Cockatiel with swollen Belly

[srtiels]

The posters wife, Lyn is a very experienced and competent person in treating sick birds. If she can find a vet that will at least listen to her and suply all the meds and supplies she needs to treat the bird can have a 75-100% of survival. if not, then survival drops to 5-10% with just broad spectrum antibiotics.

 

[Cruxon]

I would suggest listening to Susanne and following the instructions! Maybe you could go to another vet who will do what Susanne said? Maybe Susanna can talk to your vet? Take care! This must be really stressful for you! So many opinions and only one way to save the bird! Keep us updated!

 

[KimKimWilliamson]

Thank you guy! Yet again.

As soon as Lyn is up and around I will see what we can do.

This poor little one should be in one of the best place's that will help her.
Just we were not to sure what we were dealing with.
Lyn will have antibiotics ( both oral and inject) and may feel she can drain abomin.
I am guessing she will phone AV at his home to talk over what she needs to do.

After hour vet next to usless in this situation. They do not deal with birds very much and would normaly just send them to us, to sort. I did take a swan to them to have a cath put in it's leg, so we could treat it, just last week. They were asking me if they were doing it right! If Lyn use's them, she has to tell them what to do.

Will up date this thread later today.

The Emergency Hospital I work for rarely see's exotics, but luckily when a bird or snake does show up, we are pretty good at caring for them until the Avian Vet opens during business hours.
But its true, all we will really do is stabilize an animal until the specialist can see them.
.....Catheters, Sub-Q Fluids, Antibiotic injections, wound suturing, etc.

 

[clawnz]

A quick update!
Tiel was still alive last night. Vet adamant he is right and Susan is so very wrong.

Nothing will be done and I cannot change that. All I can say there has been a few off thread things said, that I do not want posted here.
I just hope he is correct and we are all wrong. It is a shame that the Tiel may have to die before we find out who is right.
There will be an autopsy, but it will be performed by same vet!

 

[srtiels]

Sigh....the poor bird. The ovary (actually the follicles) will also have apparent infection which has to be treated.

Can you post some more pix's front and side. I just do not see a hernia, and the skintone color is from yolk in the fluid in the abdomen.

The pix below is a collage I was working on. Their from past necropsys. In the top row is normal follicles of the Ovary but the hen died from egg-binding, and the other 2 are from hens that lad abnormal follicles and have apparent infection, and they also had peritonitis. The lower pix shows tissue that was touched with the tip of a needle while drawing out fluid to drain the abdomen, and shows mass infection.(my vet did that) This is why it is important to know whaere to draw fluid but to use the right antibiotics, such as pipercillin. Baytril does not really treat these type of infections in the follicles and internal injuries from drawing fliuds from the abdominal cavity.

 

[Birdbabe]

Im so saddened by this...

 

[Cruxon]

Susanne can you please link the pics or can an admin do it? Bit too graphic for everyones taste... sorry!

Hope the tiel makes it through and miraculously survives on the broad-spectrum antibiotics!

 

[clawnz]

Susanne can you please link the pics or can an admin do it? Bit too graphic for everyones taste... sorry!

Hope the tiel makes it through and miraculously survives on the broad-spectrum antibiotics!

What pics are offending you? This I find very strange. "Hello" this is a real world.
We have a Tiel that may well die and Sertiels is doing her best to help.
I am trying to pushing the vet to follow this thread and he will not open a link to view a picture. It has taken long enough to get him to even try to look at what has been said. Even then he is just like a lot of others who do not actualy bother to read the complete thread. Those are the ones who get it wrong. I don't who said it was on road-spectrum antibiotics.

The Tiel is still alive, seems to be alright. But not on any meds. All they have done is rubbished Sertiels opinion and put it on Harrisons in the hope it looses weight. Then what I am not sure!

I will be back as soon as there is any change.

 

[Red Jasper]

Nothing needs to be linked or edited out here. These photos are educational and informative. Thank you for posting these REAL LIFE photos.

 

[Cruxon]

Sorry if I hurt anyones feelings... Hope the tiel survives!

 

[Renae]

I hope the Cockatiel makes it. This is too frustrating to say anymore.

 

[KimKimWilliamson]

Im sure this has been covered in another area of thread Ive yet to see, but is there anyway another vet can be seen, for a second opinion?
Might make you rest easier...

Fingers crossed for the poor dear!