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If I take her to the vet they will legally have to put her to sleep. She is a feral and it is illegal to provide ferals with medical attention or to rehabilitate them.
That is good! Continued positive thoughts for a full recovery.Oh, and she weighs 291g tonight. This morning she weighed 274g.
I am sure others will come on and give you help also...I highlited the one I would do at this pointI found out that Vetafarm can test droppings for me at a fee. I just have to send them a sample and they'll get back to me with the results. So that means they won't know I'm having a non-native pigeon's droppings tested.
However, I don't know what to test for (if anything). Here is a "copy" of the pricelist they gave me:
Veta-health Check - $30.20
Psittacosis Test - $21.80
Fecal Test for Worms/Coccidiosis - $12.10
Fecal Gram Stain for Megabacteria/Yeast/Bacteria - $18.10
Veta-health Check covers the following:
- Test involves a gram stain and worm test
Gram Stain covers the following:
- Fecal smear and examination
- Megabacteria test
- Yeast/Fungi (cannot identify specific organisms)
- Bacteria (cannot identify specific organisms - e.g. Salmonella)
Fecal Test for worms/coccidiosis covers the following:
- Worm test (can identify the worm type)
- Fecal floatation
- Coccidiosis test
Psittacosis Test covers the following:
- Psittacosis/Chlamydia test (Clearview)
Would any of these help Wonka?
you would have to check the lower abdomen, as the it is the peritoneum that becomes infected and swells with fluid (ascites). Actually the fuild would be in between the visceral peritoneum and the peritoneum. The sternum as well as the muscles attached to the sternum that allow for flight would block any visual inspection as the peritoneum lines the organs which are obviously behind the breast bone, so you would want to look at the lower abdomen, where the breast bone ends. this swelling puts pressure on the organs. If left untreated, the infection will go systemic and a secondary infection will cause death. It is actually very hard to treat. The symptoms would be lethargy, diarrhea, the inability to gain weight, and the swelling described above.
Pigeons, will lay an egg 10 days after mating with a male, so the "egg" timing would be right, but not the formation. And if left in longer enough to develop......i don't see how that would be possible either, since the egg also gets it's oxygen from the outside world. Without oxygen, how would the egg be able to synthesize nutrients and grow? Form a blood supply to grow tissue? Blood takes oxygen and nutrients to cells, and takes up CO2, this gas exchange happens through the shell membrane.via the empty space that develops at the end of an egg. The tissue it self would suffocate. If it could even form tissue without oxygen? I wouldn't be thinking egg, I would be thinking possibly an encapsulated tumur. But anything is possible!
Anyway.....if she is feeling better, I would kept doing what you are doing, if you can get antibiotics, great! If not, supportive care. Pigeons are tough birds, if she is feeling better, hopefully she will continue to get better.