I have spoken to/emailed vets both sides of the Atlantic over the weeks. Everyone is of the opinion Ollie has PDD/ABG. The London vet wants me to send feathers off for a PCR test. I have tried to pluck chest feathers five times over the Easter weekend without success.
Yesterday I spoke to a wonderful homeopathic vet in Austria. I am optimistic that with her help we can make Ollie's life a little better. She advised against anti-inflammatories like Celebrex or Meloxicam for a bird with digestive troubles as they can cause micro bleeding of the digestive tract and harms the mucus membranes.
I realise too I have been extremely negative about Ollie's problems recently when actually I should be working to give him strength and healing. Lifting him up instead of bringing him down. That I can send him energy through the open palms of my hands (I don't have to touch him). We have lots of energy points in the palms of our hands. Also there is power in words - to pick a healing word and say it to him five times a day.
She also said that really there was no point in trying to pluck chest feathers for the PCR test. That we humans want to label and compartmentalize everything. We have discounted most other diseases... like bacteria, fungus etc. Let's treat what we see right now. Again, this is a huge weight off my mind. She is going to send a package of remedies for Ollie hopefully on Monday.
Strangely Ollie has been eating better yesterday and today... trying other things. Back to eating sprouts. He's now eating celery (an old favourite). And he's eating his evening mash with gusto rather than trying to pick out all the peas... although he still loves his peas.