Can someone help me?
I had an 11 year old lovebird, she died last Friday. Her name was Peri. She was a hybrid lovebird (fischer x personata)
A few months ago Peri's behavior changed a little bit: she was flying worse and had problems when landing, and she was flying less and less. I also noticed that he liked to go out of his cage less and sometimes he had diarrhea (although sometimes he had normal stools). Otherwise she was still the same, active, eating and drinking, bathing, preening her feathers and even playing and giving me affection. I didn't give it any importance (mistake on my part, I still deal with that guilt) and I didn't take her to the vet because (out of ignorance) I thought it would be because of her age or that she would grow out of it.
After that I decided to give her a vitamin and calcium complex to see if she could get back to what she was before, but it didn't work.
Last week, I woke up and when I saw her, her left paw was completely paralyzed. I got really scared and thought it was not normal so I called the vet.
They wouldn't give me an appointment until the next day so I kept Peri warm and calm in her cage.
The next day I had to go to the emergency room before my appointment time because Peri was very sick.
When I arrived at the clinic, the vet touched her and told me that she was very thin and with a swollen cloaca, and that according to her symptoms it could be liver or kidney problems or even a tumor.
Peri stayed at the clinic and they put her on heat and fluids so they could run tests but unfortunately she did not hold on and died.
I am devastated, they didn't do a necropsy because I didn't know what could be done. I can't stop thinking what could have happened to her? What disease could he have? I think Peri could have lived longer and that torments me.
Any idea? Thank you very much! Sorry for my English...
I had an 11 year old lovebird, she died last Friday. Her name was Peri. She was a hybrid lovebird (fischer x personata)
A few months ago Peri's behavior changed a little bit: she was flying worse and had problems when landing, and she was flying less and less. I also noticed that he liked to go out of his cage less and sometimes he had diarrhea (although sometimes he had normal stools). Otherwise she was still the same, active, eating and drinking, bathing, preening her feathers and even playing and giving me affection. I didn't give it any importance (mistake on my part, I still deal with that guilt) and I didn't take her to the vet because (out of ignorance) I thought it would be because of her age or that she would grow out of it.
After that I decided to give her a vitamin and calcium complex to see if she could get back to what she was before, but it didn't work.
Last week, I woke up and when I saw her, her left paw was completely paralyzed. I got really scared and thought it was not normal so I called the vet.
They wouldn't give me an appointment until the next day so I kept Peri warm and calm in her cage.
The next day I had to go to the emergency room before my appointment time because Peri was very sick.
When I arrived at the clinic, the vet touched her and told me that she was very thin and with a swollen cloaca, and that according to her symptoms it could be liver or kidney problems or even a tumor.
Peri stayed at the clinic and they put her on heat and fluids so they could run tests but unfortunately she did not hold on and died.
I am devastated, they didn't do a necropsy because I didn't know what could be done. I can't stop thinking what could have happened to her? What disease could he have? I think Peri could have lived longer and that torments me.
Any idea? Thank you very much! Sorry for my English...