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liver disease

  1. AussieBird

    Antibiotics Working for the Wrong Bird.

    Sunbeam has had a drastic improvement in her behaviour. Only thing different is that Winston got put on antibiotics, and since it goes in the water she's been getting it too (Doxycycline, for those who want to know). This gives me a reason to see if Winston's vet will have a look at her, so...
  2. K

    Parrot sneezing, gasping ? (Sad update #29)

    I am so so confuse. I don’t know if this is coughing, sneezing/gasping. I have taken the bird to the vet after her liver biopsy like 4 times already the last time he flushed her nostrils. I am so so frustrated and worried. He told me it was because of the intubation and she aspirated a little...
  3. K

    Pet cockatoo droppings confused

    Good evening my cockatoo was diagnosed with clostridium and heavy metal toxicity, I am giving her injections for the heavy metals and also an antibiotic called chloramphenicol, ursodiol and acetylcystaine . I am currently spoon feeding this bird because she won’t eat on her own. She likes soup...
  4. K

    Toxic metal in bird toys???

    Good afternoon my bird was diagnosed with heavy metal toxicity (copper). Can anyone recommend me where I can buy metal free toys. I am not sure what could have cause this. I have bought some rope perches from Amazon and some foraging toys also. Thank you
  5. K

    Bile acid and beta globulins

    Good afternoon, I got a cockatoo umbrella female in October 2022 she is 1 year old. I decided to take the bird to an avian vet for an anual wellness exam to see why this bird is not waiting much during the day. And they did fecal. And blood test. Her fecal came back negative for parasite and...
  6. A

    Urgent ! Yellow feathers

    Hi this is urgent , my lovebird who is 1 year old just appeared to have some random yellow feathers between his green feathers on his back , he is a Fischer so I found that so weird ! Plus he is over weighted. His diet contains seeds mostly and during the day he eats vegetables and fruits , I...
  7. S

    Help Needed - Could it be liver damage or something else?

    I have 3 budgies, 2 male and 1 female. Yesterday I gave them ivermectin 1% oral drench in drinking water, because they all were tail bobbing for months upon months, one of them was breathing heavily like panting. I suspect they have some kind of liver problem. How did I come to think so? Here's...
  8. Jason Phan

    Quaker parrot bottom of feet is yellow.

    I just got my quaker parrot 2 months ago. The bottom of its feet a slightly yellow when the top is grey. I feed my bird conure food. It has lots of seeds, some pellets, dried fruits, and such. It eats a lot of the seeds sometimes i see them it the pellets. Also i posted a thread about my parrot...
  9. T

    Urgent Wholistic Advice Wanted for Sick Budgie

    I have an all-white female budgie named Snowy who has been very sick for about two weeks now. We took her to the vet as soon as we noticed something was not right. She was fluffed up and kept nodding off even upon getting her out of the cage. Her poop had been looking a bit yellow for the...
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