JBeck Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Hello My CAG is ten months old and has been acting differently than her usual self. About a week ago she seemed withdrawn, sleepy, and was very quiet. I noticed that she would put her beak down and clear fluid came out of her beak. This happened twice in about an hour. I got her an appointment that day with our Avian vet. He examined her thoroughly and asked many good questions. After doing a crop swab he determined she had a bacterial infection in her crop. He prescribed Sulfa-Trim and Nystatin twice daily for a week. He asked me to weigh her every day and to call him with her weight every couple of days. She has finished her course of medicine but something is still not right. I have a follow up appt. on Tuesday next week. Her droppings look normal but are very small compared to what the were before this. She still is not eating much unless I feed her soft foods like fruit, steamed veggies, cooked pasta, cous cous, and beans. She will not eat any of her pellets when before she would eat them constantly. She is still very quiet when she was saying a few words and had several chatting and whistling sessions a day. She has been fully weaned for two months and was eating great before this. Her weight is only about 360 grams. She lost about 20 grams after fully weaning. She has begun her first molt with downies flying everywhere and has lost four tail feathers. (New feathers are visibly coming in) I wonder if she is feeling this way because of molting. Either way she won't see the vet again until Tuesday afternoon. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated greatly from experienced owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave007 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 The meds that the vet gave you are some of the usual meds that are used to treat that infection. As far as how she feels, that's common when a parrot has nasel/crop infections. It takes a while for the parrot ti get back to it's normal self. The way your bird is reacting right now can be compared to a person who has a cold plus a fever. Not wanting to eat, unusual quietness. I doubt that losing those downy feathers makes your bird feel uncomfortable. At your bird's age, molting isn't unusual. Even though your bird has no fever, I,m only trying to show you how an individual person feels. A person who has a cold but no fever, won't feel as lousy as one that does. ""Her droppings look normal but are very small compared to what the were before this. She still is not eating much unless I feed her soft foods like fruit, steamed veggies, cooked pasta, cous cous, and beans.""" That's not unusual because the less food a parrot eats, the smaller the amount of droppings. Losing the tail feathers may be just a coincedence. Tail and flight feathers fall out because the blood suppy dries up which makes the feather drop and when happens, new ones are just behind them. I doubt that it has anything to do with a crop infection or making the bird feel bad. The only thing I would suggest is that you stay close to your vet, do everything he says, give the prescribed meds. Meds don't react so quickly that you would see a drastic change. Write down everything that's happening even if it's small. We here can't make diagnoses because none of us are vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBeck Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Thank you for your analogy and other information. We'll be going back Tuesday to see the AV. I had to start one hand feeding daily again because her weight has dropped to 345 grams. She took it readily so that makes me feel a bit less worried. Thanks Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 JBeck, has there been any improvement with your sick grey? I wish you would come back and update us on her condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBeck Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Hello So far she seems to be gradually getting better. I had to start giving her one hand feeding a day when her weight dropped to 345 grams. She took it eagerly and it seemed to stimulate her wanting to eat. Last night she spent two hours in front of her food dish eating small bits. Within hours she started perking up. I increased the humidity and temp and also increased the FS lighting a couple more hours. I also added some organic AC Vinegar to her water bottle. She goes back to the AV Tuesday afternoon. I am hoping she will keep going in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Thanks so much JBeck for updating us on your grey, seems she is improving and giving her a handfeed is helping her to keep her weight, hope it goes well for her visit back to the vet on Tuesday and please let us know what you find out but glad to hear she is improving. BTW, does she have a name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBeck Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 Hello Her/His name is Willow. Ill post back after the apt on Tuesday. Thank You ~ Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Willow is a lovely name for a grey, would love to see some pictures of Willow if you have some you would share with us, thanks Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBeck Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) Thank you JudyGram and Dave007 for your comments and help. She is much better after resuming 1 hand feeding per day. Since Friday she has really started to get much better. The Doc. gave her a clean bill of health today. Here are some pics and a vid for you... Thanks again! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1458379063996 Edited January 5, 2011 by JBeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Aw she is a lovely looking grey and that is greyt that she has been given a clean bill of health, thanks Joe for sharing the pictures of Willow. You may have to do something different about the video, it won't work as it is, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanyab Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 why the vinegar???im glad to hear ur grey is feeling better.my jackson is 9months and i still handfeed 1 at night.i have alful cold right now and now,ill be watchen jackson closly since i was in his face feeding him and loving him. i didnt know greys could catcha a cold??he want let noone else feed him or even play with him. thanks for the update and glad willow is feeling better..love the pic also... one moew thing what is the sign for a cold ina grey??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellync Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Willow is a beautiful girl! Glad to hear she is feeling better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBeck Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Willow is a beautiful girl! Glad to hear she is feeling better! Thank you so much! Everyone here is so nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezron Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I am glad she is feeling better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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