Hi Everyone,
I have a female pineapple conure who will be 3 in August. We got her when we was 4 months old after loosing our cockatiel. We did just move in the first week of March. I did read that moving can cause lots of stress. My husband and I were suprised thinking she took really well to it. I'm on disability so I'm home with her 24/7 and before the pandemic I was only able to get out 2 days a week if that.
I've always been right so far when she's been sick. After moving we got her nails cut and 2 weeks later was acting sick. She was still eating/drinking but not vocal, fluffed up, even out with us, no interest in toys, and lethargic. We would joke because she maybe sleeps 8 hours a night and we give her 10-12 covered always but she never even would nap during the day. I took her to a new vet where we live, highly recommended, and they did nose cultures for all the sneezing, but vet noticed nothing off. We paid a pretty penny for all of that and a nose flush so they could send it to the lab and see if she had something fungal or bacteria. While waiting we did 14 days of oral antibiotics per the vet, and 14 days of nose drops. It now been maybe 2 weeks later. I did call the vet after as told, and she was better she was vocal, sneezing was better, not as lethargic but I did voice to her that she is itching and itching like never before. She takes a bath everyday and we have a humidifier running 24/7 across the room which says by her cage she is at 50% humidity which the vet says was good. We already from our old vet gave her a probiotic sprinkle supplement to keep the immune up, the new vet also had us add another one, vitamin A sprinkled on food all in the am.
When I told the vet about the itching she said def no mites, we have no other animals etc, but said she may need more fatty acid so we got another supplement per the vet so now we also sprinkle that one on her food too every morning. The itching is a tad better. But I don't know what else to do. It was $400 to get all of this on disability. She's my best companion and I would do whatever I possibly could for her.
She is still not like before we moved. She is taking naps , from a bird who never ever took any ever, and she still isn't playing with toys and I rotate them every 3 days and clean her cage every 2 days with organic soap and that has not changed in 3 years. We never spray anything, no candles, all stainless steel pans no Teflon ever, etc. We both did notice from up north coming to more rural area with some farmlands both of our allergies aka eyes are driving us nuts. Her eyes are clean , no discharge, she's still sneezing but not like 5 min Everytime before. Oh and the lab results back from the vet showed she had nothing, no bacteria, no fungal, but believes she had something. My husband who thinks I worry too much even noticed , wow I think she's sick that's when I took her in as an emergency.
Any idea what's going on? Her diet is healthy I'm told, vet said she could be up all night itching aka why the naps but I'm using the new supplement and she loves her daily baths. I keep everything dusted and clean, so not sure why no interest in toys (she used to normally have a bit more interest), and after she wakes up like 8 am after breakfast by 9 she is on her "night night" perch sleeping on one foot.
This is our first conure and first time moving with her. Could she still be stressed after over a month? Is there something else I should be trying? If need be vet said we could do another 14 days of meds but I'm watching her to see if she needs that. I don't want to give her more meds if not needed so when she does need them next I didn't overload her. She has never laid eggs, we did all our old vet did to try to make sure nothing in the cage promoted that, she has a big cage too made for like 2 of them, all to herself. Sorry for the long story. Still taking naps, so I guess a bit lethargic especially after just waking up for the day. Any advice would be appreciated as I've done the vet and I'm just lost at this point. Thank you all
I have a female pineapple conure who will be 3 in August. We got her when we was 4 months old after loosing our cockatiel. We did just move in the first week of March. I did read that moving can cause lots of stress. My husband and I were suprised thinking she took really well to it. I'm on disability so I'm home with her 24/7 and before the pandemic I was only able to get out 2 days a week if that.
I've always been right so far when she's been sick. After moving we got her nails cut and 2 weeks later was acting sick. She was still eating/drinking but not vocal, fluffed up, even out with us, no interest in toys, and lethargic. We would joke because she maybe sleeps 8 hours a night and we give her 10-12 covered always but she never even would nap during the day. I took her to a new vet where we live, highly recommended, and they did nose cultures for all the sneezing, but vet noticed nothing off. We paid a pretty penny for all of that and a nose flush so they could send it to the lab and see if she had something fungal or bacteria. While waiting we did 14 days of oral antibiotics per the vet, and 14 days of nose drops. It now been maybe 2 weeks later. I did call the vet after as told, and she was better she was vocal, sneezing was better, not as lethargic but I did voice to her that she is itching and itching like never before. She takes a bath everyday and we have a humidifier running 24/7 across the room which says by her cage she is at 50% humidity which the vet says was good. We already from our old vet gave her a probiotic sprinkle supplement to keep the immune up, the new vet also had us add another one, vitamin A sprinkled on food all in the am.
When I told the vet about the itching she said def no mites, we have no other animals etc, but said she may need more fatty acid so we got another supplement per the vet so now we also sprinkle that one on her food too every morning. The itching is a tad better. But I don't know what else to do. It was $400 to get all of this on disability. She's my best companion and I would do whatever I possibly could for her.
She is still not like before we moved. She is taking naps , from a bird who never ever took any ever, and she still isn't playing with toys and I rotate them every 3 days and clean her cage every 2 days with organic soap and that has not changed in 3 years. We never spray anything, no candles, all stainless steel pans no Teflon ever, etc. We both did notice from up north coming to more rural area with some farmlands both of our allergies aka eyes are driving us nuts. Her eyes are clean , no discharge, she's still sneezing but not like 5 min Everytime before. Oh and the lab results back from the vet showed she had nothing, no bacteria, no fungal, but believes she had something. My husband who thinks I worry too much even noticed , wow I think she's sick that's when I took her in as an emergency.
Any idea what's going on? Her diet is healthy I'm told, vet said she could be up all night itching aka why the naps but I'm using the new supplement and she loves her daily baths. I keep everything dusted and clean, so not sure why no interest in toys (she used to normally have a bit more interest), and after she wakes up like 8 am after breakfast by 9 she is on her "night night" perch sleeping on one foot.
This is our first conure and first time moving with her. Could she still be stressed after over a month? Is there something else I should be trying? If need be vet said we could do another 14 days of meds but I'm watching her to see if she needs that. I don't want to give her more meds if not needed so when she does need them next I didn't overload her. She has never laid eggs, we did all our old vet did to try to make sure nothing in the cage promoted that, she has a big cage too made for like 2 of them, all to herself. Sorry for the long story. Still taking naps, so I guess a bit lethargic especially after just waking up for the day. Any advice would be appreciated as I've done the vet and I'm just lost at this point. Thank you all
I hope you find the answer!! Everyone else who commented sounds like they are SUPER knowledgeable about this!
