I got my two new feathered babies last Tuesday. Their APT was today. After waiting for the apt. i noticed my too wasn't seeing well at all! When we got her we knew she had a cataract in one eye. But after changing her cage to a bigger cage i noticed she wasn't eating or drinking after a bit of her being in the new one. So i stuck my finger into the food bowl and swirled it around and in the water too. Cause i knew something was up just wasn't sure what. She found the food after i put her bowl on the bottom of the cage because she wouldn't get up on the perch to eat or drink. I moved the water also..can we say MESSY..lol But that was ok she was eating and drinking. She got onto the higher perch once or twice but fell off. She had already chewed through the bottom perch by this time.
Well took her to the vet today. the eye we thought she had the cataract in was NOT a cataract but a infected ulcer. The other eye was a cataract, though you couldn't see it. I noticed she would use the eye with what we thought was the cataract rather than using the "better" eye. SO after hearing this it totally made since to me! So we get her out of her carrier and she gets on the ground and towel her cause she is a mean little feather baby..lol and to look at her eyes and the first thing i head from the vet is " ohhh my gosh" my stomach hit the floor I knew it I just knew. She looked at the other and said it was a cataract and something looked good..i dont remember what. But then looked me in the eye and said it is a ulcer. and asked if it would be ok for her interns to come in and look. Of course i said it was fine! How will they learn if they cant see new stuff right? Under her eyes were swollen..which i didn't know cause she came that way to me so i assumed it was normal.
I had a break down and started balling cause i just knew something like this was going to be told to me. i have been stressing out since i sent up the APT and havent slept well cause i just knew!
TO get started was gonna be over 750$ and that wasn't really doing anything that was running all kind of tests. She researched for about 45 mins trying to narrow it down but she came up with 25 things it could be. She also said that it could be possible that she was smuggled in and sold at the auction which the guy bought her from. And that she may have something that could spread to my amazon * betty bird...betty boop, the toos name is princess, they are offically named..
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She wants to run every test from A to Z. Just to get started would be over 750$ and that wouldnt even start treatment. She wanted to start with all the most common ones but was pretty sure it wasn't any of them but had to be sure before going into the other ones.
I had a break down and took my daughter out side to calm down. I just felt like i had failed her. Wasn't sure that i could take on a special need bird. And do the eye meds and what ever other meds she wanted her to take. With her wanting to eat me cause she CANT SEE who or what is grabbing her or trying to get close to her to give her the meds. Toweling her would be a two person job and it is just me during the week and some weekends also since my husband works out of town. which all the vet knew since i had told her.
While i was out side the vet came out and found me and told me a few more things like even if it was to be fixed she would still be a special needs case. That more than likely the only thing she would be able to do was maybe step up after a LOT of work and stay on a perch durnign the day. But walking around with her and loving on her and all that would more than likely ever happen just cause she would probably not trust enough or be trusted to all that. Even though i'm not so sure i would trust her to stand on a perch since she kept falling from the one in the cage, but maybe after time and being able to see? She then told me that she has a non profit Aviary and would glady take her give her the treatment and start it today and IF she was able to save the eye with the ulcer that she would give her back to me.
Then i had made up MY mind about what needed to be done to get her the help she needs NOW, but still had to talk to my husband. finally after 3 hours of being at the vet and finally talking to my husband we agreed to sign her over.
So I signed her over and balled like a baby, the poor paper looked like it had rained on it. They got princess all set up and gave me my carrier back. Which i wanted to say with her since I had JUST got it in and had her name on it and well it was HERS. But they insisted i took it home and to bring it back to pick her up when she is ready to come home. Which i know may NOT happen.
She will be running test on her to see what she has on top of the ulcer and if anything comes back positive and that could have been passed to my amazon she will let me know and we will get Betty tested and treated.
I have been a basket case all day. Coming home with an empty carrier and to an empty cage is just really sad. I'm sure they think i'm a basket case since they know I have only had her a few days over a week and i was balling like a two year old.
I feel i made the right choice for her even though it was so hard not to bring her home. But I could of waited to get my income taxes in and started all the test but she would of had to wait..which isn't fair OR i could of gave her back to the guy that i got her from and got my money back on her but i'm sure she would of just been resold and nothing would have been done about anything. Just makes me so sick!
I think i have rambled on enough! I'm sure there are many typos as i sit here and have tears slowly rolling down my face. Doesn't help my keyboard on my laptop isn't the best since my two year old likes to pop them off when i leave it open and not think about shutting it when i get up to do something really fast..lol Thank you for reading!!
If you pray please pray for my sweet Pretty Princess to get better to come home. If you dont pray please do what you do. Think about, sends healthy vibs...ect i would greatly appreciate it!!
Well took her to the vet today. the eye we thought she had the cataract in was NOT a cataract but a infected ulcer. The other eye was a cataract, though you couldn't see it. I noticed she would use the eye with what we thought was the cataract rather than using the "better" eye. SO after hearing this it totally made since to me! So we get her out of her carrier and she gets on the ground and towel her cause she is a mean little feather baby..lol and to look at her eyes and the first thing i head from the vet is " ohhh my gosh" my stomach hit the floor I knew it I just knew. She looked at the other and said it was a cataract and something looked good..i dont remember what. But then looked me in the eye and said it is a ulcer. and asked if it would be ok for her interns to come in and look. Of course i said it was fine! How will they learn if they cant see new stuff right? Under her eyes were swollen..which i didn't know cause she came that way to me so i assumed it was normal.
I had a break down and started balling cause i just knew something like this was going to be told to me. i have been stressing out since i sent up the APT and havent slept well cause i just knew!
TO get started was gonna be over 750$ and that wasn't really doing anything that was running all kind of tests. She researched for about 45 mins trying to narrow it down but she came up with 25 things it could be. She also said that it could be possible that she was smuggled in and sold at the auction which the guy bought her from. And that she may have something that could spread to my amazon * betty bird...betty boop, the toos name is princess, they are offically named..
* She wants to run every test from A to Z. Just to get started would be over 750$ and that wouldnt even start treatment. She wanted to start with all the most common ones but was pretty sure it wasn't any of them but had to be sure before going into the other ones.
I had a break down and took my daughter out side to calm down. I just felt like i had failed her. Wasn't sure that i could take on a special need bird. And do the eye meds and what ever other meds she wanted her to take. With her wanting to eat me cause she CANT SEE who or what is grabbing her or trying to get close to her to give her the meds. Toweling her would be a two person job and it is just me during the week and some weekends also since my husband works out of town. which all the vet knew since i had told her.
While i was out side the vet came out and found me and told me a few more things like even if it was to be fixed she would still be a special needs case. That more than likely the only thing she would be able to do was maybe step up after a LOT of work and stay on a perch durnign the day. But walking around with her and loving on her and all that would more than likely ever happen just cause she would probably not trust enough or be trusted to all that. Even though i'm not so sure i would trust her to stand on a perch since she kept falling from the one in the cage, but maybe after time and being able to see? She then told me that she has a non profit Aviary and would glady take her give her the treatment and start it today and IF she was able to save the eye with the ulcer that she would give her back to me.
Then i had made up MY mind about what needed to be done to get her the help she needs NOW, but still had to talk to my husband. finally after 3 hours of being at the vet and finally talking to my husband we agreed to sign her over.
So I signed her over and balled like a baby, the poor paper looked like it had rained on it. They got princess all set up and gave me my carrier back. Which i wanted to say with her since I had JUST got it in and had her name on it and well it was HERS. But they insisted i took it home and to bring it back to pick her up when she is ready to come home. Which i know may NOT happen.
She will be running test on her to see what she has on top of the ulcer and if anything comes back positive and that could have been passed to my amazon she will let me know and we will get Betty tested and treated.
I have been a basket case all day. Coming home with an empty carrier and to an empty cage is just really sad. I'm sure they think i'm a basket case since they know I have only had her a few days over a week and i was balling like a two year old.
I feel i made the right choice for her even though it was so hard not to bring her home. But I could of waited to get my income taxes in and started all the test but she would of had to wait..which isn't fair OR i could of gave her back to the guy that i got her from and got my money back on her but i'm sure she would of just been resold and nothing would have been done about anything. Just makes me so sick!
I think i have rambled on enough! I'm sure there are many typos as i sit here and have tears slowly rolling down my face. Doesn't help my keyboard on my laptop isn't the best since my two year old likes to pop them off when i leave it open and not think about shutting it when i get up to do something really fast..lol Thank you for reading!!
If you pray please pray for my sweet Pretty Princess to get better to come home. If you dont pray please do what you do. Think about, sends healthy vibs...ect i would greatly appreciate it!!
