lutlonow
05-28-2008, 03:31 PM
Hello,
I hope everyone is doing well. I would like to update on Rio's condition and find out if Dr. C or anyone else has any suggestions. I took Rio in earlier this month and the first trip consisted of a cbc, testing for zinc/lead levels, and a gram stain. I think there was one more thing but I don't remember and don't have the paperwork with me. The results came in that everything was normal aside from an elevated white blood cell count which indicated an infection. We started him on Baytril, that was on the 7th. We went back in on the 12th to do xrays. My vet (and I) literally looked at every little part of his little body on the xray and could find absolutely nothing that looked abnormal. He has been on Baytril for the 21 days that she wanted him on it, and his behavior still seems fine. His poops seem smaller to me, sometimes. But his toes are still doing the same thing. My vet said she could put his information up on a website where she could maybe get some other ideas, but nothing has happened since then. She also told me that she could request a phone consultation with another specialist and would let me know how much of a charge that would be, I will pay for one, but,within only 2 trips I have spent $587.00 and he is still in the same situation. I am so sad and frustrated and just don't know what else to do. I have searched the internet for hours and hours trying to come up with anything. The newest thing that I have discovered was an article on vegetables and how green peppers and cucumbers were some of the worst things to feed your bird. I had never read that before, and have been feeding Rio both of those all his life. I always wash them really well, but apparently, they are very contanimated with pesticides even if you wash them. I came across the article while doing a search for neurological defects. This article said that feeding them those veg. and others could have neurological side effects. I cannot believe that I could have been unknowingly poisoning my bird for years. Has anyone else heard of this? Also, Dr. C do you think that if he is in fact "poisoned" from insecticides from vegetables, is there anything I can do, perhaps some kind of flush?
Do you think that it is irreversable? Also, is there another method of testing for neurological defects that you know of that maybe we could be overlooking? I am sorry about all of the questions, I just don't want it to keep getting worse and I am out of ideas and aside from a phone consultation, so is my vet. Please, any suggestions and comments are welcome, and prayers are always welcome.
Thank you, Jennifer & Rio
I hope everyone is doing well. I would like to update on Rio's condition and find out if Dr. C or anyone else has any suggestions. I took Rio in earlier this month and the first trip consisted of a cbc, testing for zinc/lead levels, and a gram stain. I think there was one more thing but I don't remember and don't have the paperwork with me. The results came in that everything was normal aside from an elevated white blood cell count which indicated an infection. We started him on Baytril, that was on the 7th. We went back in on the 12th to do xrays. My vet (and I) literally looked at every little part of his little body on the xray and could find absolutely nothing that looked abnormal. He has been on Baytril for the 21 days that she wanted him on it, and his behavior still seems fine. His poops seem smaller to me, sometimes. But his toes are still doing the same thing. My vet said she could put his information up on a website where she could maybe get some other ideas, but nothing has happened since then. She also told me that she could request a phone consultation with another specialist and would let me know how much of a charge that would be, I will pay for one, but,within only 2 trips I have spent $587.00 and he is still in the same situation. I am so sad and frustrated and just don't know what else to do. I have searched the internet for hours and hours trying to come up with anything. The newest thing that I have discovered was an article on vegetables and how green peppers and cucumbers were some of the worst things to feed your bird. I had never read that before, and have been feeding Rio both of those all his life. I always wash them really well, but apparently, they are very contanimated with pesticides even if you wash them. I came across the article while doing a search for neurological defects. This article said that feeding them those veg. and others could have neurological side effects. I cannot believe that I could have been unknowingly poisoning my bird for years. Has anyone else heard of this? Also, Dr. C do you think that if he is in fact "poisoned" from insecticides from vegetables, is there anything I can do, perhaps some kind of flush?
Do you think that it is irreversable? Also, is there another method of testing for neurological defects that you know of that maybe we could be overlooking? I am sorry about all of the questions, I just don't want it to keep getting worse and I am out of ideas and aside from a phone consultation, so is my vet. Please, any suggestions and comments are welcome, and prayers are always welcome.
Thank you, Jennifer & Rio