Crunchypretzel
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I have a green cheek conure, he's only 9months old. About 2 weeks ago I noticed a white circle over his pupil so I took him to the vets. The vet told me he believed it was a cataract and that there was nothing they could do, hope it doesn't spread to his other eye and that it must be genetic as he is so young.
So I contacted the store where I bought him, which is a really reputable exotic place. They told me they'd used the same breeder for 12 years now, the guy specialises in just breeding conures. So it couldn't be genetic as they'd never had any problems like this in that time.
Then yesturday I noticed his other eye is starting to cloud over as well. It seems to be progressing rapidly. He's stopped flying the last few weeks as well and has become so aggresive (which I've just put down to his failing sight).
I'm just totally at a loss of what to do really and I just can't work it out. I read somewhere that avian bornovirus (please excuse spelling) can sometimes cause it?
Anyway any advice would be unbelievably appreciated, he used to be such an unbelievably sweet and loving thing and it's awful seeing him like
Thanks so much for any advice
(The pic was taken last week and now it is a lot more defined and whiter)
So I contacted the store where I bought him, which is a really reputable exotic place. They told me they'd used the same breeder for 12 years now, the guy specialises in just breeding conures. So it couldn't be genetic as they'd never had any problems like this in that time.
Then yesturday I noticed his other eye is starting to cloud over as well. It seems to be progressing rapidly. He's stopped flying the last few weeks as well and has become so aggresive (which I've just put down to his failing sight).
I'm just totally at a loss of what to do really and I just can't work it out. I read somewhere that avian bornovirus (please excuse spelling) can sometimes cause it?
Anyway any advice would be unbelievably appreciated, he used to be such an unbelievably sweet and loving thing and it's awful seeing him like
Thanks so much for any advice
(The pic was taken last week and now it is a lot more defined and whiter)
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