I posted this in her memorial thread also, but in case people were curious and didn't read all of the posts in the other thread.
The vet did a gross necropsy (just looking, no tests) and said that her ovaries were twisted and hemoraging. She said that she was severly anemic, even more so than Monday. She said all of her organs were pale from the blood loss, and there would have been nothing we could have done to save her due to her size. She's not sure why they became twisted but said that it could have been due to laying so many eggs in such a short period of time. She also said she could have had an underline problem with her blood or bone marrow. She said that she is not going to send any tests into the lab because she does not believe this was disease related and it was not anything contagious.
She did not mention anything about the potential foreign body but I can ask her about it when i pick up her ashes. She was also going to pull some feathers and make a little clay foot print impression for me. She's an awesome vet. She let me sit there in a room with her for an hour and a half while they were cleaning up the surgery and I was waiting for a friend to come to be with me when it happened. Maddie actually died just from being under anesthesia (they gas them down first before injecting), she did not even need to give her an injection because she was so weak. She said it was rare for a bird to overdose from anesthesia so she was probably dying anyways.
At one point when I was sitting with Maddie, she realized I was upset (I was bawling) and started nibbling my hand. She was so out of it, but she still found the strength to comfort me. I took it as her telling me that she was okay with death and that she had accepted it. Like she was telling me that I was making the right decision.
This was just so sudden and unexpected. Up until Saturday she was completely fine and seemed so healthy. With most of my other pets, they have been old and sick. I have time to prepare myself, but her death was so sudden. I'm still in a state of shock. I can't believe she is gone.
The vet did a gross necropsy (just looking, no tests) and said that her ovaries were twisted and hemoraging. She said that she was severly anemic, even more so than Monday. She said all of her organs were pale from the blood loss, and there would have been nothing we could have done to save her due to her size. She's not sure why they became twisted but said that it could have been due to laying so many eggs in such a short period of time. She also said she could have had an underline problem with her blood or bone marrow. She said that she is not going to send any tests into the lab because she does not believe this was disease related and it was not anything contagious.
She did not mention anything about the potential foreign body but I can ask her about it when i pick up her ashes. She was also going to pull some feathers and make a little clay foot print impression for me. She's an awesome vet. She let me sit there in a room with her for an hour and a half while they were cleaning up the surgery and I was waiting for a friend to come to be with me when it happened. Maddie actually died just from being under anesthesia (they gas them down first before injecting), she did not even need to give her an injection because she was so weak. She said it was rare for a bird to overdose from anesthesia so she was probably dying anyways.
At one point when I was sitting with Maddie, she realized I was upset (I was bawling) and started nibbling my hand. She was so out of it, but she still found the strength to comfort me. I took it as her telling me that she was okay with death and that she had accepted it. Like she was telling me that I was making the right decision.
This was just so sudden and unexpected. Up until Saturday she was completely fine and seemed so healthy. With most of my other pets, they have been old and sick. I have time to prepare myself, but her death was so sudden. I'm still in a state of shock. I can't believe she is gone.
I'm so so sorry.
I am so sorry - but happy to see she was so blessed to have you, and I'm sure you feel the same having had her in your life.
