Deformed beak? (Sad update post #20)

[Shezbug]

Unfortunately BPFD was diagnosed and the poor fella has flown over the rainbow
Thank you all

Thank you so much for coming back to tell us. What a bummer- hope you are able to easily disinfect everything he used so you do not loose too much.

 

[April]

Oh no I'm so sorry to hear the sad outcome but bless you for saving him and having his last days be filled with love and comfort.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

Aw, I’m so sorry to hear that. Thank you for giving him so much love in his last days.

 

[rocky'smom]

So sorry for the loss of beautiful bird

 

[Tyrion]

So sorry for your loss

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

Tragic lost. Thankyou for helping him

 

[Pixiebeak]

Definitely thsnk you for helping, and getting veterinarian care, and making the best choice you could.

My understanding is its pretty endemic, with a majority testing postive. Im interested in more current information from those of you in the Middle of it in Australia .
This surveying was from the early 90s with upto 90% postive in some wild flocks.

Seroprevalence of psittacine beak and feather disease in wild psittacine birds in New South Wales - PubMed

A haemagglutination inhibition assay was used to detect antibody to psittacine beak and feather disease virus in sera from wild sulphur crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita), galahs (Eolophus roseicapillus), short-billed corellas (Cacatua sanguinea), eastern long-billed corellas (Cacatua...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[expressmailtome]

I am sorry for your loss.