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I just got back from the avian specialist. First, the hospital required Avian Infuenza H5 test, before he gets into the facility, which he passed and the result came negative. Now the vet, she's a very nice vet, and sounded/looked like she knows what she's doing. She went through previous vets diagnoses, which she said "was correct", but afraid of the dosage given. Anyway, she was reluctant to x-ray or blood test due to my poor boy condition, but I told her he's a warrior and will handle it. It was first time I see a bird getting anaesthetized, poor baby.
She's done blood test and x-ray, and below are the findings.
Current weight: 114g (slightly below what's healthy)
1) Air Sacculitis, which could be:
- Bacterial
- Fungal of type Aspergillosis <= most probably, 90% confident
And that’s causing
> Respiratory tract infection
> Pneumonia
Now to be firm, or 100% sure, it'll need endoscopy, which she refused to do due to his condition + size. Mostly due to his condition.
2) Anemia of chronic disease
3) Liver seems to be “bigger”, but couldn’t do any more test due to current condition + due to the fact that it’s quite common with such illness and medications being given.
X-Ray
According to her, and the images she showed (two sides), the white areas represent the “air flow” areas, and she explained that most of which should be white is black, and the while is very little, meaning that a small pocket is only used for his air breathing.
Blood Test
Test Reading Low High
Hb 44.0 0.0 0.0 *High
PVC 0.14 0.45 0.54 *Low
RBC 1.20 0.00 0.00 *High
WBC 19.40 8.00 14.00 *High
She told me this is good news and bad news: bad news the 0.14 PVC, and good nes the high 19.40 WBC (white blood cells), as in, he's truly fighting the disease and can handle other threats which he may encounter. Of course it has to go to it's normal level once he recovers.
Plus, those findings, from her experience, confirms that he does NOT has any of the deadly viruses/diseases.
Injections given on spot:
Fluids IV/SC/PO Bolus
Marbofloxacin— Marbocyl
Multivitamin
Medicine to give:
1. Enrofloxacin - Baytril: Orally, for 10 days
2. Zolcal D: Orally, for 5 days
3. Terbinafine — Lamisil
She was happy to see him pull through all the test, and said I was right that he's strong little bird. And was glad of the way I'm feeding and taking care of him.
According to her, I should see improvement in 3 days, and a recovery within 10. She explained that the medicines given are of strong effect, exact needed dosage and has no harm on the bird. I asked her what if he doesn't getting better? She said, "nothing else can be done", so there was no follow up appointment, except if I want to do other tests like DNA and special diseases, etc, but NOT for his current condition.
Again, will go through this with my little buddy, hoping he gets better.
Issam
