Avian vet expiriences?

[Littleredbeak]

Her child disappeared? Oh no!

I fixed it! Typo ... I'm typing from my phone

 

[HeatherG]

I fixed it! Typo ... I'm typing from my phone

I’m just kidding. Sometimes grammatical errors are really funny! And we all make them.

 

[Josefin]

So ive had booked an vet appointment, but im really nervous becuse some said that birds die when they take them to a vet. How are your experiences? And i have a parrotlet that i may think have a respitory infection and i dont know how vet diagnose them in this situations. Is it stressful for them?

So today we are gonna get my bird thelma to the vet! Ive heard bloodwork can be stressfull for small birds but in not sure if they will do that, if the vet wanna suspect an issue they will do bloodwork. I dont really know, The only issue is her noisy breathing.

 

[texsize]

Wishing you good luck with your vet visit.

 

[HeatherG]

Good luck to you both! Maybe they will just do a choanal swab (roof of mouth/sinuses) if you are worried about respiratory infection.

My vets have always been loving to my birds.

 

[Josefin]

Wishing you good luck with your vet visit.

Thankyou so much!!!!

 

[Josefin]

So today we are gonna get my bird thelma to the vet! Ive heard bloodwork can be stressfull for small birds but in not sure if they will do that, if the vet wanna suspect an issue they will do bloodwork. I dont really know, The only issue is her noisy breathing.

GREAT NEWS!!!!! We took my both birds to the vet , and i went reslly well!! Cuases by hearbele breathing was becuse of moltig!! And they checked my other bird and she was healthy too!! They Said they were in excellent shape!! The only thing we got to do was to make camomille tea and bathe them! Becuse their skin was a bit irritaded becuse of moltig!! Im so relieved!

 

[LeeC]

In winter it’s difficult to maintain a high enough humidity level with lowered temperature.
We have humidier and keep it clean wi clean filters.

As the weather gets colder, and my heating system (hydronic baseboard) runs more, my house gets drier and drier. I now have 6 humidifiers to keep the humidity in the mid- to upper forties during the coldest part of winter.

 

[LeeC]

So ive had booked an vet appointment, but im really nervous becuse some said that birds die when they take them to a vet. How are your experiences? And i have a parrotlet that i may think have a respitory infection and i dont know how vet diagnose them in this situations. Is it stressful for them?

My avian vet has an amazing way with parrots. I have seen her handle dozens, as I take mine and I take some on behalf of my local rescue. Barbara Heidenreich had a great podcast about fear-free vet exams.

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Important note: As with so many things in life, we, the parrot keepers have a role in fear-free vet visits. We can train our parrots to be accepting of "toweling" for example, but there is a lot more we can do.