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Urgent Itchy beak?? Not drinking

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Hi all! Sorry for long post, Hoping to get as much advice as I can on this. Sore on both sides of beak showed up 2 weeks ago. She is molting as well. Very very itchy where the sores are. I even caught her scratching it herself using things in cage and at night. Vet visit came back negative for bacteria other then mild bumble foot?? So we have a cream we are using for that Other symptoms include discomfort when eating wet chop... Noticed not drinking suddenly. Will only eat two bites of chop before becoming uncomfortable and excessive cleaning of beak following. Still eating and acting normal otherwise.. at this point I plan to go back to vet as I think it's either fungal or scaly face mites as she also has bumble foot and whiteness odd coincidence Ive also been suggested calendula cream for comfort but worried she will ingest a lot due to location. Any thoughts?? Want her treatment to be correct first time since now she is starting not to drink. Thoughts on calendula cream? Thoughts on which it could be either fungal or scaly face mites?? Thank you!
 

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Not drinking is a critical condition requiring an urgent vet visit. Try feeding something like watermelon or any other watery melon while you're awaiting the vet. Also try adding some juice to the water to try to entice drinking.
As far as the infection/sore i don't have anything for you there but it seems that you need to address both conditions immediately since the sores seem to be the cause of the reluctance to drink.
 

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Best of luck to you and your baby :hug8:
 
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