cocotiel
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- 7/31/22
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Hi, hope you all are doing well with all your feathered friends. Mine on the other hand is extremely sick.
I got a 2 week old cockatiel, Mini, which already had a severe case of sour crop. The vet asked me to mix the handfeed with gripe water and prescribed Nystatin along with cephalexin twice a day. He also asked me to dilute apple cider vinegar with water and give it to Mini every few hours or so. Its been two days since the vet consulted Mini but she (assuming its a female) is still very tired. She sleeps all day with little to no activity and her crop seems to be at least half full all the time. Her droppings are completely liquid without any solid in it and smells of the medicines that I give her. I have read that medicines can cause a change in the droppings of a bird so I’m deciding to be patient with it. Another one of my concern is also that if her crop doesn’t go down, how am I supposed to feed her or even provide her with the medication prescribed? She has also stopped growing completely. She looks the same as she did when I got her with no pin feathers growing whatsoever.
My heart breaks every time I see her. She is weak and lifeless to the extent that I have to physically touch her to check if she is alive. I’m terribly confused and don’t know how to make her feel better. HELP.
I got a 2 week old cockatiel, Mini, which already had a severe case of sour crop. The vet asked me to mix the handfeed with gripe water and prescribed Nystatin along with cephalexin twice a day. He also asked me to dilute apple cider vinegar with water and give it to Mini every few hours or so. Its been two days since the vet consulted Mini but she (assuming its a female) is still very tired. She sleeps all day with little to no activity and her crop seems to be at least half full all the time. Her droppings are completely liquid without any solid in it and smells of the medicines that I give her. I have read that medicines can cause a change in the droppings of a bird so I’m deciding to be patient with it. Another one of my concern is also that if her crop doesn’t go down, how am I supposed to feed her or even provide her with the medication prescribed? She has also stopped growing completely. She looks the same as she did when I got her with no pin feathers growing whatsoever.
My heart breaks every time I see her. She is weak and lifeless to the extent that I have to physically touch her to check if she is alive. I’m terribly confused and don’t know how to make her feel better. HELP.