Hello all!
I am a new member here so Iām hoping this is in the correct forum!
I have a female pineapple conure, she is 5 years old as of Dec 15 and I have had her since 2021. Sheās always had a very sassy, picky and stubborn attitude to her, but is a very happy bird. Last Wednesday(Dec 12) I had noticed she had been eating very small amounts of food. She was also having very black poop. I got her to the vet the next morning under an emergency visit for the exotic veterinarian. They took bloodwork and X-Rays, X-rays looked good, and they prescribed her oral medication for Gastrointestinal inflammation to take home until we could get her blood test results back (I live in a medium sized city however itās very far north and we donāt have a full avian laboratory here). Iāve been trying to give her the medical 3X per day but a lot of the time she wonāt let me so she really only gets 1X or 2X per day. However it does seem that somethings helped, as her poop has improved as it is back to somewhat normal, just not a lot as her appetite hasnāt really seen any improvement overall. Sheās never lost her spunk, sheās not weak, still plays etc. Yesterday (Tuesday Dec 17) she was doing very well, was eating more, however today it is back to eating very little. I also got her blood work back and everything looks good, except, she has high white blood cells. Tomorrow(Thursday Dec 17) we go for a bacterial, and fecal test, and to get some anti biotics as the veterinarian speculates she may have an infection and we will see if that will help until we can get this round of results back. This test has to be shipped to the nearest big city which wonāt be back until next week and my vet is going on holidays December 19-Jan 6 but the clinic she operates out of will update me on the results.
But does anyone have any advice on how i can really help her regain her appetite and keep her stable while the doctor is away and what is good to try and feed her for this? She is very stubborn and sometimes flatly refuses to take the oral Syringe. She flies away even in the dark. She can wiggle and chew herself out of just about anything it seems which makes me nervous for these anti biotics weāre trying tomorrow. I will update once we find out what he results will be!
Any advice is greatly appreciated! She is my first bird and my first pet in general so I want to do anything I can to help her. While the veterinarian is gone, the nearest full avian hospital and any sort of emergency after hours vet is unfortunately 8-10 hours away.
I am a new member here so Iām hoping this is in the correct forum!
I have a female pineapple conure, she is 5 years old as of Dec 15 and I have had her since 2021. Sheās always had a very sassy, picky and stubborn attitude to her, but is a very happy bird. Last Wednesday(Dec 12) I had noticed she had been eating very small amounts of food. She was also having very black poop. I got her to the vet the next morning under an emergency visit for the exotic veterinarian. They took bloodwork and X-Rays, X-rays looked good, and they prescribed her oral medication for Gastrointestinal inflammation to take home until we could get her blood test results back (I live in a medium sized city however itās very far north and we donāt have a full avian laboratory here). Iāve been trying to give her the medical 3X per day but a lot of the time she wonāt let me so she really only gets 1X or 2X per day. However it does seem that somethings helped, as her poop has improved as it is back to somewhat normal, just not a lot as her appetite hasnāt really seen any improvement overall. Sheās never lost her spunk, sheās not weak, still plays etc. Yesterday (Tuesday Dec 17) she was doing very well, was eating more, however today it is back to eating very little. I also got her blood work back and everything looks good, except, she has high white blood cells. Tomorrow(Thursday Dec 17) we go for a bacterial, and fecal test, and to get some anti biotics as the veterinarian speculates she may have an infection and we will see if that will help until we can get this round of results back. This test has to be shipped to the nearest big city which wonāt be back until next week and my vet is going on holidays December 19-Jan 6 but the clinic she operates out of will update me on the results.
But does anyone have any advice on how i can really help her regain her appetite and keep her stable while the doctor is away and what is good to try and feed her for this? She is very stubborn and sometimes flatly refuses to take the oral Syringe. She flies away even in the dark. She can wiggle and chew herself out of just about anything it seems which makes me nervous for these anti biotics weāre trying tomorrow. I will update once we find out what he results will be!
Any advice is greatly appreciated! She is my first bird and my first pet in general so I want to do anything I can to help her. While the veterinarian is gone, the nearest full avian hospital and any sort of emergency after hours vet is unfortunately 8-10 hours away.
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