hello! i’m new here and have been reading this forum the entire time my bird has been sick.
last wednesday my 9 week old, hand/formula fed cockatiel lost his voice & had a watery eye.
i took him to the emergency vet and she started him on enrofloxacin
about 5 days later still nothing had gotten better & more symptoms began to arise:
watery eyes, sneezing & labored breathing.
so i took him to an avian vet closer to me, she doubled the dose of antibiotics and took a culture to send to the lab.
it’s been like 3 days and i feel like he is getting worse
this morning he didn’t eat the formula and it felt like his crop is still slightly full from last night, i administered the meds and let him be for a bit, called the vet who is not helpful at all.
when i came back a few hours and checked on him, he seemed to have vomited what looks like formula, but he didn’t have any this morning so it’s from last night and i’m guessing it’s also some of the antibiotic...
he has been picking at seeds a little bit but not like normal.
this is the first day he has denied any food so i’m really worried and i called the vet again to see if i could get any kind of update on the culture and no response! the receptionist is taking down notes but no one is getting back to me.
the emergency vet didn’t seem too knowledgeable and i’m so upset that they didn’t do the culture in the first place.
i’m so worried and don’t know what to do at this point.
last wednesday my 9 week old, hand/formula fed cockatiel lost his voice & had a watery eye.
i took him to the emergency vet and she started him on enrofloxacin
about 5 days later still nothing had gotten better & more symptoms began to arise:
watery eyes, sneezing & labored breathing.
so i took him to an avian vet closer to me, she doubled the dose of antibiotics and took a culture to send to the lab.
it’s been like 3 days and i feel like he is getting worse
this morning he didn’t eat the formula and it felt like his crop is still slightly full from last night, i administered the meds and let him be for a bit, called the vet who is not helpful at all.
when i came back a few hours and checked on him, he seemed to have vomited what looks like formula, but he didn’t have any this morning so it’s from last night and i’m guessing it’s also some of the antibiotic...
he has been picking at seeds a little bit but not like normal.
this is the first day he has denied any food so i’m really worried and i called the vet again to see if i could get any kind of update on the culture and no response! the receptionist is taking down notes but no one is getting back to me.
the emergency vet didn’t seem too knowledgeable and i’m so upset that they didn’t do the culture in the first place.
i’m so worried and don’t know what to do at this point.