|
|
#1
23rd April 2008, 02:35 PM
|
|||
|
|||
Two week old needs helpI rescued a day old wild squeaker and have been feeding her since. She's been growing well until about three nights ago when the electricity went out, her heating pad turned off and she got cold. Since then she has slowed down on her eating and today she has refused food (ZooPreem baby bird formula). Her digestive tract has all but stopped and she sounds like she has a cold when she breathes, as though she has mucous in her sinus. What do I do to save her?
She's a loving little girl and I don't want to lose her, please help. Chris 
|
|
#2
23rd April 2008, 03:00 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
By two weeks they should not need a heat pad. Have you checked her mouth for canker? That will often affect the breathing and it is a major cause of slow crop. She will need treatment with Carnidazole (Spartrix) or Metronidazole (Flagyl).
Kaytee suggest that if a squeaker's digestion slows down you should increase the ambient temperature and feed infant apple sauce. If the crop is not more than half full you could give her warm water with a tiny pinch of baking soda . Cynthia
__________________
 Life is as dear to the mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.His holiness the Dalai Lama
|
|
#3
23rd April 2008, 03:02 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Chris, You need to take her to an avian vet and get her some antibiotics. Is she warm now?
.
__________________
Charis If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. Seattle 1736-1866  Another Life, Gone To The Birds! DO NO HARM Member, International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
|
|
#4
23rd April 2008, 03:05 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
I didn't know that she had stopped eating. You didn't tell me that part in the email. Anyway, these folks on here will help you out. I think you've got a different problem than my baby in the video.
__________________
 Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse that privilege. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.------ Frieda Norris
|
|
#5
24th April 2008, 02:28 PM
|
|||
|
|||
I regret to inform you allUnfortunately Little girl has died. Thank you all for you kindness and advice, it is truely appreciated.
|
|
#7
24th April 2008, 02:34 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I'm sorry too. I know how much it hurts.
__________________
Charis If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. Seattle 1736-1866 Another Life, Gone To The Birds! DO NO HARM Member, International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
|
|
#8
24th April 2008, 03:15 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
OMG....I'm so sorry.
__________________
Renee www.lovebirdsloft.com People have the right to be stupid, but some abuse that privilege. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes.------ Frieda Norris
|
 |
| Tags |
| avian vet, baby bird, baby bird formula, heating pad, slow crop |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
