Somehome my little echo sustained a micro injury to his right wing on his elbow. I think he fell off his boing rope being the rough nut that he is.
So many visits to vet and nothing is resolving it. All tests have come back to a chronic inflammatory injury filled with synovial fluid. Starting to worry me that the inflammation has been there that long it will become arthritic once swelling gone. We have had it drained twice and strapped (this last one was a disaster as he stopped eating drinking and pooing). AV wanted me to leave him there but i refused. Thankfully i didnt as clearly he was way to stressed with it all and the strapping had to come off. It was the most stressful thingto watch. He was only settled on my shoulder but not enough to eat or drink.
The interesting part is that hes flying is the same. He can land and perform all manovers without any issues so the AV says its not broken. Ive had to take matters in my own hands as nothing was working at 3 weeks later. I have decided to restrict all flying and flapping while giving anti inflammatories a good chance to kick in.
Hes been such a trooper. Hes in a tiny cage that wont allow wings to open and flap but can stretch each one by itself. Its been a week and its gone down by half. Fingers crossed another week and its goes down further. If it doesnt i dont know what else to do and the AV has no more ideas on how to resolve this.
Im just so amazed with echos whole attitude. Hes never been this restricted and ges coping so well. There's been no screaming or protesting. He comes for cuddles mornings and nights. Still has his regular showers and rest of time i wheel his little cage around the house with me or try give him a different view. I rotate his foot toys daily. Im now adding tumeric to his diet and looking at other natural anti-inflammatory foods to add. Just dont know what else to do.
Does anyone know how long a fracture takes to heal in parrots?
Or has anyones eckie developed something similar?
Any ideas or thoughts would be very appreciated.
We are going away at end of September so hoping its better by then as the little bugger is coming with us. He loves being in his harness and the community and really dont want him stuck in a cage the whole time. We do have a pak o bird that we are using atm so he can can have sone outings still but its just nit the same.
So many visits to vet and nothing is resolving it. All tests have come back to a chronic inflammatory injury filled with synovial fluid. Starting to worry me that the inflammation has been there that long it will become arthritic once swelling gone. We have had it drained twice and strapped (this last one was a disaster as he stopped eating drinking and pooing). AV wanted me to leave him there but i refused. Thankfully i didnt as clearly he was way to stressed with it all and the strapping had to come off. It was the most stressful thingto watch. He was only settled on my shoulder but not enough to eat or drink.
The interesting part is that hes flying is the same. He can land and perform all manovers without any issues so the AV says its not broken. Ive had to take matters in my own hands as nothing was working at 3 weeks later. I have decided to restrict all flying and flapping while giving anti inflammatories a good chance to kick in.
Hes been such a trooper. Hes in a tiny cage that wont allow wings to open and flap but can stretch each one by itself. Its been a week and its gone down by half. Fingers crossed another week and its goes down further. If it doesnt i dont know what else to do and the AV has no more ideas on how to resolve this.
Im just so amazed with echos whole attitude. Hes never been this restricted and ges coping so well. There's been no screaming or protesting. He comes for cuddles mornings and nights. Still has his regular showers and rest of time i wheel his little cage around the house with me or try give him a different view. I rotate his foot toys daily. Im now adding tumeric to his diet and looking at other natural anti-inflammatory foods to add. Just dont know what else to do.
Does anyone know how long a fracture takes to heal in parrots?
Or has anyones eckie developed something similar?
Any ideas or thoughts would be very appreciated.
We are going away at end of September so hoping its better by then as the little bugger is coming with us. He loves being in his harness and the community and really dont want him stuck in a cage the whole time. We do have a pak o bird that we are using atm so he can can have sone outings still but its just nit the same.
