Trip to the Vet -- Blood Pressure

[Lysis]

I took my amazon to a new avian vet the other day and he measured my bird's blood pressure. At that visit, she was found to be hypertensive (normal is a systolic BP of 160 and hers was 190). This of course, will be checked again in a couple of months.

 

Apparently, as you would expect, older birds may develop hypertension and coronary artery disease.

 

Just curious, how many of you have vets that measure blood pressures? Granted, my bird is older and a BP is probably warranted.

 

I guess no sodium, more exercise, and more red palm oil!

[judygram]

I didn't know that, and I don't know whether my vet checked Josey's blood pressure but I will ask, learn something new here every day even for an old person like me.:dry: :laugh:

[BMustee]

My vet did not. He just did the full blood workup/count. I'm guessing though that because Elmo is under a year there probably wasn't anything to be worried about.

[judygram]

Then mine probably didn't either, makes sense since they are babies unless there was some reason to suspect something.

[Lysis]

I'm sure that a BP check was in order for my bird since she is over 20, but just as hypertension can be present in younger humans, I think a BP check sometime in the life of a younger bird is a good idea.

 

Not every vet may have the equipment to check the blood pressure of a bird. He had a miniature cuff and a teeny doppler sensor to detect the bird's pulse. The check was not cheap either.

 

I guess most people have younger birds here!

[lovemyGreys]

Thanks for the information, very intresting

[danmcq]

Very interesting.... I didn't know they made Arm Cuffs that small

[judygram]

Dan thats why it isn't cheap, those small cuffs are expensive.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: