Re: Sick Budgie?


"LindaA" <irixazul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:irixazul-85E10F.22011120122005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <i_qdnTqgMqB_9jXeRVn-ug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> dkrug <dkrug@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> David G Fisher wrote:
>> > "dkrug" <dkrug@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:1fudnVeZUu_2vDreRVn-sQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> >>Andy wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Apologies if this is not the correct forum. I acquired a 16 week old
>> >>>harlequin budgie about weeks back, and she seems to have an
>> >>>occasional
>> >>>habit of coughing, going on for minute, linked with beak opening,
>> >>>maybe a
>> >>>bit of headshaking, and swallowing. Still, she was always bright as a
>> >>>button I put it down to habit.
>> >>>
>> >>>The last two days I occasionally can hear her wheezing when breathing,
>> >>>a
>> >>>falling note, and she sticks her tongue out and looks like she's
>> >>>swallowing some saliva or what-have-you, often when this happens.
>> >>>
>> >>>Obviously respiratory, but she does not seem listless or fluffed up or
>> >>>off her food. My research suggested maybe goitre or perhaps a (?)
>> >>>lipoma,
>> >>>blocking her airways, but I'm not sure why it is intermittent.
>> >>>
>> >>>She is on very largely a seed diet: I bought her an iodine tablet
>> >>>today,
>> >>>and she eats a little lettuce.
>> >>>
>> >>>Anyone out there with experience of these matters who can suggest a
>> >>>likely cause? I would take her to a vet but she seems bright as a
>> >>>button
>> >>>apart from the occasional wheezing. If it continues I'll take her
>> >>>along
>> >>>but would like to rule out nutrition or a chesty cold first,
>> >>>
>> >>>thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>>Andy.
>> >>
>> >>Take the bird to the vet. Birds are very good at hiding sickness. Let
>> >>the
>> >>vet rule out "chesty cold" or nutrition.
>> >>Debbie
>> >
>> >
>> > I get the impression that Andy thinks a "chesty col" isn't serious and
>> > will
>> > go away on it's own, like it would in a human animal. Of course they
>> > don't.
>> > The bird needss to see a good avian vet immediately.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> Well, the little bird is "bright as a button". Why waste money on a vet
>> visit when the internet is so cheap?
>> Debbie
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Also, budgies are "cheap". Why waste money on a vet who may charge a
> couple of hundred bucks when you can buy a spanking brand-new baby
> budgie for less than twenty bucks? If the pet was a three thousand
> dollar cockatoo, I wonder if the OP would be bothering to ask on the
> 'Net or would he be racing to the vet as fast as his legs could carry
> him? Every pet, no matter what the price tag, deserves proper medical
> treatment by a qualified vet when the situation warrants.
> ---
> LindaA

Oooh, I sense hostility! For what it's worth little Jessica stopped being
wheezy the morning after I posted the message, and always was 'as bright as
a button' despite the wheeze. Had she been puffed up, on both feet and not
moving about very much she'd have been down the vets like a shot.

Maybe you should write in your FAQ, "If you ask questions about budgies
with snuffles on this board we will all insinuate you are a heartless
***".

Andy


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