I hate to be a bummer, so if that’s not something you want to read about, skip over this one.
My week has been rough.
My sweet budgie is starting to show her age. On Sunday, I ended up taking her to the emergency avian vet almost 2 hours away because she was straining to poop and not eating very much. After a rough 5 hour wait, the vet told me that she had high levels of bacteria in her crop and blood in her stool. Luckily, the bacteria can be handled with antibiotics and the blood in her stool is likely from ulcerations caused by straining, which can heal given time and two other meds. The downside is that, until the 19th, she has to be fed her drugs 5 separate times a day. This involves grabbing her with a towel, and using a syringe to spray the drugs in her mouth as she tries to bite it. Obviously, this greatly stresses her and she really hates it. After the 19th, this luckily will get reduced to 2x a day until we see the vet again.
I just hope I’m doing the right thing. She’s such a good bird and deserves to feel comfortable in her senior years. I’m super attached to her, more than I realized. It’s going to be hard when her time comes.
I hate to be a bummer, so if that’s not something you want to read about, skip over this one.
My week has been rough.
My sweet budgie is starting to show her age. On Sunday, I ended up taking her to the emergency avian vet almost 2 hours away because she was straining to poop and not eating very much. After a rough 5 hour wait, the vet told me that she had high levels of bacteria in her crop and blood in her stool. Luckily, the bacteria can be handled with antibiotics and the blood in her stool is likely from ulcerations caused by straining, which can heal given time and two other meds. The downside is that, until the 19th, she has to be fed her drugs 5 separate times a day. This involves grabbing her with a towel, and using a syringe to spray the drugs in her mouth as she tries to bite it. Obviously, this greatly stresses her and she really hates it. After the 19th, this luckily will get reduced to 2x a day until we see the vet again.
I just hope I’m doing the right thing. She’s such a good bird and deserves to feel comfortable in her senior years. I’m super attached to her, more than I realized. It’s going to be hard when her time comes.
You can be a bummer if you want. We’re all here for each other.