Hello,
My tiel, Bean (4 years old approx), is unwell. Yesterday (Saturday) he began showing signs of something being wrong. He was much more tired than he usually is and was listless. By the end of the day he was much worse. We were able to purchase Harrisons recovery formula and managed to get some down, but by the evening we were unsure whether he would survive the night. No vets open until Monday, I should add. Otherwise we would have gone immediately.
Today he has hardly eaten (have been attempting to feed him recovery formula but it hasn't gone well at all), has hardly drunk, has no energy and I am extremely worried. His poops are very liquidy and have become almost only urine (almost only white). He keeps trying to preen, around his vent in particular. I will be at the vets as soon as it opens tomorrow (have already phoned my employer and got the day off) but I need to keep him alive until then. Any tips to get him to eat?
We had weighed him a couple of weeks ago (as we do with all our birds, try to establish what is their normal weight) and he was 87 grams. Yesterday he had dropped to 73 grams and earlier today to 69 grams. He spends all of his time at the bottom of his cage (put him in a quarantine sick cage, keeping it warm) or snuggling with me, he doesn't have the energy to stay on a perch. Help!
My tiel, Bean (4 years old approx), is unwell. Yesterday (Saturday) he began showing signs of something being wrong. He was much more tired than he usually is and was listless. By the end of the day he was much worse. We were able to purchase Harrisons recovery formula and managed to get some down, but by the evening we were unsure whether he would survive the night. No vets open until Monday, I should add. Otherwise we would have gone immediately.
Today he has hardly eaten (have been attempting to feed him recovery formula but it hasn't gone well at all), has hardly drunk, has no energy and I am extremely worried. His poops are very liquidy and have become almost only urine (almost only white). He keeps trying to preen, around his vent in particular. I will be at the vets as soon as it opens tomorrow (have already phoned my employer and got the day off) but I need to keep him alive until then. Any tips to get him to eat?
We had weighed him a couple of weeks ago (as we do with all our birds, try to establish what is their normal weight) and he was 87 grams. Yesterday he had dropped to 73 grams and earlier today to 69 grams. He spends all of his time at the bottom of his cage (put him in a quarantine sick cage, keeping it warm) or snuggling with me, he doesn't have the energy to stay on a perch. Help!
