Yeah, I didn't want to say anything before when he left your Vet because he seemed better and things were much more upbeat, but I had a horrible feeling that he was still very sick and the only reason he was doing so much better was because he was so dehydrated and his blood sugar was so low, and they got fluids and food into him, which perked him up, along with antiemetic medication to stop the vomiting, which he's still taking at home, right? Whatever the underlying cause of his illness is, it was not identified nor treated, and it's still a problem...I know we tend to think about ourselves and the short-term viruses we get, like the "24-hour bugs" and what not, but birds don't work that way, they would never show any signs of sickness for only 24 hours, nor do they contract simple viruses like we do...He's most-likely still sick...
I worry about what you said about his x-ray and what they saw in his stomach. Something about "irritation" and the Vet saying something about "white blood cells in his stomach", which makes no sense to me at all, but i think they were trying to say something else...There's a reason that his stomach lining shows changes/swelling and whatever else is off in the x-ray, and it probably will not just "resolve itself"...Maybe, but not likely...
And simply crop or tube feeding a bird should have no effect on their appetite unless we're talking about an unweaned baby bird that has never eaten solid food and has a breeder who is tube/crop feeding it from day 1 and they know nothing else. Then they don't ever learn what "taste" is, and have no concept of eating food. That's the only time that crop-feeding will cause an issue. Birds are tube-fed/crop-fed in animal hospitals and vet offices every day, all across the world, without any issues with them eating normally once they are well again...So no, this isn't okay...
I'm sorry this is still going on, but I'm glad you're home now finally and not having to deal with this from afar, and I'm sure Cairo is happy you're home too...Honestly just having you home might help Cairo quite a bit too...
It's a great idea about seeing if your vet is willing to do a consult with a Certified Avian Vet over the phone/skype and by sending the lab results and the x-ray through email, Exotics Vets do this all the time...I have no issue with contacting my CAV, he'd be thrilled to help, or if your Vet has a CAV that she knows elsewhere, whomever it is, as long as they are a CAV with lots of experience, it's a great idea at this point...You've gotten lucky as birds don't usually hang-on like Cairo has, so if he is still sick, it's kind of like it "Go-Time" now for this...
