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RIP Gandalf and Big Bird, you are missed.
I am very unhappy with what I'm finding out in regards to his care. This is not an avian clinic... so the young girls there are clueless, I am sorry but they are when it comes to birds at least (the avian vet is not there all the time... only visits that clinic for emgencies). One confessed Coconut was in PITCH DARK the entire night and the other yesterday didn't even know how to give him meds via syringe I had to do it. This is a recipe of disaster. The last thing I need is him having night frights and thrashing in the incubator hitting his head because some moron left a bird in PITCH DARK. I am very displeased. At home he is NEVER in the dark... the room is light and I just place towel to cover cage and he knows it is sleepy time. I can only imagine his terror.... he was terrified when I saw him today... he was acting normal but very very scared.
Then the girl tried to weigh Coconut without placing him in a box... I was standing there like WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!? Coconut would have immediately flewn off the scale and smash into the dog crates in the clinic because the incubator is kept in same room where the dogs and cats are kept in cages right next to the incubator. I made sure they understand bird MUST be placed into box and then placed on scale. The second any stranger reaches for Coconut he starts thrashing. He is terrified of strangers.
I do not feel comfortable leaving Coconut there another night. This vet also gave him food which he has never eaten before... you CANNOT just suddenly switch a bird's diet like that!!! It must be done gradually. He has lost over 6 grams so far... I am not surprised because he didn't eat all day yesterday and is extremely stressed.... and on top of that was given nutriberries as his only food... he does not eat nutriberries!
I need to bring Coconut home today. I will find out what meds he needs but there is no reason for him to stay in that stressful environment for yet another yet. The poor bird cannot be kept in pitch dark!
What would you do???? I am REALLY not comfortable with him being kept there for yet another night.
Sounds like a horrible and potentially dangerous clinic for birds. I would bring Coconut home ASAP! If he is seemingly doing well, there is no need for "observation" by a non-avian vet. But the biggest strike against them IMHO is oral delivery of meds by inept staff. We all know the potential for disaster. More than one bird has succumbed to fright while being restrained by untrained staff. Trust your instincts and get him out!!
A good avian vet is difficult to find, but well worth the search even if inconveniently far. I'd patronize the current practice only in a dire emergency that cannot wait, and transfer out when stabilized.