Hi everyone, I've read this forum for quite some time but these past few days have rough and I'd like to seek some advice.
My congo african gray, Echo, hasn’t been doing so well lately. I rushed him to a vet yesterday and they took blood and fecal samples for lab tests, and the vet suspects he may have some sort of infection as his breathing sounded "a bit crackly". We are to give him antibiotics and probiotics for now until we know his results in a couple of days.
I’m just incredibly anxious and scared, as I already lost my jenday conure suddenly last year and I don’t want to lose him too.
He’s stopped talking for the past couple of weeks except for a couple of words he would keep repeating. Last Saturday he threw up a lot of food, and I tried taking him to a 24 hour emergency vet then, but they said the wait time was 12 hours and I ended up taking him back home. He seemed to bounce back and was eating and drinking and playing a bit. He threw up again today and that’s when I took him to the vet. His poops were also abnormal and had a strong smell. I don’t know if this is related, but he also seems to be rubbing his beak on his perches a lot more than usual, and it’s looking very rough.
He's 2 doses into the antibiotics so far and 1 of the probiotics. He's been in a sort of cycle of eating, being really sleepy, getting a bit of energy to preen/fly or climb around his cage/play a little with toys. His poops are looking better, though they're still very watery. I called the vet again for some follow up questions but she was not in today, but the receptionist said she would give her my message and she would call me back tomorrow.
I’m just incredibly anxious and wanted to vent a bit and see if anyone else has experienced this with their bird. Any clues on what he might have? What can I do to make him more comfortable during treatment? Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you for reading.
Edit: I forgot to add, but he threw up (or regurgitated? I'm not sure anymore at this point) a tiny bit of food twice today. Definitely not as much as the previous times, but is this a bad sign?
My congo african gray, Echo, hasn’t been doing so well lately. I rushed him to a vet yesterday and they took blood and fecal samples for lab tests, and the vet suspects he may have some sort of infection as his breathing sounded "a bit crackly". We are to give him antibiotics and probiotics for now until we know his results in a couple of days.
I’m just incredibly anxious and scared, as I already lost my jenday conure suddenly last year and I don’t want to lose him too.
He’s stopped talking for the past couple of weeks except for a couple of words he would keep repeating. Last Saturday he threw up a lot of food, and I tried taking him to a 24 hour emergency vet then, but they said the wait time was 12 hours and I ended up taking him back home. He seemed to bounce back and was eating and drinking and playing a bit. He threw up again today and that’s when I took him to the vet. His poops were also abnormal and had a strong smell. I don’t know if this is related, but he also seems to be rubbing his beak on his perches a lot more than usual, and it’s looking very rough.
He's 2 doses into the antibiotics so far and 1 of the probiotics. He's been in a sort of cycle of eating, being really sleepy, getting a bit of energy to preen/fly or climb around his cage/play a little with toys. His poops are looking better, though they're still very watery. I called the vet again for some follow up questions but she was not in today, but the receptionist said she would give her my message and she would call me back tomorrow.
I’m just incredibly anxious and wanted to vent a bit and see if anyone else has experienced this with their bird. Any clues on what he might have? What can I do to make him more comfortable during treatment? Any advice is appreciated.
Thank you for reading.
Edit: I forgot to add, but he threw up (or regurgitated? I'm not sure anymore at this point) a tiny bit of food twice today. Definitely not as much as the previous times, but is this a bad sign?
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