apatrimo94
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Apparently today I rushed S'mores to the vet when I noticed she got a fever. I was soo worried. As the vet examined her, he did some blood work, she just had a cold.
Got her on some medication and she's doing better. Yay!! Happy ending
But then, he noticed something though and when he told me, my heart dropped. She has cataracts in her right eye. She's possiby going blind in her right eye.
I was upset but the vet told me, the bright side is that I'm lucky it wasn't both of her eyes. He's not sure what the cause is. He thinks it's genetics because when he looked at her eyes, he said it looks like they've been there for quite a while.
He's doing more testing to rule out any diseases, so I have to wait for him to call. GRRRRRRR!!!!! I just hope she's ok. I mean, as I'm looking at her, she's seem the normal keet she is and one she does that I realize why she does. whenever she needs to see something important, she turns her head to the right (her right) and looks with her left eye.
The vet said that if it's from a disease, she might be able to see again when we get her on proper medication, but if it's genetic then we could do surgery. But I don't think I'll do surgery. She seems fine and plus, I don't have the money after what I just spent on this vet trip. But if you guys think I need surgery, then I'll do it.
As for her fever, it's going down (Sigh of relief) Bartleby was worried about her next-cage neighbor. She was freaking out. For now, they're in separate rooms and Bartleby's going for a check-up next week just to be sure she didn't get anything from S'mores.
Hopefully people learn from this story to always give your birds daily check-ups for diseases or illnesses. Because once they show symptoms, it might be too late! Birds are very good at hiding illnesses.
Got her on some medication and she's doing better. Yay!! Happy ending
But then, he noticed something though and when he told me, my heart dropped. She has cataracts in her right eye. She's possiby going blind in her right eye.
I was upset but the vet told me, the bright side is that I'm lucky it wasn't both of her eyes. He's not sure what the cause is. He thinks it's genetics because when he looked at her eyes, he said it looks like they've been there for quite a while.
He's doing more testing to rule out any diseases, so I have to wait for him to call. GRRRRRRR!!!!! I just hope she's ok. I mean, as I'm looking at her, she's seem the normal keet she is and one she does that I realize why she does. whenever she needs to see something important, she turns her head to the right (her right) and looks with her left eye.
The vet said that if it's from a disease, she might be able to see again when we get her on proper medication, but if it's genetic then we could do surgery. But I don't think I'll do surgery. She seems fine and plus, I don't have the money after what I just spent on this vet trip. But if you guys think I need surgery, then I'll do it.
As for her fever, it's going down
(Sigh of relief) Bartleby was worried about her next-cage neighbor. She was freaking out. For now, they're in separate rooms and Bartleby's going for a check-up next week just to be sure she didn't get anything from S'mores. Hopefully people learn from this story to always give your birds daily check-ups for diseases or illnesses. Because once they show symptoms, it might be too late! Birds are very good at hiding illnesses.
