Sorry to everyone for being away for so long and very inactive. Life has been very hectic in terms of private life and my work.
Most of you know my little troublemaker Pascal the Emma's conure. Beginning of April I took him to the vet for his annual check. I was bit scared to give him for a blood check but something was telling me I must do it, to be on a safer side. His general physical exam was scored pretty well, overall he seems like a super healthy active bird. I mean, you'd never be able to tell he had any health issues. Perfect weight, strong and flighty bird.
I went for it and blood sample was given for checks, also his fecal matter.
Good news is that his gut flora has been normalised which is great news, also he's negative to any GI diseases.
However the blood worried me and my vet.
Despite him being on a fairly good diet with high quality pellets, getting his veggies daily, fruits seldom, having quite a variated diet, things simply don't look good. Some markers regarding his liver is high, he is anemic, but most of all we are mostly worried about the absurdly high Alpha Amylase enzyme, which is pointing out that there's some issues with his pancreas. First thing i was asked by the vet is, does he consume a lot of fat and sugar? This surprised me as he's on low fat diet and he doesn't get fruits often, nor does he really eat starchy food, the "fattest" food is some budgie seeds he steals from time to time, but according to the vet that's perfectly fine. Also some other markers pointed out that there's some slight infection going on.
Guys, I'm freaking out. 2 days later after I got the news I was bawling my eyes out. I was told not to panic as there is absolutely no symptoms and very likely we can still fix things. I will have to give him some sort of a special supplement for 2 months and keep him on a strict diet, and give him cranberry juice into his water so he gets more antioxidants. We agreed to keep him like that for 2 months then come back for another blood check.
I am also freaking out because I will be traveling with my partner for work in less than 2 weeks. I did found through my friend a very nice lady vet who also works with exotic animals, also specialized in birds, and we will board Pascal there at her place so he will get all the attention needed, and also being monitored.
Also lately he is shouting like crazy. I wonder if this excessive shouting is due to the spring hormones or he's trying to tell me something...
Most of you know my little troublemaker Pascal the Emma's conure. Beginning of April I took him to the vet for his annual check. I was bit scared to give him for a blood check but something was telling me I must do it, to be on a safer side. His general physical exam was scored pretty well, overall he seems like a super healthy active bird. I mean, you'd never be able to tell he had any health issues. Perfect weight, strong and flighty bird.
I went for it and blood sample was given for checks, also his fecal matter.
Good news is that his gut flora has been normalised which is great news, also he's negative to any GI diseases.
However the blood worried me and my vet.
Despite him being on a fairly good diet with high quality pellets, getting his veggies daily, fruits seldom, having quite a variated diet, things simply don't look good. Some markers regarding his liver is high, he is anemic, but most of all we are mostly worried about the absurdly high Alpha Amylase enzyme, which is pointing out that there's some issues with his pancreas. First thing i was asked by the vet is, does he consume a lot of fat and sugar? This surprised me as he's on low fat diet and he doesn't get fruits often, nor does he really eat starchy food, the "fattest" food is some budgie seeds he steals from time to time, but according to the vet that's perfectly fine. Also some other markers pointed out that there's some slight infection going on.
Guys, I'm freaking out. 2 days later after I got the news I was bawling my eyes out. I was told not to panic as there is absolutely no symptoms and very likely we can still fix things. I will have to give him some sort of a special supplement for 2 months and keep him on a strict diet, and give him cranberry juice into his water so he gets more antioxidants. We agreed to keep him like that for 2 months then come back for another blood check.
I am also freaking out because I will be traveling with my partner for work in less than 2 weeks. I did found through my friend a very nice lady vet who also works with exotic animals, also specialized in birds, and we will board Pascal there at her place so he will get all the attention needed, and also being monitored.
Also lately he is shouting like crazy. I wonder if this excessive shouting is due to the spring hormones or he's trying to tell me something...
won't be super duper effective as cleaning smooth surfaces but still helpful. I will use the desifecant just because Pascal has absurdly low number or white blood cells, so I must keep him safe. 
