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I took my 30ish-year-old wild caught Timneh Grey to the vet a few weeks ago. He had never been a plucker at all. He hates to be handled, but I figured a vet visit was necessary. Everything checked out okay at the vet, but once he came back he started to pluck. He pulled his entire tail off, and he is now bare on his chest and back. I think it was just the stress of going to the vet. And since i was the one who took him, he doesn't trust me any more.
The plucking seems to have subsided, but is still found "too much" down at the bottom of his cage this morning. The vet wants to see him again, of course, but if going for the car ride is the problem, then I'm afraid that will just make it worse. He is seen at Angell in Boston, but because traffic is always terrible, it is 45-60 minutes in the car each way.
I took a fecal sample in for a bornovirus test, just in case, and I was given gabapentin for him, but I haven't started it yet. I started him on avicalm and i have increased spray baths to every other day.
His skin does look "too red" on his butt where he has plucked, but I've never seen a plucked Timneh, so I'm not sure.
I'm torn between taking him to be checked out again, or letting him be and seeing how he does. There is the possibility of getting a vet house call, but it will be a different vet, and that would be stressful, too. And if he ends up needing radio graphs to rule out PDD, he will have to be taken in, anyhow.
The plucking seems to have subsided, but is still found "too much" down at the bottom of his cage this morning. The vet wants to see him again, of course, but if going for the car ride is the problem, then I'm afraid that will just make it worse. He is seen at Angell in Boston, but because traffic is always terrible, it is 45-60 minutes in the car each way.
I took a fecal sample in for a bornovirus test, just in case, and I was given gabapentin for him, but I haven't started it yet. I started him on avicalm and i have increased spray baths to every other day.
His skin does look "too red" on his butt where he has plucked, but I've never seen a plucked Timneh, so I'm not sure.
I'm torn between taking him to be checked out again, or letting him be and seeing how he does. There is the possibility of getting a vet house call, but it will be a different vet, and that would be stressful, too. And if he ends up needing radio graphs to rule out PDD, he will have to be taken in, anyhow.