Skip to main content
                                            before starting the protocol

All seems to be going well, I've been able to increase her to .04 ml of the medication without any side affects. As far as I can tell she is not chewing any new feathers so we are just waiting for the rest of her new feathers to come in. Also, I'm happy to show that she is choosing to eat some foods on her own, as in the picture below. which to say shows she has come quite a long way since starting this treatment. In the beginning she had a huge loss of appetite, and lost a scary amount of weight. I started her on hand feeding formula and have been feeding ever since. well, I'm ready to also move on from that as well, I'm going to make a mash of sorts and puree it and still syringe feed her that instead. I think that she has become very attached to getting the syringe and she eats a good amount that way, since she is my pickiest eater I have no issue with continuing on this line of feeding. As I also feed another bird with a damaged beak with supplemental syringe feedings as well it really isn't much of an issue for me, and of course the rest of the flock get a few bites as well.
I'm also going to include a recent pic of her feathers and a pic of her the day before I started the treatment, just so we can see that in fact there has been progress.
The most important thing to me is that she's happy and healthy, she's getting her appetite back and choosing to eat some foods that are offered to her. She does still as always enjoy her cashews and trains with them and gets a couple in her dish for when she wakes in the morning, before I get up.
At this time she is sleeping by herself in the bird room with free access to the whole room, I think she's enjoying that very much and feeling much less stressed and able to relax with ease. In the morning, I get up, go to the room, open the door greet her with 'good morning' and of course kisses then allow her to choose when she wants to come out and join the rest of the flock. I think this is making a huge difference, it's allowing her to make choices and giving her confidence with doing so.






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It has been a while since my last post and even longer since this all started and I only have positivity to share. Puff is getting .02 ml of meds every morning, and only in the morning. So she gets one dose only, every morning with her breakfast, no evening dose and she is doing so amazing. The reason I chose to try cutting out the evening dose was because she was falling from her sleeping perch during the night, and most nights. Because I'm a very light sleeper I would hear her flap and get up to find her on the bottom of her cage looking stunned and a bit dazed. After moving her into my room to sleep so I could better observe, the conclusion I came to was the med was puting her into a very deep sleep and she lost balance control and/or fell as she was relaxing so much into a deep sleep. After stopping the evening dose I was no longer having this issue and she continued to leave all of her feathers in tact. One other thing I decided to do is every other Sunday she gets a med fre...
Post a Comment
Read more
Second dose at 8:30 a.m. and again no symptoms or side affects. We are starting out with a .03 ml solution and will increase by .01 ml every two days until I get to the right dose for her. DISCLAIMER: I am not a veterinarian and cannot recommend, approve or prescribe veterinary drugs or protocols. This information is provided for education purposes only. There are risks with any medical remedy. After getting treatment we had some morning cuddles and then she ate breakfast which today was veggie chop cooked into scrambled eggs.
Post a Comment
Read more
Because the amount of liquid was getting so high I switched back to the 1/1 ratio of water/medication. So now I'm giving her 03 ml of the new mixture as of last night. She is still eating so well and showing her wonderful personality. At last check she was still messing with her feathers so it is a slow process but I will keep pushing forward.
Post a Comment
Read more