Good day
So, my 9 months old, male lovebird is having a progressive paralysis that started almost 2 weeks ago.
Prior to this, he's been excessively sleepy, and he would sleep all day long. I took him to the vet, and he told me nothing was wrong with him.
Last week on Wed, he showed weakness while flying and abnormal gate. He would fly to a certain limit then he would fall, and when he's standing, he can't balance himself well on the perch.
In less than a week, he totally lost his ability to fly or control his body, he now only crawls on the floor and is unable to support his body. He also has a repetitive flapping of the wings that kinda looks like a seizure attack.
I took him to 2 vets and talked to another vet online, all of them didn't help much, and one of them actually suggested to put him to sleep but I refused.
His appetite is low, and is barely eating or drinking.
I know there's nothing I could do to reverse his condition, but I'm trying to support his feeding as much as I could but he's not even helping me. I bought a syringe with nostril to feed him directly but he's not eating enough.
Any advice on how to support his condition?
Any way to rehabilitate his movement?
Anyone had a similar condition and what happened to your bird?
I'm totally devastated for the fact that his journey with us is coming to an end very soon
So, my 9 months old, male lovebird is having a progressive paralysis that started almost 2 weeks ago.
Prior to this, he's been excessively sleepy, and he would sleep all day long. I took him to the vet, and he told me nothing was wrong with him.
Last week on Wed, he showed weakness while flying and abnormal gate. He would fly to a certain limit then he would fall, and when he's standing, he can't balance himself well on the perch.
In less than a week, he totally lost his ability to fly or control his body, he now only crawls on the floor and is unable to support his body. He also has a repetitive flapping of the wings that kinda looks like a seizure attack.
I took him to 2 vets and talked to another vet online, all of them didn't help much, and one of them actually suggested to put him to sleep but I refused.
His appetite is low, and is barely eating or drinking.
I know there's nothing I could do to reverse his condition, but I'm trying to support his feeding as much as I could but he's not even helping me. I bought a syringe with nostril to feed him directly but he's not eating enough.
Any advice on how to support his condition?
Any way to rehabilitate his movement?
Anyone had a similar condition and what happened to your bird?
I'm totally devastated for the fact that his journey with us is coming to an end very soon