Maria_Metropolis
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White Face Cinnamon Pearl Pied Cockatiel - "Muffin"
Hatch Date: October 4th, 2013
RIP July 4, 2014
I haven't posted in a long while, so I'm sorry. For some time now, Muffin has been having a host of medical conditions. He had some neurological issues and was on several medications, nothing we did helped. The doctor wasn't sure why he had these problems, he was in a brand new huge cage, ate the best quality food, there was no lead anywhere (we live in a new home), he had lots of human time, love, affection, and he was steadily going down hill for at least six months. He had two vet stays to try to help him, but then he started getting seizures, so we took him on this last and final stay at the vet, and he died in the hospital.
I am really at a loss to know what/if I did wrong, as we tried our best to make his life as healthy and happy as it could be. He was only 8 months old. The vet said that "whiteface" tiels aren't as healthy/hardy as normal greys. It seemed as soon as we got him, he had medical issues from the start including broken tail feathers. He was clipped when we got him, and a rather clumsy fall because of it. We spent so much money at the vet, it was ridiculous, but when you love an animal, you do what you can.
If anyone has any idea of what it could be, why he might have died, please let me know. I fed him a variety of goldenfeast pellets and mixes, and he refused to eat fruit and veggies, although I tried and tried. I did give him thyme leaves, as I heard they were okay (are they???) and my friend has a tiel that loves them and he's doing great. They did a panel on him the other day and they noted he had "liver values" that were abnormally high. I'm not sure what that means, but that's all I can provide at the moment. I'm not sure if we should do an autopsy. We went on vacation a few months ago, and had him completely tested for a variety of diseases before leaving him at the border, so he was infectious disease free too.
We had him a very short time, but he'll always be in our hearts.
I am really at a loss to know what/if I did wrong, as we tried our best to make his life as healthy and happy as it could be. He was only 8 months old. The vet said that "whiteface" tiels aren't as healthy/hardy as normal greys. It seemed as soon as we got him, he had medical issues from the start including broken tail feathers. He was clipped when we got him, and a rather clumsy fall because of it. We spent so much money at the vet, it was ridiculous, but when you love an animal, you do what you can.
If anyone has any idea of what it could be, why he might have died, please let me know. I fed him a variety of goldenfeast pellets and mixes, and he refused to eat fruit and veggies, although I tried and tried. I did give him thyme leaves, as I heard they were okay (are they???) and my friend has a tiel that loves them and he's doing great. They did a panel on him the other day and they noted he had "liver values" that were abnormally high. I'm not sure what that means, but that's all I can provide at the moment. I'm not sure if we should do an autopsy. We went on vacation a few months ago, and had him completely tested for a variety of diseases before leaving him at the border, so he was infectious disease free too.
We had him a very short time, but he'll always be in our hearts.
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