What Blood Tests Should I Request?

[Kinny]

If I want to have bloods taken from this Eclectus parrot I'm currently raising, when she is weaned, what blood tests are necessary/should I request be done?

 

[Peepers]

I would ask for a "full blood panel."

 

[Kinny]

Wow, ok. Just called the Vet to get an estimate price... and Full Blood Count costs $280, and so I thought perhaps just the Psittacosis (Chlamydia) and that costs $210...... The cheapest (and really useless) blood tests cost $120.

So I might just leave it unless she actually becomes ill.

 

[SilverSage]

Ask them what tests are on the "full blood panel" and then order those same test from Avian Biotech for $20-$25 per test instead of having it done by your vet.