Very Sick (sad update #8)

[anne0102]

I went into my garden aviary a few moments ago & found my 3.5 year old female budgie on a perch all fluffed up & breathing very hard.

She usually flies out with the other 3 but was missing so I went in to look. There's a lot of watery poop below her perch. She didn't even try to bite me when I picked her up & brought her straight into the house where it's warm, very unusual as she's tame but bites.

Currently she's nestled into my sweater in my arm with a blanket. Closing her eyes, still feathers puffed up & breathing very heavy.

Trying to prepare myself because it's likely she's going to die.
I want to check her over to see if there's any injuries that happened during the night, but will not as she doesn't need the stress. It was a cold night but she's been ok before & the other 3 are ok. We get slugs in the aviary at night could they have caused harm? & Spiders but I'm in London UK so nothing poisonous or that large.

She's still got diarrhea if you can call it that in birds, it's now on my sweater poor thing. The vet was useless last time I took a bird, and no avian vet close by plus it would stress her more.

 

[fluffypoptarts]

It may stress her to go to a vet, but you really don’t have a choice if you want a chance at helping her. Call around and find a vet who at least has some experience with birds. I mean, you’re in London. There has to be somebody.

 

[fluffypoptarts]

Reviews on CJ Hall indicate a vet with avian experience. Royal Veterinary College claims to have an avian vet:

Avian Vet Service - Exotics and Small Mammals - Practice Services - General Practice - Small Animal - Royal Veterinary College, RVC

RVC Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital offers clients and vets specialist avian vet services for domestic pet birds and leisure birds.

www.rvc.ac.uk

 

[fluffypoptarts]

List:

https://theparrotsocietyuk.org/site/files/resources/avian-vets-2.pdf

 

[sunnysmom]

I hope you can get her to a vet and that she'll be okay.

 

[tka]

I'm in London and go to Matthew Fiddes at CJ Hall. It's an exotics practice and Matthew is one of the most highly qualified exotics vets in the UK.

 

[Tiel Feathers]

I’m so sorry your bird is sick, and I hope she’ll be okay.

 

[anne0102]

She was too sick, she died within a couple of hours of finding her

There is no sign of any injury on her body, I'm thinking of asking if any vets close by offer a post mortem service for pets, just to try to get answers and have some closure. Has anyone found this useful before? I fear it will come back inconclusive.

All I can guess is she developed an infection.

 

[Zara]

I´m very sorry for your loss

 

[expressmailtome]

I am sorry for your loss.

 

[greys4u]

IMH, It would be a good idea to have the vet do a post mortem to see if there was anything that may do harm to your other 3

 

[Tiel Feathers]

I’m so very sorry for your loss.

 

[sunnysmom]

I'm very sorry for your loss.

 

[Birdbabe]

 

[camelotshadow]