Ollie went to the vet this morning. He had bloods taken and X-rays. The vet was great! He contacted my London vet before seeing Ollie to double check on the tests he should take bloods for and to ask him which lab he used as the one he usually uses was closed! All went well. He said that from the X-rays Ollie's air sacs on the right hand side of his body are very scarred and thickened. That he wouldn't be surprised if the Asper had spread to the GI tract and that Ollie was "winding down". I don't know - maybe 7 years ago my London vet X-rayed Ollie and said the same about the air sacs and his initial thoughts were that the Asper had spread, but bloods apparently showed that the Asper wasn't active so had to be old scarring. Ollie is an active bird and flying never leaves him out of breath. I guess we just have to wait for the results.
I caged poor Ollie the night before. I felt so bad when he expected me to open the door and I didn't. He growled on and off for a lot of the night. We left first thing in the morning. I do like Ollie's spirit - it was the first time I had seen him display in anger. He's usually such a gentle soul. When we got back some hours later, he went to sleep in his big cage first. An hour later he came out and flew to the kitchen and went to sleep again on the fruit bowl.
Then he realised how hungry he was. The poor mango was stripped!
Nothing was safe, not even my breakfast.
I am extremely grateful for all this info.
I hope that something can be done for him.
