Please! Need Help URGENTLY for a Sick Pigeon just found..

[Reti]

Thank you Phil,

the bird seems calm and not really stressed at all. Miamiand his wife care deeply about him and animals in general. Proof, when they were here, my Johnny Cat took a liking to them right away. Usually it takes two three visits for him to even get close to strangers. I believe animals know.


A link to your "soups' would be great.

Thanks.

Reti

[Trees Gray]

Originally Posted by Reti

The turn for the worse was the bird was unresponsive this morning. Laying on one side, legs, wings stretched out. Yesterday he was alert and eating and drinking.
I adviced Miami to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.
Last phone conversation, around 1.30pm, the bird was doing a bit better, not eating though, so I recommended some baby cereal for now, and hopefully tomorrow we can start him on formula.
Oh, Miami gave him some puppy chow, seems though like he is not digesting it, plus there is diarrhea now.
Reti

The liquid formula with probiotics would be better until his gut is stabilized. The bird probably hasn't had any real food for quite some time, the puppy chow might have been a little too much to start giving, quite a shock to the system . It's like re-introducing a human being on food once he has been starved, you have to go slow with easy to digest food. My parents said after the war, they started getting all this rich food from the Canadians (they lived in once occupied Holland) they got sick on it, and threw it up, and had to start on basic dry crackers.

Treesa

[Reti]

Thanks Treesa,

you are right. I recommended the baby cereal for now until tomorrow, maybe we can get some formula.
The reason I recommended the puppy chow is that I thought some extra protein would do this little guy good, didn't happen.
Hope he'll do better on the cereal. And yes, he is getting probiotics.

Reti

[Miami]

Do forgive my not posting since Friday evening. Since then, I have, by the grace of Trees Gray (and my sincerest thanks to you Trees Gray for this!), been in direct touch exclusively w/ Reti--who, w/ her husband Lee, had invited and welcomed my wife, myslelf, and our sacred charge, into their home. Where, w/ concern, love, empathy, and extraordinary expertise, a diagnosis was established, a regiment prescribed, and an initial administration of meds (w/ attendant 'lessons' re: its continuation in our home, by us) was provided. And since then, by phone, I have, as noted above, been numerous times in contact w/ Reti directly....not having a chance during this period to check emails or check the forum.

As Reti had noted, the first twenty-four hours following the providison of her skilled hand and medical professionalism DID result in DRASTIC improvement....but unfortunately, as of early this moning (i.e. twelve hours later), things took a dramatic plunge. Have therefore been in direct contact w/ her numerous times during the day. Though the pox bumps are now drier and virtually about to fall off re: following her persscription, the poor little avian patient has taken a plunge to extreme weakness, foot-rigidness, and the inability to even keep herself upright. But every time a syringe-full of treatment is administered, the one good eye pops open in response (and she did drink a bit on her own, when water was presented to her). My greatest concern though is that her 'rump' is extremely swollen, as I had shared w/ Reti, and on numerous times today I literally 'squeezed' out watery fecal matter (much of it was the puppy chow) and liquid to try to reliefve the pressure....and had given her a bit of a 'sitz-bath.' About a half hour ago, it looked a wee better in swollenness..and we're taking it two hours at a time, w/ Reti's constant phone supervision.

Please do forgive again my lack of staying in touch w/ all you wonderful kindhearted souls from all corners who have been sending your concern, support, compassion, prayers, energy, love, and wise counsel. I do promise to directly keep you updated via personal posts, but, in the interim, I know that Reti is in a sense 'fielding' all replies and responding to them on behalf of my wife and I....but more so, on behalf of our sweet palomic charge....and, due to expitiousness and my having been away from my desk (which probably will be the case tomorrow as well)....I myself haven't been nor expect to be online--w/ however direct contact w/ Reti being the primary course at the moment of accessing the cumulative knowledge and counsel that you all so givingly have seen fit to offer.

So, unitil I have the opp to again directly post, please accept the deepest gratitude for your con'td aid, concern, heartfulness, expertise, and your 'rooting' for the cause around which you all have so passionately rallied-arond re: the restoration of health and the increasing of the chances for survival of our little friend here...which, due to merely your outpouring alone, I assure you, have been and continue to be augmented to the max! Love and appreciation to all! To be cont'd....

[Miami]

I just hung up on the phone w/ Reti.

About twenty minutes ago, I went into the room in which Sweet Birdie's box was. A darkened room w/ soft music playing. Needed something in that particular room at that particular moment. A coincindence? Not really.

Within thiry seconds after I entered the room (in which I had not turned on the lights, searching instead for what I was look for in the dark), I heard a sudden rustling in her box. (Was she calling to say goodbye?) I went over and lifted the screen. Picked her up and held her. She passed in my hands...

To you all, the eternal gratitude from my wife, myslef, and from Sweet Birdie, who had gifted the two of us w/ the opportunity to care for her these past few days, as she had gifted all of us w/ her presence here on our planet...and especially those who 'knew her' through this post, i.e. all of YOU, who, very directly, were indeed 'involved' with her and at her side...

I will be back Tuesday to post again and follow-up. With more thoughts and renewed thanks. But did not want the night to pass w/ out immediately alerting all of you, who were so concerned and so interested and so dedicated and so helpful, with the recent turn. You are all wonderful. As wonderful and as special as birds themselves. And what higher compliment can one offer...

A good night to all of you, w/ eternal gatefulness and appreciation...

[TerriB]

So sorry this little one did not make it. That must have been very hard after devoting so much time and effort on his behalf. You had an awesome support group and together gave this bird every possible chance to survive. Thank you.

[TAWhatley]

I'm so sorry Miami. Thank you so much for all your efforts and to Reti and Treesa too for assisting with the logistics of this very sad and difficult case.

Terry

[pdpbison]

Ohhhhhhh...darn...

I am sorry...

Thanks Miami for your kindness to this Bird...

Thanks Reti...Tressa...Terry...Pidgey...all the Pidgeon buds.

That was a hell of a good try -


Phil
Las Vegas

[Lady Tarheel]

Tears again for the passing of this sweet bird. What wonderful people to care so much.