My parakeet is sick? HELP?
1 of my parakeets seems really sick once when i was feeding her she slipped out of the hold and started flying when she got down into the cage she starting panting and having a segur she seem unhealthy its hard for her to walk she is other ruffled and has her head tucked in her wing she dosent drink i nurture them seeds fresh fruit and tap water di i nedd to give vitamins to her water? altogether i have 5 parakeets in a small round up so im looking to find a big cheap one but now ther in a small one is it ok for her to be with the other ones? yesterday i took her to emergency contained by sf but the doctors werent good they wanted to test her cuz they guess she has infection but it puts her life on the line so i didnt cuz they be unprofessional the only other vet i know is farther away but hes great so ill transport her
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well im not a pro but you might want to see the vet...
Vitamins should simply be given on the advice of a qualified vet, so do not add them to her water until you ask your vet.
It sounds resembling you've got things worked out since you are taking her in to the other vet. Just make certain you get her in ASAP. You can discuss the cage issue and any other concerns near the vet too.
Illnesses can happen for any number of reasons and it's difficult for anyone answering your question online to know for certain, but I can try to help you to eliminate some potential causes whether it's something in their enviroment. Either way, she still needs to see the vet, but enjoy a look at these pages and make any necessary change in your home:
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Good luck with your little bird. I hope adjectives goes well and she'll be okay.
I would keep her away from all other birds. I would keep hold of her warm by putting a heating pad below the outside bottom of her cage and covering half ot the round up. I would offer her food and water. She may have head or zinc poisoning as this often causes seizures. Also may be incomplete important vitamins of some sort. Best chance is get to avian vet that can support. It may be necessary to run test and all test can kill little birds easy if not from shock from the blood loss. You could attach some vitamins to water but not many and get to vet asap. Good luck. Is she egg bound? The signs you are stating sounds similar to she may be or may be calcium defeciant. Put cuttle bone in and some crushed oyster shell and keep humid until get het to vet.
Answers: what can cause seizures in birds are a few things like lead poisoning, infections, heat stroke, nutritional negative amount and epilepsy.
what you do is keep him/her away from things it could hurt itself on..
remove things from the cage after cover the cage with a towel and turn some lights off to diminish the birds stress then call the vet.
and something that causes the ruffling and and the loss of punch
is called Giardiasis it is serious the signs of this disease is loss of appetite ruffled feathers , loose droppings and drowsiness...
Giardaisis is serious i had a parakeet that died from it, so call your vet instantly !
