Shadark
Sitting on the front steps
- Joined
- 9/11/21
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- Real Name
- Sergio Baamonde
Hello everyone, first of all, english is not my first language so sorry for any mistakes. We're living in Spain, so please bear that in mind when suggesting courses of action. Appreciated!
Our little Frodo has been with us for a few weeks, he's almost 4 months old, we got him from an apparently reputable registered local shop/breeder because a few months ago we got a baby cockatiel from another shop (10 days old) and he ended up flying towards the rainbow bridge a few months later, avian vet suggested PDD but we declined to do a necropsy. Obviously, after this event, we thoroughly cleaned all the rooms, perches, cages, etc.
Frodo was a chonky bird when we got him but he went from 100g to 90g yesterday, it was a very slow decline and we issued that concern with the avian vet a few days after getting him (since he had already lost a little bit of weight) but she said he looked fine, just prescripted us some antifungical for possible Coccidia.
However, we found him today in his cage looking like he had wet his head, strange because he doesn't have a water bowl when he goes to sleep. Also he looked a bit tired and weird. Fortunately, we have a nanny cam with him and we could check the recordings, I'm linking to the youtube videos in order:
We initially thought it could've been blood because it looked dark but that was probably the night vision mode of the cam, we couldn't find any bloody liquids on the newspapers sheets on the bottom of the cage, only some stains with a bit of a brown-y tint.
Preoccupied, we called our avian vet (they have an emergency line) and she prescribed some medications: an antifungical (Mycostatin, for Candida I think), an antiemetic (Primperan, active principle metoclopramide) and suggested an antibiotic (Septrin, contains Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole). We tried to gave him but he's not used to syringes and caused quite a ruckus and I think he ended up even more tired.
Our previous cockatiel had to go through a stage where he was very weak and tired and we wanted to avoid that, so we called the vet again after a few hours. Since we told her he wasn't eating or drinking and he seemed fluffed up/tired/perched, she suggested that we try to feed him some fresh fruits and, if he's not eating them, saline solution with a bit of sugar, just some mililiters. We tried to feed him this with a syringe but he ended up drinking on his own a few sips.
Since then, he's been alternating between "tired mode" where he just sleeps perched, a bit less fluffed than before, and his almost normal self where he tries to get out of the cage, walks all over my keyboard and tries to nibble everything (except his pellets). His stools apparently are fine but he's regurgitated 2 times since the morning. Hopefully he hasn't regurgitated his meds but we're still worried that he could be missing some nutrition or hydration. He's also sometimes tapping his beak all over some surfaces, just for some seconds, but we think it's a bit out of the typical for him.
We're gonna call again the vet now and see what she can tell us. With our previous cockatiel he ended up getting hospitalized but he died the next day, so we want to avoid postponing health treatment as far as we're able to, so we've mentioned earlier that if possible and necessary we would like to get Frodo hospitalized in case it's the best option for him.
Will try to get you updated and hopefully some of you can shed some light about the possible causes of all of this. The only thread that seemed fairly similar to what's happening is this one: Vomiting clear liquid and a sticky head (sad update #43) but obviously we want to fight to avoid getting a similar end to that thread
Thanks to all, and for all the work and advice you give, best wishes
Our little Frodo has been with us for a few weeks, he's almost 4 months old, we got him from an apparently reputable registered local shop/breeder because a few months ago we got a baby cockatiel from another shop (10 days old) and he ended up flying towards the rainbow bridge a few months later, avian vet suggested PDD but we declined to do a necropsy. Obviously, after this event, we thoroughly cleaned all the rooms, perches, cages, etc.
Frodo was a chonky bird when we got him but he went from 100g to 90g yesterday, it was a very slow decline and we issued that concern with the avian vet a few days after getting him (since he had already lost a little bit of weight) but she said he looked fine, just prescripted us some antifungical for possible Coccidia.
However, we found him today in his cage looking like he had wet his head, strange because he doesn't have a water bowl when he goes to sleep. Also he looked a bit tired and weird. Fortunately, we have a nanny cam with him and we could check the recordings, I'm linking to the youtube videos in order:
We initially thought it could've been blood because it looked dark but that was probably the night vision mode of the cam, we couldn't find any bloody liquids on the newspapers sheets on the bottom of the cage, only some stains with a bit of a brown-y tint.
Preoccupied, we called our avian vet (they have an emergency line) and she prescribed some medications: an antifungical (Mycostatin, for Candida I think), an antiemetic (Primperan, active principle metoclopramide) and suggested an antibiotic (Septrin, contains Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole). We tried to gave him but he's not used to syringes and caused quite a ruckus and I think he ended up even more tired.
Our previous cockatiel had to go through a stage where he was very weak and tired and we wanted to avoid that, so we called the vet again after a few hours. Since we told her he wasn't eating or drinking and he seemed fluffed up/tired/perched, she suggested that we try to feed him some fresh fruits and, if he's not eating them, saline solution with a bit of sugar, just some mililiters. We tried to feed him this with a syringe but he ended up drinking on his own a few sips.
Since then, he's been alternating between "tired mode" where he just sleeps perched, a bit less fluffed than before, and his almost normal self where he tries to get out of the cage, walks all over my keyboard and tries to nibble everything (except his pellets). His stools apparently are fine but he's regurgitated 2 times since the morning. Hopefully he hasn't regurgitated his meds but we're still worried that he could be missing some nutrition or hydration. He's also sometimes tapping his beak all over some surfaces, just for some seconds, but we think it's a bit out of the typical for him.
We're gonna call again the vet now and see what she can tell us. With our previous cockatiel he ended up getting hospitalized but he died the next day, so we want to avoid postponing health treatment as far as we're able to, so we've mentioned earlier that if possible and necessary we would like to get Frodo hospitalized in case it's the best option for him.
Will try to get you updated and hopefully some of you can shed some light about the possible causes of all of this. The only thread that seemed fairly similar to what's happening is this one: Vomiting clear liquid and a sticky head (sad update #43) but obviously we want to fight to avoid getting a similar end to that thread
Thanks to all, and for all the work and advice you give, best wishes