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Post by kim1 on Jan 27, 2005 18:33:32 GMT 10
A freind just called in with her pet hen cockatiel, it has been in breeding mode and laying heaps of eggs, it is a handtamed indoor bird and has not been with a male. today she could not stand up and they took her to the vet, her legs just hang down behind her and don't move, the vet can't find a thing wrong with her except that she is too thin from all the egg laying, and of course she cant walk. she won't eat either, does anyone know if this is some sort of nerve problem, and can anything be done to help?
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Post by Jacksprat on Jan 27, 2005 18:42:13 GMT 10
I'd say the first thing to do is give her a major course of nutritional supplements, including calcium and B group. As well as all the fresh vegies she'll eat.
I had a hen (H/R) that exhausted herself out on nesting, but she had a mate that was too imature to carry out the rest of his fatherly duties. She lost a few batches of eggs and when she did have some hatch, they died after a week. I had to bring her in to recouperate.
Good luck
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Post by Smiley on Jan 27, 2005 18:46:25 GMT 10
Where is this bird now...She mite need to be tube feed...Poor girl...She defenly needs calcium...The best one is calcivet for this...
Natalie
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Post by kim1 on Jan 27, 2005 18:51:36 GMT 10
They have taken her home, they are trying to syringe feed her one drop at a time with a handraiseing mix as well as calcium sandoz syrup, I didn't know what else to recomend, I thought the handraiseing mix has all the vitamins and as she won't eat anything else it might help. They really love her it's very sad.
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Post by Smiley on Jan 27, 2005 18:56:31 GMT 10
Are you saying that the vet did not keep her for a few days to feed her...oh my...I wish I was not that far from you..I would love to help them....
Natalie
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Post by kim1 on Jan 27, 2005 18:59:28 GMT 10
We don't have any avian vets here and the vet said he didn't know much about birds, I wish I had learned to crop needle before, I'm definantly going to have to learn now.
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Post by hillcresttiels on Jan 27, 2005 19:01:21 GMT 10
Hi kim I don't think we can give better advice than a vet but just for reference only I have seen this before in another aviary and it was believed to be an egg bound hen that struggled so hard to remove the egg that she damaged a nerve in her spinal track causing paralysis,I hope this isn't the case here as the poor darling had to be put down sorry to be the bearer of bad news  |
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Post by Smiley on Jan 27, 2005 19:07:06 GMT 10
I have seen this before..and they do heal some time...I sent you a pm..
Natalie
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Post by lovemytiels on Jan 28, 2005 4:40:08 GMT 10
Hi Kim, I had 5 female budgies like this about 2 years ago with these symptons & they were in breeding mood too. 3 of them I took to my avaian vet who really did not know what it was & gave them antibiotics & extra vitamins. Unfortunately they got so bad they had to be put down. The other 2 that were affected, I decided to try to help myself by feeding them & I also I gave them diluted apple cider vinegar & this helped heaps. From an article I read in a SA avicultural mag it is definately from a lack of calcium. I still have 1 budgie who did survive but its feet are permanetly paralysed, so depending on how bad the tiel is will determine how much damage has already been done. I hope the poor thing survives as this is not very nice to see & watch. Cheers Anna  |
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Post by kim1 on Jan 28, 2005 8:49:56 GMT 10
Thanks guys, we will try anything and everything suggested, she's a beaut little bird and they love her heaps.
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Post by parrotpotential on Jan 28, 2005 14:51:12 GMT 10
Oh Gosh, sounds like what happended to one of our tiels recently. Because she had been placed in a cage with grate in it I thought she had hurt her foot but realised about a week later that it was more than that. I did take her to the vet and he said there was no damage to her leg/foot and to rest her, so I took her back when I realised there was more to it and he agreed and apologised and said he should of thought about egg laying earlier (she had been laying eggs in her cage for some time). He gave her an injection to stop her egg laying and I was giving her calcium each day however she died a few days later. So either something else was going on or it was too late for her.
I certainly hope your friends tiel fares better. Good luck.
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Post by hillcresttiels on Feb 3, 2005 13:28:46 GMT 10
Hi Kim was wondering if there is any update on the hen and her condition cheers  Frank |
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Post by kim1 on Feb 3, 2005 20:12:34 GMT 10
Hi Frank, the hen is going great, she still has some paralysis in one leg but is improving daily, I had some tips from Mother Hen about making a sling to get the preasure off her legs and thats been great, she is also beginning to eat for herself, I think she will be one of the lucky ones. The members of this forum have some great advice to give as I had really thought this one would die, but Mother Hens sling worked a treat.
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Post by nova on Feb 4, 2005 14:10:52 GMT 10
A friend rang me last nite as she has a rainbow lory that was found near a mango tree. (2 days ago) They thought he/she was drunk as all it has done is sit on the bottom of the cage. I just rang her again and the lory is still on the bottom of the cage and is really unbalanced. She put him on a branch in the cage and he held on for afew secs then fell off. He is also sitting on his bottom with his legs out the front (like we sit) or sits on its chest with his legs out of the back. He doesn't seem to be even trying to get to its food or water but will eat a little out of her hand ect. Could this be the same thing as what was said here? Also he leans on the side of the cage and has also been laying on his back.  |
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Post by billspets on Feb 4, 2005 15:46:45 GMT 10
i have herd of birds eating furmenting fruit and haveing some bad side effects from it i would be getting it to a vet
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bill
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Post by AussieBirds on Feb 4, 2005 19:07:17 GMT 10
Hi Nova
That doesn't sound good for the little one It must have had a pretty bad time of it, It sounds to me that it is suffering a pretty bad trauma, Like Bill has said get it to a vet quick.
John
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Post by kim1 on Feb 4, 2005 19:20:57 GMT 10
The little lorry we found was like this for 3 or 4 days at first I thought it was just very stressed but it turned out to be from the green ants that stung it, it did get better though and I've taken him to a wildlife carer I found out about , he's great now and when I took him to the carer today he actually flew about 5 meters so he's almost ready to go.
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Post by kim1 on Feb 19, 2005 17:41:45 GMT 10
The little hen cocketiel with the paralysed legs is completely back to normal now, you wouldn't know it had a problem except she is very thin and eating lots to catch up. Thanks to all of you who gave advise and Natalie whos suggestion on how to get the weight of her legs worked a treat.
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Post by Smiley on Feb 19, 2005 18:01:02 GMT 10
wooohoo I am so happy she is ok...and what a great team we have here..Thank you for letting us know how she was doing...Nothing like getting good news...
Natalie
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