Ekkyparrotlet125
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Hi all, thanks so far on all of the advice. As you may know, I adopted an eclectus last month. Immediately brought him to my avian vet for the full work-up. I have had my parrotlet for a year, also adopted (original source unknown). The eclectus has come back negative and all blood work looked good. I kept them in isolation for 4-5 weeks.
Anyway, my question is this. I was told that even with a negative result, the birds could still be positive and that most of these tests are not very effective. How is anyone really sure about their birds not harboring psittacosis? Am I being overly paranoid? I'm especially worried about my parrotlet (stool has been completely normal and she looks healthy the year that I have had her) but who knows what she was exposed to in the past. I'm worried it will suddenly become active and affect my eclectus, so I explained this to my vet and he said I could bring her in for prophylactic treatment of 4 weekly antibiotic injections. What do you all think? Am I overthinking this? I have an appointment to bring her in Sat. :11:
Anyway, my question is this. I was told that even with a negative result, the birds could still be positive and that most of these tests are not very effective. How is anyone really sure about their birds not harboring psittacosis? Am I being overly paranoid? I'm especially worried about my parrotlet (stool has been completely normal and she looks healthy the year that I have had her) but who knows what she was exposed to in the past. I'm worried it will suddenly become active and affect my eclectus, so I explained this to my vet and he said I could bring her in for prophylactic treatment of 4 weekly antibiotic injections. What do you all think? Am I overthinking this? I have an appointment to bring her in Sat. :11: