sama5sama
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Hello all,
I own two cockatiels, both males, brothers and are roughly 1 year old. For the entire year i've had them, they appeared to be healthy, tamed them both by the 2nd month. Got the birds after a death of a loved cockatiel, which died last summer after weeks of diahhrea.
One of my birds, only recently for the past 3 days, looks very ill. It started with some conspitation, the cockatiel's stools were less runny than usual, which caused the droppings to stick to his bottom. He'd try to remove it using his beak, but gave up. i'd see him sat on the bottom corner of the cage sleeping. the next day, his bottom was a mess, so we cleaned it with warm water and a cotton bud, it was clear he was ill as he hadn't eaten much that day, nor drank. he seemed weaker when on my finger, and as of now, is spending most of the day sleeping, i can also hear gut noises too when bringing him close to me and his feathers are puffed up.
Rang the vet which weren't very useful, £25 per consultation, and they recommened me to put him down, depending on condition? which i'm not doing, i'll ring other vets. Do any of you guys happen to know whether it's a sign of something serious, like a condition, or whether the cockatiel is just tired due to the constipation? because it's happened very sudden, is there anything i can do to help?
Thanks
I own two cockatiels, both males, brothers and are roughly 1 year old. For the entire year i've had them, they appeared to be healthy, tamed them both by the 2nd month. Got the birds after a death of a loved cockatiel, which died last summer after weeks of diahhrea.
One of my birds, only recently for the past 3 days, looks very ill. It started with some conspitation, the cockatiel's stools were less runny than usual, which caused the droppings to stick to his bottom. He'd try to remove it using his beak, but gave up. i'd see him sat on the bottom corner of the cage sleeping. the next day, his bottom was a mess, so we cleaned it with warm water and a cotton bud, it was clear he was ill as he hadn't eaten much that day, nor drank. he seemed weaker when on my finger, and as of now, is spending most of the day sleeping, i can also hear gut noises too when bringing him close to me and his feathers are puffed up.
Rang the vet which weren't very useful, £25 per consultation, and they recommened me to put him down, depending on condition? which i'm not doing, i'll ring other vets. Do any of you guys happen to know whether it's a sign of something serious, like a condition, or whether the cockatiel is just tired due to the constipation? because it's happened very sudden, is there anything i can do to help?
Thanks