mrob
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- Mar 22, 2011
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Gizmo:Male RS Eclectus
R.I.P Merv Hughes: Cockateil
Booger: Alexandrine
So after getting merv back after three days out in the freezing weather, i was feeling sorry for her and for some reason let her sleep in my room....yes, in my bed....
Lucky i did apparently when i woke up this morning she was barely responsive, couldnt perch, and her feet were freezing
a panicked run to the vet revealed her as hypothermic (apparently if i hadnt slept with her she would have almost certainly died last night), dehydrated and with a serious bacterial infection (which she would have already had before her escape attempt (prob caught from one on my foster birds), so she was a bit skinny and her nights out in the wild have made her very very very sick in her weakened state
So now she is in intensive care in an incubator being force fed and given fluids and antibiotics...
My poor little girl, Im hoping so much she will pull through, I cant believe i would get her back for her just to die on me???
Im horrified i never noticed she was sick! I did notice she was a bit skinny but i thought it was just because my piggy eccie was stealing her food so i started feeding her outside he cage where she could eat unmolested - aside from that she was happy, active and seemingly healthy as ever...
Im desperatly hoping she will be ok, time is going very slow right now...
Lucky i did apparently when i woke up this morning she was barely responsive, couldnt perch, and her feet were freezing
a panicked run to the vet revealed her as hypothermic (apparently if i hadnt slept with her she would have almost certainly died last night), dehydrated and with a serious bacterial infection (which she would have already had before her escape attempt (prob caught from one on my foster birds), so she was a bit skinny and her nights out in the wild have made her very very very sick in her weakened state
So now she is in intensive care in an incubator being force fed and given fluids and antibiotics...
My poor little girl, Im hoping so much she will pull through, I cant believe i would get her back for her just to die on me???
Im horrified i never noticed she was sick! I did notice she was a bit skinny but i thought it was just because my piggy eccie was stealing her food so i started feeding her outside he cage where she could eat unmolested - aside from that she was happy, active and seemingly healthy as ever...
Im desperatly hoping she will be ok, time is going very slow right now...