ktemkin
Strolling the yard
Last Thursday, my fiancée and my molting 'tiel suffered a night fright, and banged herself up a bit. We were lucky in that there was almost no blood loss; the blood feathers that bent clotted immediately, and were subsequently removed.
The next night, she started exhibiting signs of illness- she was intermittently fluffed and suffered on-and-off diarrhea. Worried, we took her to an avian vet, who gave her a one-over and came to the conclusion that she was stressed.
The vet surmised that she was having some difficulty dividing her energy between the molt, healing after the night fright, and maintaining her body temperature. We were instructed to increase the ambient heat and humidify of her cage so she could better devote her energy to healing and growing.
It's now Monday, and though she no longer appears fluffed, she still shakes intermittently and suffers diarrhea.
Do you guys really think this is caused by stress, or should I take our 'tiel back to the vet?
The next night, she started exhibiting signs of illness- she was intermittently fluffed and suffered on-and-off diarrhea. Worried, we took her to an avian vet, who gave her a one-over and came to the conclusion that she was stressed.
The vet surmised that she was having some difficulty dividing her energy between the molt, healing after the night fright, and maintaining her body temperature. We were instructed to increase the ambient heat and humidify of her cage so she could better devote her energy to healing and growing.
It's now Monday, and though she no longer appears fluffed, she still shakes intermittently and suffers diarrhea.
Do you guys really think this is caused by stress, or should I take our 'tiel back to the vet?