sinus infection

Hi Everyone we have a female eclectus,we have had so many health problems with her she has had sinus infections and ended up with no good or bad bacteria from so many anti-biotics. she regurgatates a lot is this normal????

As You've stated antibiotics can destroy both good as well as bad bacteria, not sure if you had an avian vet put your fid (fid=feathered kid) on antibiotics or possibly yourself, but you'll have to put him on probiotics in order to help regain the good bacteria which is essential for proper digestion, if you don't have an avian vet I would suggest you seek one if there are any in your area, as I'm not a vet myself I can't say the regurgatation is a result of the meds, but there is that chance that it is, better to be safe than sorry, good luck

Welcome to the forum mygirl! I am sorry to hear about your parrot and there are so many vets out there that do more bad than good. One of our members lost her bird due to wrong vets, wrong medication and wrong or no tests.

Please try and locate a different AVIAN vet because the one that you are currently using should have given you probiotics like Oom Bobby said.

Please keep us updated.

Not a vet here but does sound like some probiotic yogurt is in order. Can you get a second opinion. Your vet may have been forced by circumstances to use powerful antibiotics but I am surprised a bit that he didn't speak to you of protecting and restoring the necessary intestinal flora.

Lactobacillus acidophilus replaces the friendly intestinal bacteria dystroyed by antibiotics both in birds and humans. Times that probiotics should be added to the diet are after antibiotic treatments or during, stressed or sick bird, before, during and after a molt, helps with vents pasted with droppings and aging birds.

wildheart said:

Welcome to the forum mygirl! I am sorry to hear about your parrot and there are so many vets out there that do more bad than good. One of our members lost her bird due to wrong vets, wrong medication and wrong or no tests.

Please try and locate a different AVIAN vet because the one that you are currently using should have given you probiotics like Oom Bobby said.

Please keep us updated.

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Hi there - welcome to the forum!!!!

Please, please dont give any more antibiotics if blood hasnt been taken to check what is wrong and what virus it is. Different viruses etc need different anitbiotics and I lost my parrot because the antibiotics did more damage than good. The advice given by the other members is spot on - probiotics is vital.

My parrot's tummy was upset due to the antibiotics and I had to give more veg than fruit. I went through 3 vets but with my new bird I have found a vet who is very good with birds. I hope that you will be able to find a good vet and when you take your fid to him/her just double check about the yoghurt as my bird's tummy got worse with it because of him having so many anitbiotics. Im not saying that yoghurt is bad to give - its very good because of the bacterias in it but just check that it wont upset the tummy further

Has your parrot got discharge?? Is he/she active and eating?? What are the droppings like?? lol - sorry for all the questions

Keep us posted

thanks everyone for replying, we have been giving her a natural pro-biotic for a long time now and she is slowly getting better, she still regurgatates a lot, we got told this could be a behaviour problem??

Hi mygirl, just want to reiterate that no more anitbiotics must be given unless your parrot has been given a blood test and the right virus/bacteria diagnosed. The vet will then be able to give the correct antibiotic for that virus. When a bird regurigitates its normally a sign of affection and it stating that your its mate but it just depends whether its reguritating or vomitting. I would suggest as I suggested above to take the bird back to the vet and get blood tests done to make sure if everything is ok. Keep us posted

Bobby34231 said:

As You've stated antibiotics can destroy both good as well as bad bacteria, not sure if you had an avian vet put your fid (fid=feathered kid) on antibiotics or possibly yourself, but you'll have to put him on probiotics in order to help regain the good bacteria which is essential for proper digestion, if you don't have an avian vet I would suggest you seek one if there are any in your area, as I'm not a vet myself I can't say the regurgatation is a result of the meds, but there is that chance that it is, better to be safe than sorry, good luck

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You could try to give her a teaspoon or so of plain yogurt with her favorite food disguised, or even just directly to her, you might be surprised to see she actually likes it! But of course as all others have recommended, get yourself a second opinion to get her good bacteria levels back to where they should be.

I agree with Jess in the respect that a blood test or culture should be taken to determine if an infection is either viral or bacterial in nature before prescribing any medications, in the case of antibiotics they are totally ineffective against viruses and would be unduly hard on a birds immune system for no reason :31:

thanks everyone she is doing well now and the regurgatation is a "love thing" with her toy she never does it out of her cage and shes eating really well now and talking a lot

Great news! thanks for the update