Hi There, my name is Jenny and I live in the North West of Australia in a remote area. About 10 days ago a white corella (bare faced Australian native) flew into my yard looking very much the worse for wear and after observing the bird for a while and seeing it wanted to eat but couldn't I decided the best course of action was to catch it and help it. My daughter has one of these as a pet so know a little of this breed. After initially wrapping it and physically inspecting it I mixed up some fluids got a few mls of electrolites into it and then tried it on some roudybush formula. It gratefully took this via syringe much to my surprise. I then put the bird in a quiet place and decide what to do next. It's hard to gauge the birds age due to it's emanciated state. For the first few days I was only offering it roudy bush rolled into soft pellets which it quite happily took from my hand then it started eating seed again although painfully slow. We have flocks of these wild parrots come in to forage also and wasn't sure if this one was a wild one too ill or an escaped pet not doing so well in the wild. The latter is the case as we have heard it say 'Hello' quite clearly of late. Anyway we had a very heavy fog and a rather cold day last Friday and the bird has since has developed what we think is an upper respiritory infection due to it's comprimised state. I first noticed wet feathers around the cormers of it's mouth like it had been dribbling (I'm told parrots don't have saliva glands) and the sticky like saliva was affecting it eating seed and making the roudybush go gooey. It was the same that evening and again the following day. I made a few phone calls and was asked to check the birds crop for fluid and see if the saliva smelt. The crop was empty and the saliva smells really bad. The bird then developed a bit of a wheeze and although interested in food it will only take the roudybush in small quantities and gone off the seed again. We don't have a vet nearby, especially one that knows about birds so from internet research and talking to people who know a little I have started the bird on 4 drops of baytril 25 oral suspension twice a day. The birds droppings are fine and I have been putting pentavite (multivitamins) in his roudybush so his poop is going from green and white to yellow and white. As baytril is an antibiotic should I give the bird some probotics after or during the course of his treatment? The bird isn't sneezing or has nasal discharge just the smelly wet mouth.
Were sure the symptoms are secondary to his malnutrition and one person advised to crop feed him to keep the food intake up but am reluctant as I have only seen it in pictures and would rather someone who knows what their doing. He is taking small amounts of roudybush often and hope that if the baytril works his appetite will increase. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time.
