Monica
Cruising the avenue
Avenue Veteran
Celebirdy of the Month
Mayor of the Avenue
Avenue Spotlight Award
The big "C" word... one I'm not fond of and has greatly hurt me, especially this year... I've lost two pets to it this year alone, in fact, I lost them in the same month. I have another that *might* have it as well, or it could be something else entirely... we aren't sure... none of his tests came back conclusive... and I don't know if he'll survive the week.
I had a bourke hen that went through laser surgery to remove a large pass from her foot. She was about 14 years old at the time, give or take, when we did the surgery. We had already done a biopsy of the mass, and it can back "clean". I asked the vet to amputate her foot, but since the biopsy was "clean", my vet didn't feel it was necessary and instead performed laser surgery to remove the mass. This was her prior to surgery. (click to enlarge)
This was the night she came home. I honestly didn't feel like she would make it! She was extremely weak and worn out.
The next photo, you can see the bandage she had on her foot. A little awkward and clumsy, but she managed.
I had the mass sent off for testing, despite my vet feeling it wasn't necessary. Of course, that time, it came back cancerous. It also grew back, although not to the extent that it had originally grown to.
She lived for about another 5 years before I had to put her down due to other health issues... which so happened to be 1 year and 1 day ago today...
My best advice? If it is in fact cancer, possibly the best thing you can do is to stop feeding pellets. Stop feeding Nutriberries. Stop feeding anything with preservatives and dyes in it.
Instead, rely more heavily on a sprouted and vegetable based diet, for cancer likes sugar. (saying this as my own birds are currently eating Harrison's as a part of their diet... but trying to get them to rely more on sprouts and veggies)
I had a bourke hen that went through laser surgery to remove a large pass from her foot. She was about 14 years old at the time, give or take, when we did the surgery. We had already done a biopsy of the mass, and it can back "clean". I asked the vet to amputate her foot, but since the biopsy was "clean", my vet didn't feel it was necessary and instead performed laser surgery to remove the mass. This was her prior to surgery. (click to enlarge)
This was the night she came home. I honestly didn't feel like she would make it! She was extremely weak and worn out.
The next photo, you can see the bandage she had on her foot. A little awkward and clumsy, but she managed.
I had the mass sent off for testing, despite my vet feeling it wasn't necessary. Of course, that time, it came back cancerous. It also grew back, although not to the extent that it had originally grown to.
She lived for about another 5 years before I had to put her down due to other health issues... which so happened to be 1 year and 1 day ago today...
My best advice? If it is in fact cancer, possibly the best thing you can do is to stop feeding pellets. Stop feeding Nutriberries. Stop feeding anything with preservatives and dyes in it.
Instead, rely more heavily on a sprouted and vegetable based diet, for cancer likes sugar. (saying this as my own birds are currently eating Harrison's as a part of their diet... but trying to get them to rely more on sprouts and veggies)