Hi fellow bird lovers, I need you’re advise
I recently (end of januari) bought two parrotlets and after a few weeks one of them died from an infection while in the care of an avian vet. He was diagnosed with agy and a bacterial infection. I bought another parrotlet to keep the remaining one company but a few weeks later they were both diagnosed with agy and a bacterial infection. This time I treated them at home, which was a nightmare because it was increasingly difficult to catch them and forcefeed them their meds (Fungizone and antibiotics). Their stool was clean after that treatment. Last week their droppings were increasingly watery so today I brought them to the vet again for examination and maybe treatment again (I have not heard the verdict yet). This morning I was reading about agy some more and learned that it is very hard to treat agy and you give the meds for a long time. The meds are also hard to deal with by their tiny body’s. My vet advised me the first time to give them apple cider vinegar in their drinking water (drinking water and bath water is the same for my birds,I clean it twice a day), 1 ml in 100ml water. I did that a few day’s but then stopped due to conflicting advise on the internet, it made me insecure.
give it, don’t give it, it’s good, it’s toxic, give it every day, give it once a week, give it when the bird is sick, give it to healthy birds to keep them from getting sick, different doses, they can bath in it, they should never bath in it, parrot’s don’t need it, all birds benefit from acv.....
I have a good avian vet, this (other) person is the only good avian vet in the country (the Netherlands).....
treat the infection with meds, just monitor their health and weight and only treat with meds when their health deteriorates.....
feed them pellets, pellets are bad for kidney’s and liver, all seed diet is fine, they need lots of veggies and not much seeds (I gave them chop and they loved it).....
I know that I need to make up my mind, what do I want to believe, and stick with that.
I rather not give the meds again as it is very stressful for them. They were not very comfortable with hands when I treated them last time and I haven’t regained their trust yet since then.
ps, I’m an ICU nurce so scientific articles on the subject will be apreciated.
also, it does not help me to get lots of different opinions on this subject with no scientific basis as it wil probably make me even more confused (Sorry to be so blunt)
I recently (end of januari) bought two parrotlets and after a few weeks one of them died from an infection while in the care of an avian vet. He was diagnosed with agy and a bacterial infection. I bought another parrotlet to keep the remaining one company but a few weeks later they were both diagnosed with agy and a bacterial infection. This time I treated them at home, which was a nightmare because it was increasingly difficult to catch them and forcefeed them their meds (Fungizone and antibiotics). Their stool was clean after that treatment. Last week their droppings were increasingly watery so today I brought them to the vet again for examination and maybe treatment again (I have not heard the verdict yet). This morning I was reading about agy some more and learned that it is very hard to treat agy and you give the meds for a long time. The meds are also hard to deal with by their tiny body’s. My vet advised me the first time to give them apple cider vinegar in their drinking water (drinking water and bath water is the same for my birds,I clean it twice a day), 1 ml in 100ml water. I did that a few day’s but then stopped due to conflicting advise on the internet, it made me insecure.
give it, don’t give it, it’s good, it’s toxic, give it every day, give it once a week, give it when the bird is sick, give it to healthy birds to keep them from getting sick, different doses, they can bath in it, they should never bath in it, parrot’s don’t need it, all birds benefit from acv.....
I have a good avian vet, this (other) person is the only good avian vet in the country (the Netherlands).....
treat the infection with meds, just monitor their health and weight and only treat with meds when their health deteriorates.....
feed them pellets, pellets are bad for kidney’s and liver, all seed diet is fine, they need lots of veggies and not much seeds (I gave them chop and they loved it).....
I know that I need to make up my mind, what do I want to believe, and stick with that.
I rather not give the meds again as it is very stressful for them. They were not very comfortable with hands when I treated them last time and I haven’t regained their trust yet since then.
ps, I’m an ICU nurce so scientific articles on the subject will be apreciated.
also, it does not help me to get lots of different opinions on this subject with no scientific basis as it wil probably make me even more confused (Sorry to be so blunt)