found out that the bird store where I purchased Fuji had given all the birds Doxycycline in their water because one of the birds that was boarding there had a respiratory infection.
I go to a very good avian vet so we have been monitoring my bird very closely over the years. My bird has never shown any signs of illness. We did get the reading to go as low as 40 but it has tended to stay in the 70-90 range. Over the past few months it is creeping up. His latest reading was 175.
My bird eats only pellets and fresh food. The vet has him on Opt. Omega drops 2 drops a day twice a day. The vet wants to do X-rays that may require anesthesia. We are scheduled for this Friday. I am a nervous wreck. Are X-ray and anesthesia bad? The next step may be a biopsy which frightens me even more.
Again, I know birds hide illness but Fuji is showing no signs of being sick. I hate putting him through all this.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
I go to a very good avian vet so we have been monitoring my bird very closely over the years. My bird has never shown any signs of illness. We did get the reading to go as low as 40 but it has tended to stay in the 70-90 range. Over the past few months it is creeping up. His latest reading was 175.
My bird eats only pellets and fresh food. The vet has him on Opt. Omega drops 2 drops a day twice a day. The vet wants to do X-rays that may require anesthesia. We are scheduled for this Friday. I am a nervous wreck. Are X-ray and anesthesia bad? The next step may be a biopsy which frightens me even more.
Again, I know birds hide illness but Fuji is showing no signs of being sick. I hate putting him through all this.
Any advice is very much appreciated.
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