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[meheartbirds]

Good news and bad news...ok bad first..I took Banana Pop in today and while I was carrying the cage out of the car, I tripped and landed full frontal face down on concrete, skinned my knee and hands, the bird cage flew out of my hands and busted open on the concrete in front of the vet's office, and amazingly the blanket over the cage kept her from escaping before I could get to her. Other bad news is she has liver disease and she is an old bird with cataracts. The good news is her lower beak was not broken but a pice was worn off because of a scissor bite and it was fixed with a Dremel saw disk blade. A specimen was sent to the lab to see if she has that beak and feather disease which would spell bad news for all my birds. Since her beak was not falling off, I feel slightly better that her chances of having that disease are less. Won't take long to find out. There is also medication that can possibly cure her liver disease called milk thistle. So we start another medication.

 

[iamwhoiam]

Sending positive thoughts your way. Good that the beak was not as bad as you thought. Milk thistle if very beneficial for liver problems so hope that it helps and also hope that she is negative for PBFD.

 

[zoo mom]

Lots of hugs to you and your friend from the rescue.

 

[meheartbirds]

GREAT NEWS for all my baby birds shipped..they are all free of symptoms now. The necropsy helped save Tiara, because Gaga's lung tissue was so red and inflamed, that they put Tiara on Steroids which turned her around and allowed healing to take place. Of my other birds: all are normal now except Marine, but he is improving daily. Wednesday we get the results of the beak and feather disease, and I also have an appointment with the vet to check the two who were the sickest with the respiratory disease...Tiara and Marine (who should be normal by then) to see if they are totally well! Prayers are so appreciated!

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[iamwhoiam]

That is excellent news. So happy for you and the birds. Thank you for providing them with the care they needed.

 

[zoo mom]

That is good news. You worked so hard for these birdies that you all deserve good news.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

That’s excellent news!what a cute picture of them. I hope the vet appointment goes well and that they are completely disease free!

 

[meheartbirds]

PTL! PTL! PTL! Birds tested negative for beak and feather disease!!!! Tomorrow morning we go back to the vet for what I hope is a clean bill of health. They are ALL symptom free! And they are finished their meds for a few days now.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

Yay, what wonderful news!

 

[meheartbirds]

Yay, what wonderful news!

TY Tiel! I am soo happy and a looong road of meds morning and night to nine birds...DONE! ..so relieved! An incidental my rescue bird turns out to be old and has liver disease which I am giving her milk thistle for and then back to the vet with her in a month to see if it helps, and probably the other rescue budgie has it too ( I have had them the longest ) but at least it is not contagious. I got them just to make their remaining years kinder. I am so amazed at the generosity and help from the rescue person, Dee, and the amazing care of the vets and staff.

 

[Barbara2]

Just great news!!!

 

[meheartbirds]

Just great news!!!

:ballerina:

 

[meheartbirds]

That is excellent news. So happy for you and the birds. Thank you for providing them with the care they needed.

I loved caring for them and to see them now.....even the rescue lady said they look SO MUCH BETTER NOW!

 

[meheartbirds]

I will take a picture of them all tomorrow if I can get them all in one shot..ok might be two pics lol.

 

[iamwhoiam]

TY Tiel! I am soo happy and a looong road of meds morning and night to nine birds...DONE! ..so relieved! An incidental my rescue bird turns out to be old and has liver disease which I am giving her milk thistle for and then back to the vet with her in a month to see if it helps, and probably the other rescue budgie has it too ( I have had them the longest ) but at least it is not contagious. I got them just to make their remaining years kinder. I am so amazed at the generosity and help from the rescue person, Dee, and the amazing care of the vets and staff.

Hurray!!

 

[meheartbirds]

The vet is keeping the bird that was affected most severely on meds for another week as a caution but she is very happy with them and feels they are hopefully free of the disease. She just wished the necropsy had told us what caused this deadly illness.

 

[meheartbirds]

Here are pics of them today.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

They look happy and alert! Oh yeah, and adorable too!

 

[zoo mom]

So cute. I am so glad they are doing better.

 

[meheartbirds]

They are all grinding their beaks which the rescue lady and the vet tells me it is a sign of feeling happy.