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Post by Scratchpost on Aug 27, 2022 0:42:47 GMT -7
Hi there, So this is Aka's night time crap. Is it OK if some places are dark? His day time crap is normal, healthy mix of clear urine, white urates and brown/olive green solids. The colouring is probably from the pellets. Anyway, i'm a bit nervous because we had to take him back to the vet (different one this time) and apparently the first vet missed that Aka has Psitticosis. We have a different antibiotic for him now, started this morning. He seems fine otherwise, still very chatty, still eating as much if not a little more, and not lethargic or anything. From what I can see, the darker parts are the parts closest to the surface so it looks like they got dark because of the air but I want to make sure. The new vet doesn't do phone/picture consultations so I can't ask him without paying for another vet visit, which was super expensive last time. Thanks.
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Post by Scratchpost on Aug 27, 2022 0:43:43 GMT -7
Oh yeah there are a lot of down feathers because he is going through his baby moult.
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Post by Jane on Aug 27, 2022 1:29:24 GMT -7
It looks okay from what I can see, as long as there isn't any black. They usually do a large dropping first thing in the morning. Sorry to hear Aka has psittacosis. You be careful too because it can be transmitted to humans.
Jane
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Post by Haz on Aug 27, 2022 13:02:37 GMT -7
Poor Aka. If he doesn't feel well, he will try to hide it as they would do in the wild. As Jane said, be careful because he could give it to you as a form of pneumonia.
Haz
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Post by Scratchpost on Aug 28, 2022 0:00:17 GMT -7
Hi Jane,
No there isn't any black. I know he can give it to me, I can't use gloves because I am allergic to latex but I use a mask when I clean his cage.
Hi Haz,
I know, I don't know when he got it or from where but I think he was sick for a while before I took him to the vet the first time. I'm just happy we know what the issue is now and he has medicine. I'll watch myself and my chest or whatever for pnuemonia and go to the doctor if I feel sick/start coughing etc. I'll tell him that my parrot has Psitticosis so he'll know what the issue is.
Thanks:)
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Post by Jane on Aug 28, 2022 3:23:28 GMT -7
I believe the antibiotic for psittacosis has to be given for a minimum of 45 days because it only works when the bacteria are dividing and they are not always doing this, but it will take place at least twice during the 45 days.
Jane
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Post by Scratchpost on Aug 28, 2022 13:41:56 GMT -7
Hi Jane,
Yes that is what the vet said, I have a prescription for 45 days. The bottle says 40 days but the vet said 45 days minimum. At least I found a way to give it to him now, he either doesn't taste the difference in his chop or doesn't care about the taste.
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Post by Adele on Aug 28, 2022 20:03:24 GMT -7
Wow, that's a really long time to be giving antibiotics! I know another parrot owner had a macaw that kept getting psittacosis multiple times. Eventually, he rehomed the macaw cause he was really worried about his other parrots getting it and for some reason, it kept coming back.
That's great that you found a good way to give the medicine. Parrot's poop can be all kinds of colors and smells! I think yours looks fine.
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Post by Scratchpost on Aug 29, 2022 11:39:18 GMT -7
Hi Adele, yes, I also thought that was a really long time but what Jane said is right. It wasn't explained to me like that (Jane did a much better job haha) but normally, antibiotics is given for 20 days. That makes sense, the vet and where I bought the antibiotics stated that medicine normally works quickly because of the birds' efficient metabolism and circulatory system, so most people (vets included) give them for a short time because medicine normally works in a short time.
Yeah I'm also happy, he refused to drink his water when he was on antibiotics the last time (from the feather cyst) so I had to look for another way (this was before I found out that medicine in water isn't always a good idea from the bacteria etc.)
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