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Sprinting down the street
For those of you who aren't aware, I am a college student. I have classes Monday through Friday. However, someone is ALWAYS home with Zazu and she has some type of interaction through the day.
I left this morning to a normal, fully feathered bird. She remained that way through the day, my mom reported she ate her lunch as usual and was fine. She went outside with my siblings (they're on break) after lunch around 1:00, I returned home around 3:45. I walked in the house to find feathers on the floor which I found odd. I called Zazu over and I came home to a half naked bird. Yes, she plucked her feathers out within 3 hours.
I noticed lots of preening days leading up to this so I thought MAYBE she's going through a crazy molt. I consulted google, Reddit and AA... all pointed to no this isn't a typical molt. Thanks guys! I gave her avian vet a call directly after this. I was speaking to the dumb receptionist who refused to help or squeeze me in this evening because she said they closed in 45 minutes KNOWING they're an animal hospital who take emergencies!!!!! She also said, something sounds wrong! I will be having a talk with the vet at our follow up, ridiculous depending on his response to that, we may be changing vets.
After getting the run around with different practices along with different hospitals, I finally found one who said yes, bring her in asap after hearing what was going on. I arrived and the doctor who unfortunately was not an avian vet, was very thourough. She noticed her poop looked a bit dry, but her appearance and body didn't show she was dehydrated. She did a head to toe exam but didn't find anything very alarming other than some sensitivity where she was plucking. She did a skin tape test and looked under the microscope for infection or parasites (our fingers were crossed for parasites) sadly, nothing.
She was asking about her daily routine, environmental changes.. nothing. Nothing that she hasn't been exposed to before. Ultimately, she didn't have an answer as to why this was happening.
So, she is treating her symptoms. Zazu was given fluids into both of her legs. An anti-inflammatory/sedative which she has two more doses of. Shots of vitamins AE&D. As well as a topical cream. We were told to subtlety try changing her position in a room, toys and we were given a different food samples. We are going to follow up with our regular vet in about 5 days unless she becomes worse.
There is some relief that she is okay but, I'm not exactly prepared to deal with a plucker. Any advise?
I left this morning to a normal, fully feathered bird. She remained that way through the day, my mom reported she ate her lunch as usual and was fine. She went outside with my siblings (they're on break) after lunch around 1:00, I returned home around 3:45. I walked in the house to find feathers on the floor which I found odd. I called Zazu over and I came home to a half naked bird. Yes, she plucked her feathers out within 3 hours.
I noticed lots of preening days leading up to this so I thought MAYBE she's going through a crazy molt. I consulted google, Reddit and AA... all pointed to no this isn't a typical molt. Thanks guys! I gave her avian vet a call directly after this. I was speaking to the dumb receptionist who refused to help or squeeze me in this evening because she said they closed in 45 minutes KNOWING they're an animal hospital who take emergencies!!!!! She also said, something sounds wrong! I will be having a talk with the vet at our follow up, ridiculous depending on his response to that, we may be changing vets.
After getting the run around with different practices along with different hospitals, I finally found one who said yes, bring her in asap after hearing what was going on. I arrived and the doctor who unfortunately was not an avian vet, was very thourough. She noticed her poop looked a bit dry, but her appearance and body didn't show she was dehydrated. She did a head to toe exam but didn't find anything very alarming other than some sensitivity where she was plucking. She did a skin tape test and looked under the microscope for infection or parasites (our fingers were crossed for parasites) sadly, nothing.
She was asking about her daily routine, environmental changes.. nothing. Nothing that she hasn't been exposed to before. Ultimately, she didn't have an answer as to why this was happening.
So, she is treating her symptoms. Zazu was given fluids into both of her legs. An anti-inflammatory/sedative which she has two more doses of. Shots of vitamins AE&D. As well as a topical cream. We were told to subtlety try changing her position in a room, toys and we were given a different food samples. We are going to follow up with our regular vet in about 5 days unless she becomes worse.
There is some relief that she is okay but, I'm not exactly prepared to deal with a plucker. Any advise?
