Anika Erin
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Hi. I've a female pearl cockatiel Tuki and she's with me for 8years now. She's has never breed or took a mate though there's a lutino male with her. I live in a country where there's no avian vets or avian medicines. Even when I got her, there were no one with adequate knowledge about the diet and other health issues. The person who sold her to me he said only about sunflower seeds and longbean seeds, along with cooked rice. I searched a bit about their diet and gave her seedmix, cooked vegetables, healthy table foods, little amount of cooked chicken, fish and egg.
A month ago, she suddenly stopped using her right leg, tucked it in and it was clear there's something wrong with that leg as she couldn't use it. After 3-4days she started to stand up on her both legs but she limped when she walked. During that time, she also developed some other problems like foot tapping, lying straight with keeping the head down to the surface, loss of appetite etc. As there's no one to ask for help, I again searched in the web but couldn't be sure what's wrong with her.
As she's a very picky eater and doesn't eat any leafy raw vegetables, I suspected she's suffering from calcium deficiency. I ordered Calcivet, Multivet and Soluvet D from Australia and giving them according to the direction written on the bottles. Also I'm trying to feed her steamed calcium enriched veggies as she doesn't eat the raw ones. She's now using both of her legs properly, her foot tapping stopped and she isn't lying straight with head down position anymore.
A week ago, she started losing her feather around the beak and eyes. Again I searched on the net but couldn't be sure if it was scaly face or vitamin A deficiency. To be safe, I'm applying olive oil on her beak and feet and feeding her boiled sweet potato and steamed pumpkin. There's no burrowing sign on her beak, but the feathers around the beak area is falling off and she's itching that area.
As there's no one to help us in this situation, I'm asking for some expert advice from this site. What's actually wrong with her, what supplements or medicines should I give her in what doses, what should I do to keep her alive and give her a healthy life. I'm really desperate here. There's no bird supplements or medicines in my country but I can bring them from abroad if it's needed. Can you guys help me with any valuable suggestions please?
A month ago, she suddenly stopped using her right leg, tucked it in and it was clear there's something wrong with that leg as she couldn't use it. After 3-4days she started to stand up on her both legs but she limped when she walked. During that time, she also developed some other problems like foot tapping, lying straight with keeping the head down to the surface, loss of appetite etc. As there's no one to ask for help, I again searched in the web but couldn't be sure what's wrong with her.
As she's a very picky eater and doesn't eat any leafy raw vegetables, I suspected she's suffering from calcium deficiency. I ordered Calcivet, Multivet and Soluvet D from Australia and giving them according to the direction written on the bottles. Also I'm trying to feed her steamed calcium enriched veggies as she doesn't eat the raw ones. She's now using both of her legs properly, her foot tapping stopped and she isn't lying straight with head down position anymore.
A week ago, she started losing her feather around the beak and eyes. Again I searched on the net but couldn't be sure if it was scaly face or vitamin A deficiency. To be safe, I'm applying olive oil on her beak and feet and feeding her boiled sweet potato and steamed pumpkin. There's no burrowing sign on her beak, but the feathers around the beak area is falling off and she's itching that area.
As there's no one to help us in this situation, I'm asking for some expert advice from this site. What's actually wrong with her, what supplements or medicines should I give her in what doses, what should I do to keep her alive and give her a healthy life. I'm really desperate here. There's no bird supplements or medicines in my country but I can bring them from abroad if it's needed. Can you guys help me with any valuable suggestions please?