Poppy finally gone to the vet

[coolit]

According to the vet, Poppy is very healthy, a tiny bit fat but nothing bad at all.

He also got his first beak trimming (to my knowledge at least).

The poor bird was very nervous but the vet did an very good job and looked like he knew what he was doing.

I brought him to this vet... it's a massive clinic. Took an appointment with an avian doctor and I am pretty satisfied.
http://cvlaval.com/

The vet gave me lots of great tips to entertain her and force her to eat healthier.

For example showing him but placing his favorite fatty seads in apple flesh to get him used to fruits, stick them well within his destructable toys to force him to work for it instead of just heading to the food bowl

Besides that, when he gets more sociable, I will start bringing him to work so he can be around people all the time.


Unfortunately, Poppy will require trimmings every month and hopefully with time and a bit of work, it can be worked to no longer needing them but it's unlightly

For now my bird is a little mad at me. sometimes he lets me give him a head rub, sometimes he tries to bite me... and with his trimmed beak, he can hurt me now...

Here are some pics.









He is capable to have his lower beak within the upper beak, but that requires more upper beak trimming... or digging. for now, he is just so use to his beak being like this... with time hopefully it can get back the way it should be.

What matters to me is his health, happiness and sociability.


Doctor said if I wanted to there is surgery that can be done... but... no.
1- I can't afford it and 2-... emmm I don't know... sounds like it's a bit much.

 

[MonicaMc]

With the way his beak is, it looks like it could have been that way from birth, so it may be harder to correct, and may never be fully 100%... but you can definitely get closer to that!

The surgery is kind of gruesome, so I'd say to keep with the corrective trimmings and perhaps you wont have to go as far as surgery.



Glad the trip went well! Sounds like a great vet!

 

[Terry57]

I am so happy that Poppy made it to the vet for his beak trimming It looks so much better already! I bet he will be a lot happier after he gets used to it.

 

[MikeyTN]

I agree with Monica! Keep it up with the trimming! I have to trim my neighbor's bird's beak due to damage that was done when she was young so I'll be doing the trimming for her whenever she needs it done.

 

[coolit]

She's getting along nicely, yesterday after the vet she ended being ok. we watched tv together and she now enjoys cuddling on my shoulder...

I was worried that after the vet visit, she would hate me but that is not the case at all.


And I never considered surgery...
I didn't even ask the price but I am certain it's something ridiculous.

 

[MonicaMc]

It honestly wouldn't hurt to ask about the surgery. It may be something to consider later on.


So far, I've only had surgery performed on one of my birds. That would be my bourke parakeet. She has a cancerous growth on her right foot that we tried to remove via laser surgery, but was unsuccessful. At the time of removing it, we didn't know it was cancerous. I think that was $400? She still required blood work prior to the surgery, so in total it was more than that.

I don't know how much it would cost for corrective beak surgery though. My mitred conure did undergo two beak surgeries, because his mandible (lower beak) was crushed by a larger bird. (his fault, he picked the fight!) However, he wasn't under my care at the time, so I didn't have to pay for those expenses. He's missing half of his lower beak, and it now scissor beaks. I would *love* to get a prosthetic beak for him, however this too can be expensive and last maybe 4-6 months. I've had Charlie for over 7 years now, which is almost as long as he's had the beak injury. He's 20 this year. He requires frequent beak trimmings as well. Otherwise though, he has adapted just fine to his injury.