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Hello! I have a cockatiel living with us since 17 years ago when she flied into my house. She's been fine in the first 14-5 years until she got cataract on her left eye (actually both eyes but her left eye is worsening faster). We brought her to the vet and have been given medicine (Meloxicam) from that on since her eyes were so painful that she lost her appetite. And since she had once got the problem of stuck eggs, she's been given injections for hormones control every 2 months as well.
Recently after a review from the vet, I found her standing on one foot more often and it's always her right foot being tucked inside her feathers, making her standing most of the time only by her deformed left foot (we don't know if the deformation was congenital or was it broken before she reached our house). The vet told us no matter what caused the deformation, there's a high chance for her to get arthritis when she gets older. And I noticed her left leg is not holding on my finger as tight as the other one does since the day she came. So it's warning to me when she was constantly using her deformed left leg only.
2 days later I checked on her again and found her right feet looks a bit swollen and a little bit too red comparing to the other feet. I read that kidney disease can lead to leg problems (and it matches the symptoms too since she has been pooping watery poop for at least a month). I immediately brought her to the vet and got her doing the x-ray and blood test, turns out the kidney is not functioning well and there's some highly-densed stuff inside her body. The vet said it could be a piece of metal or some calcium stuff. He couldn't be sure since it's not suggested to take it out through surgery (i wouldn't want a surgery on her either). The thing is that if the bird is poisoned by metal, it could cause similar symptoms as a kind of kidney disease as the kidney tries hard to expel the metal.
He gave us some DMSA capsule to try to absorb that stuff. It would work if it's really something metallic. For the foot he said it's simply arthritis so he also gave us some antibiotics to treat it. The DMSA is to be taken 2 times a day until the next review 2 weeks later while the antibiotics are going to be consumed once a day for 21 days. The Meloxicam however must be stopped since it would be a huge burden on her kidney. The vet said they're going to do the x-ray and blood test again in the next review to see if the DMSA really worked.
Things were normal since we brought her back and she looks alright. She's been eating, asking for being scrubbed on the crest, coming out of the cage whenever she wanted, preening at a high speed and screaming for notice when humans were in the bathroom or kitchen for too long. Everything seems fine but I noticed there's some new issue on her right feet. There's a white stuff growing on one of her toes. And today it had even turned a little dark. I have no idea if it's something bad but I also don't want to bring her to the vet that often that could increase her stress level (she's only been back for a mere 5 days and she looked really upset after staying one night in the vet when we went to take her). My mum said the dark thing could be caused by bleeding since she found some blood on the pole in her cage.
I'm really worried if it's some kind of new issue like tumor. Have anyone seen this before? Will it disappear eventually without treatment? Please let me know what you think so I can decide if I should bring her back to the vet again before the review. Thank you so much in advance.
Recently after a review from the vet, I found her standing on one foot more often and it's always her right foot being tucked inside her feathers, making her standing most of the time only by her deformed left foot (we don't know if the deformation was congenital or was it broken before she reached our house). The vet told us no matter what caused the deformation, there's a high chance for her to get arthritis when she gets older. And I noticed her left leg is not holding on my finger as tight as the other one does since the day she came. So it's warning to me when she was constantly using her deformed left leg only.
2 days later I checked on her again and found her right feet looks a bit swollen and a little bit too red comparing to the other feet. I read that kidney disease can lead to leg problems (and it matches the symptoms too since she has been pooping watery poop for at least a month). I immediately brought her to the vet and got her doing the x-ray and blood test, turns out the kidney is not functioning well and there's some highly-densed stuff inside her body. The vet said it could be a piece of metal or some calcium stuff. He couldn't be sure since it's not suggested to take it out through surgery (i wouldn't want a surgery on her either). The thing is that if the bird is poisoned by metal, it could cause similar symptoms as a kind of kidney disease as the kidney tries hard to expel the metal.
He gave us some DMSA capsule to try to absorb that stuff. It would work if it's really something metallic. For the foot he said it's simply arthritis so he also gave us some antibiotics to treat it. The DMSA is to be taken 2 times a day until the next review 2 weeks later while the antibiotics are going to be consumed once a day for 21 days. The Meloxicam however must be stopped since it would be a huge burden on her kidney. The vet said they're going to do the x-ray and blood test again in the next review to see if the DMSA really worked.
Things were normal since we brought her back and she looks alright. She's been eating, asking for being scrubbed on the crest, coming out of the cage whenever she wanted, preening at a high speed and screaming for notice when humans were in the bathroom or kitchen for too long. Everything seems fine but I noticed there's some new issue on her right feet. There's a white stuff growing on one of her toes. And today it had even turned a little dark. I have no idea if it's something bad but I also don't want to bring her to the vet that often that could increase her stress level (she's only been back for a mere 5 days and she looked really upset after staying one night in the vet when we went to take her). My mum said the dark thing could be caused by bleeding since she found some blood on the pole in her cage.
I'm really worried if it's some kind of new issue like tumor. Have anyone seen this before? Will it disappear eventually without treatment? Please let me know what you think so I can decide if I should bring her back to the vet again before the review. Thank you so much in advance.