Thank you Deanna. I was a little unhinged last night. Sorry for all the questions. I am just frustrated, as you said. It's been 6 weeks now of this every day med ritual and I was just hoping I'd see more improvement by now. His neck is definitely bald though and it didn't used to look like that when wet. When he's dry it looks a little raggedy too. My poor little guyI’m sorry that I can’t really help you with the medical stuff, but could the neck baldness you’re seeing just be because he’s wet? I’m sure someone will come along who has so answers to your questions. How frustrating this all must be. Hang in there!
Thank youI hope Blu will be okay!
Thank you! I sent an email with the pictures this morning. It's so hard to remember to mention everything during appts because we are still doing the parking lot pickup thing here and I don't get much of a chance to speak to Dr.
Thank you! Yes, he definitely scratches his ear. I'm not sure if he scratches his neck. I will have to pay more attention to that. Hopefully the vet gets a chance to see my pics soon. I know they are so overwhelmed
Thank you so much, and thanks for sharing that! I'm glad you were able to get Peppy all healed up.Awe poor Blue. I am sorry it is difficult to pin down time with the vet and get what you need sorted.
When Peppy went to the vet after the New Year, I too had to wait in the car and correspond between the vet tech and a phone call. When I got the form after the appointment the entire history I explained to them had errors, like where Peppy came from or how old he was.. basically all the details were slightly off.
Peppy had a fungal infection and he shredded all of his feathers out from it. Poor little guy. He was an antifungal straightaway and didn't get any antibiotics. The antifungal medications are longer term term, and they aren't easy to administer for a zebra finch. So we added them to the water. And that in its self was a process because you need to dissolve the medication, but the medication is very sensitive to heat and will not be effective if too warm. We worked out a process, but it was probably the most complex treatment I personally had to give to a bird.
Infections are the worst.
I hope poor little Blu gets it all sorted soon.
Oh, ok, thank you for letting me know that! That fecal was taken on our first visit (5/18) so yes, it's current. She did not do another fecal on our 2nd visit, 4 weeks later. The paperwork said nothing about yeast but I could've swore I remember her saying on the phone that there was a little yeast in the ear. But now I'm second guessing myself. I think she said that.
Thank you so much! Yes, I agree. A little annoying but hopefully we'll finally be done with all of this soonYes, on that syringe you are going to the 10. Would have been so much easier to add it to the antibiotic.
Thank you so much! Me too!
Blu must know you’re just trying to help. 
