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10/13/08
So my boyfriend purchased an almost 3 1/2 week old cockatiel for me for our 9 yr anniversary on Monday September 29, 2008. We got it this young because the petshop knew that I had raised and bred cockatiels since I was little with my parents and knew how to care for them. All seemed well with the baby when we brought it home. He was eating and just hanging out like normal. Then that following Thursday morning I woke up to find vomit all over the cage. I was freaking out and didn't know what to do. Out of all the years that we have bred cockatiels I have NEVER had one get sick and vomit. So I called a local avian vet and they told me to bring Squeeky in right away. I left work to take him in. They tested Squeeky's poop and the vet said that it had yeast and high levels of it. I was floored. I didn't know how this could happen. I was feeding him at the correct temps and sanitizing everything. He put my baby Squeeks on antibiotics and antifungals and told me that my baby only had a 50/50 chance of making it. This devastated me.
I had already fallen in love with this little thing. While we were at the vets office Squeeky made me feel special though because every time he would get scared by a noise or the vet would come near him he would puff hiss and back up to come into my lap so I could protect him. Well he has been on meds since the 2nd of October and I am glad to say that he is all better now and done with the medication. The meds helped and the vet said Squeeky was going to make it. That made me so happy. Now I have it down to three 10-12 CC feedings a day. The vet wants me to cut it down to 2 feedings next week. I introduced pellets, vegetables (corn, peas, carrots, lima beans), rice, seed etc to him so he could get comforable with foods. He picked up on it really fast and started pecking at everything. At times he would do the little beak thing that cockatiels do when they are tasting/eating something which is so cute. The problem is that I don't know if he fully gets the idea of having to not only peck at it but ingest it as well.
10/30/08
Here is the situation. Ever since my Squeeky got sick on Tuesday my vet told me to cut back on the amount of formula and wet pellets I offer him to help aid him to want to eat for himself in the weaning process. He said all these wet foods in his crop could be causing him to get yeast growth and that his system was changing to be able to process the harder foods. He told me to feed Squeeky between 3-5 CC of formula 2x a day with the meds he takes twice a day and that he wants Squeeky to try to eat on his own throughout the rest of the day. I noticed though that last night when I only fed Squeeky the 4-5 CC's plus meds that he was still crying/begging for food after I fed it to him.
I decided I would put him in his cage with his millet/seeds/pellets to see if he would eat to fill himself up the rest of the way and he wasn't interested in that just kept crying. I tried to let him loose to fly around and he still kept doing the whining he does for food. Hearing him do this makes me feel like a bad birdie mommy and like I am starving him. He did the same whining thing this morning after getting fed. He has gotten skinny from throwing up so I would really like to give him more food to fatten him up a little but I don't want to go against what the vet said and give him more food than he suggested I give him. I am trying to encourage Squeeks to stop begging for food and to try to eat on his own but I don't think he is fully ready yet for this. I really do think he is whining because he really NEEDS more food because he was use to getting the 10-12 CC's before. I called the breeders we purchased Squeeky from and she told me that if when he was little he was getting 10-12 CC's he should be getting much less than that in his feedings now if he was going be getting any at all. She said that his crop gets smaller as he gets older in order to be able to fly and that it would not be able to hold as much as before and that was probably what caused him to get sick and throw up.
11/4/08
So day before yesterday I noticed Squeeky acting a little off. Not wanting to fly as much, quieter than usual, fluffed up a bit, and not being enthusiastic about eating. My mom and finance noticed him acting strange as well. That night I warmed up a water bottle and had him sit on it to keep warm just in case he was not well. I checked on him a few times through the night and then in the morning when I went to go check on him I saw vomit all over the towel which he was sitting on and in the cage. I was like not his again!!!
I immediately cleaned my hands and held him. He was being overly cuddly which I knew meant he wasn't feeling well. I knew I had to rehydrate him and quick. I gave him a couple of CC's of warm unflavored child's pedialite mixed with some of the medicine I had left over from when he got sick on me a few weeks ago. He didn't really want to drink but I knew he needed it after throwing up that much. I then warmed up the water bottle and placed him on it and left the space heater on and covered him to keep him warm. When I came home for lunch to check him he seemed a little better. Only threw up a little. I again reheated the water bottle and placed him on it and had him drink a little more pedialite which he drank on his own this time.
Ever since yesterday at around 10:45 am he has not thrown up again. I had my boyfriend call Squeeky's vet to let him know what was going on and what I should do (had him call since I was at work). He said I did the right thing by warming him up and giving him the pedialite and meds so quick. The meds worked quick which was good. By the evening last night he was begging for food once again, flying around, and singing some. He also was eating millet, seeds, and pellets last night too! That was a definite sign that he was better. This morning once again no vomit thank goodness and he was pecking at his foods in the cage. I gave 3-4 CC's of formula mixed with pedialite and the meds and he ate right up. The vet told me that he probably just had a relapse from the last time and that I had to give him the the Diflucan and Cephalexin 2x a day like the last time. He is going to be on them once again for a week. Once the week of formula mixed with medications is up he wants him down to one 3-4 CC feeding at night and just let him eat and drink on his own through out the day so he can learn to eat.
Once I see that he is maintaining on his own he said to take that night feeding away. He told me that he should have been weaned by 6 weeks but I felt that that was too early especially since he had been sick. Birds that have been sick take longer to wean. That is the only reason why he still is not weaned at almost 8 weeks. I know of people that had cockatiels that didn't wean until 10-12 weeks. I am just happy that my baby is doing ok again. I have to pick up antibiotics for him on Friday or Saturday because I will have run out of the little bit of the ones I have left from last time by then. I really hope this is the last time Squeeky has this problem. I really hope he overcomes this and does not have anymore of these episodes. All I want if for my birdie to be a happy and healthy birdie that lives a long life. I love my little Squeeky so much! I can't believe he will be 8 weeks on Friday.
10/13/08
So my boyfriend purchased an almost 3 1/2 week old cockatiel for me for our 9 yr anniversary on Monday September 29, 2008. We got it this young because the petshop knew that I had raised and bred cockatiels since I was little with my parents and knew how to care for them. All seemed well with the baby when we brought it home. He was eating and just hanging out like normal. Then that following Thursday morning I woke up to find vomit all over the cage. I was freaking out and didn't know what to do. Out of all the years that we have bred cockatiels I have NEVER had one get sick and vomit. So I called a local avian vet and they told me to bring Squeeky in right away. I left work to take him in. They tested Squeeky's poop and the vet said that it had yeast and high levels of it. I was floored. I didn't know how this could happen. I was feeding him at the correct temps and sanitizing everything. He put my baby Squeeks on antibiotics and antifungals and told me that my baby only had a 50/50 chance of making it. This devastated me.
I had already fallen in love with this little thing. While we were at the vets office Squeeky made me feel special though because every time he would get scared by a noise or the vet would come near him he would puff hiss and back up to come into my lap so I could protect him. Well he has been on meds since the 2nd of October and I am glad to say that he is all better now and done with the medication. The meds helped and the vet said Squeeky was going to make it. That made me so happy. Now I have it down to three 10-12 CC feedings a day. The vet wants me to cut it down to 2 feedings next week. I introduced pellets, vegetables (corn, peas, carrots, lima beans), rice, seed etc to him so he could get comforable with foods. He picked up on it really fast and started pecking at everything. At times he would do the little beak thing that cockatiels do when they are tasting/eating something which is so cute. The problem is that I don't know if he fully gets the idea of having to not only peck at it but ingest it as well. 10/30/08
Here is the situation. Ever since my Squeeky got sick on Tuesday my vet told me to cut back on the amount of formula and wet pellets I offer him to help aid him to want to eat for himself in the weaning process. He said all these wet foods in his crop could be causing him to get yeast growth and that his system was changing to be able to process the harder foods. He told me to feed Squeeky between 3-5 CC of formula 2x a day with the meds he takes twice a day and that he wants Squeeky to try to eat on his own throughout the rest of the day. I noticed though that last night when I only fed Squeeky the 4-5 CC's plus meds that he was still crying/begging for food after I fed it to him.
I decided I would put him in his cage with his millet/seeds/pellets to see if he would eat to fill himself up the rest of the way and he wasn't interested in that just kept crying. I tried to let him loose to fly around and he still kept doing the whining he does for food. Hearing him do this makes me feel like a bad birdie mommy and like I am starving him. He did the same whining thing this morning after getting fed. He has gotten skinny from throwing up so I would really like to give him more food to fatten him up a little but I don't want to go against what the vet said and give him more food than he suggested I give him. I am trying to encourage Squeeks to stop begging for food and to try to eat on his own but I don't think he is fully ready yet for this. I really do think he is whining because he really NEEDS more food because he was use to getting the 10-12 CC's before. I called the breeders we purchased Squeeky from and she told me that if when he was little he was getting 10-12 CC's he should be getting much less than that in his feedings now if he was going be getting any at all. She said that his crop gets smaller as he gets older in order to be able to fly and that it would not be able to hold as much as before and that was probably what caused him to get sick and throw up.
11/4/08
So day before yesterday I noticed Squeeky acting a little off. Not wanting to fly as much, quieter than usual, fluffed up a bit, and not being enthusiastic about eating. My mom and finance noticed him acting strange as well. That night I warmed up a water bottle and had him sit on it to keep warm just in case he was not well. I checked on him a few times through the night and then in the morning when I went to go check on him I saw vomit all over the towel which he was sitting on and in the cage. I was like
not his again!!! I immediately cleaned my hands and held him. He was being overly cuddly which I knew meant he wasn't feeling well. I knew I had to rehydrate him and quick. I gave him a couple of CC's of warm unflavored child's pedialite mixed with some of the medicine I had left over from when he got sick on me a few weeks ago. He didn't really want to drink but I knew he needed it after throwing up that much. I then warmed up the water bottle and placed him on it and left the space heater on and covered him to keep him warm. When I came home for lunch to check him he seemed a little better. Only threw up a little. I again reheated the water bottle and placed him on it and had him drink a little more pedialite which he drank on his own this time.
Ever since yesterday at around 10:45 am he has not thrown up again. I had my boyfriend call Squeeky's vet to let him know what was going on and what I should do (had him call since I was at work). He said I did the right thing by warming him up and giving him the pedialite and meds so quick. The meds worked quick which was good. By the evening last night he was begging for food once again, flying around, and singing some. He also was eating millet, seeds, and pellets last night too! That was a definite sign that he was better. This morning once again no vomit thank goodness and he was pecking at his foods in the cage. I gave 3-4 CC's of formula mixed with pedialite and the meds and he ate right up. The vet told me that he probably just had a relapse from the last time and that I had to give him the the Diflucan and Cephalexin 2x a day like the last time. He is going to be on them once again for a week. Once the week of formula mixed with medications is up he wants him down to one 3-4 CC feeding at night and just let him eat and drink on his own through out the day so he can learn to eat.
Once I see that he is maintaining on his own he said to take that night feeding away. He told me that he should have been weaned by 6 weeks but I felt that that was too early especially since he had been sick. Birds that have been sick take longer to wean. That is the only reason why he still is not weaned at almost 8 weeks. I know of people that had cockatiels that didn't wean until 10-12 weeks. I am just happy that my baby is doing ok again. I have to pick up antibiotics for him on Friday or Saturday because I will have run out of the little bit of the ones I have left from last time by then. I really hope this is the last time Squeeky has this problem. I really hope he overcomes this and does not have anymore of these episodes. All I want if for my birdie to be a happy and healthy birdie that lives a long life. I love my little Squeeky so much! I can't believe he will be 8 weeks on Friday.
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