'First' Vet Visit, Clean Bill of Health!

[conureluv]

Percy's first vet visit with us just happened, I couldn't be more happier that I've been educating myself correctly for all this time. We did a health check and a nail trim and everything looks good! His flighties are growing at a normal pace, his beak and nails look good and his eyes (compared to the scare with the shut eye) are doing fine.

He did wonderful with the towel wrapping but was a little shy of the camera when they had to take his cover photo and did great with the dremmel used to file down his claws (calling to mom a little bit, of course). The vet gave me a big pamphlet on first aid, foraging and food and also recommended me the website GoodBirdInc.com for training his willingness to attack people who aren't me


Overall he was really calm and quite liked the veterinarian!

 

[Hankmacaw]

Did your vet do a blood draw and run a CBC and Chem panel. Did he do a throat and cloacal swab and gram stain? Without these a health check is not complete.

I'm glad his external exam turned out well.

 

[QB1rd]

I'm glad his first exam came out well, and he was well-behaved.

 

[Keetie!]

Honestly, I know for sure that the exotic vets in my area never did a CBC, Chem panel and swab tests as described above for my budgie. I am hesitant about bird ownership again due to the lack of an avian vet in my area. We only have vets that see exotics..no dedicated avian vet.

 

[conureluv]

Did your vet do a blood draw and run a CBC and Chem panel. Did he do a throat and cloacal swab and gram stain? Without these a health check is not complete.

I'm glad his external exam turned out well.

No, this was just a yearly check. I didn’t really schedule all that stuff since it didn’t come with the regulars, I don’t have a “real” income source (of course I have the money to pay for the yearly and trims with spare for emergencies).