We noticed that our Peanut's abdomen seemed enlarged or like there was a mass a few weeks ago. Off to the vet we went. After bloodwork and barium contrast xrays and a lot of group effort research by the 2 avian vets and their staff we have at Gulf Coast here in Houston, they have no idea what's going on. The working diagnosis is dystrophic calcification. His blood calcium is not high so they're not as concerned about metastatic calcification. His liver values were very, very high so they are looking at that... but so far nothing is explaining the mineralization and inflammation that is widespread. They were shocked that he is not acting ill and that he looks very good from the outside. They're also surprised he isn't struggling to breathe because his air sac space is diminished by all the swelling.
There are 2 masses they are concerned about as well. This mama is STRESSING OUT. We are doing a 4-week course of antibiotics, milk thistle and vitamin k12 and will then repeat xrays and see if there are any changes. Dr. Chen wants to scope him and get biopsies of the masses. That is very expensive and of course comes with several risks (sedation is always risky but she's also concerned about bleeding) so we are really hoping the meds at least have some affect.
We just went through several months worth of mystery illness with one of our dogs and in the end she got very sick and we had to let her go. Now facing another mystery is tough to handle.
Attaching Peanut's xrays in case y'all are interested or if anyone has seen something like this before!
There are 2 masses they are concerned about as well. This mama is STRESSING OUT. We are doing a 4-week course of antibiotics, milk thistle and vitamin k12 and will then repeat xrays and see if there are any changes. Dr. Chen wants to scope him and get biopsies of the masses. That is very expensive and of course comes with several risks (sedation is always risky but she's also concerned about bleeding) so we are really hoping the meds at least have some affect.
We just went through several months worth of mystery illness with one of our dogs and in the end she got very sick and we had to let her go. Now facing another mystery is tough to handle.
Attaching Peanut's xrays in case y'all are interested or if anyone has seen something like this before!