Sick Budgie

[Dantheparrotdad]

I noticed on 26/11 my female budgie was lethergic and fluffed up so I called the local avian vet and he told me to bring her in. He weighed her and said she was underweight which was a shock because she's always eating. He listened to her chest and said she had laboured breathing and greenish dropping. He gave me antibiotics (Penicillin) to give her for 7 days orally, twice a day.

While I was at the vet my girlfriend setup a small cage in a different room to isolate her from the male. We've put a couple of toys, three bowls, one for seed one for water and one for vegetables. She has a flat heated perch and a few other nobbly perches.
She absolutely hates us catching her to adminster her medication and I've noticed she had some pasting on her vent too which I've been keeping an eye on and cleaning with warm water only and using cotton pads.

She's not drinking a massive amount of water but she is still sipping now and then. I also offered her some natural caffeine free chamomile tea which she had a small amount of.

She's eating some seed and has nibbled a bit of broccoli and she's had some millet. She's warm enough too and is kept as stress free (Apart from the medicine part!) as possible.

I have cleaned the cage she shares with her mate thoroughly, all perches, toys, bowls, bowl holders and the bars and trays. And I'm keeping an eye on him too. He isn't showing any symptoms at all and is happy as can be.

Is there anything else I could be doing? She used to eat quite a lot of vegetables but this has now drastically reduced due to her illness. I'm making different vegeatbles and some fruits available all day. I'm concerned that she will lose more weight while she's isolated.

Any advice would be appreciated

Thanks

 

[GaleriaGila]

Wow. Really sounds like you're on it.
I guess I can suggest a second opinion?
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If none are near you, maybe you could call and ask for a recommendation for somebody in your area.
And... sometimes, distant vets will offer brief thoughts or advice...
Or... sometimes I find a place to start just by Googling "avian veterinarian near ((your location))"
Or maybe a local breeder might help... again, maybe Google?

About the meds. The Rb takes daily Enalapril for his heart (he's 40), and the way I handle that is to drizzle his daily dose over his dry Harrison's pellets, exactly, sorta, a tablespoon and a half a day, and let it dry and put it in his pellet bowl, and he eats it! I replace that daily at the same hour.

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