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So I took Basil to the vet for the first time yesterday. Took him to the clinic that I actually work for, I trust the vet a lot. Yes, she is an avian vet. Anyways, I wanted to get him checked out to set a base line for what's normal for him with CBC and fecal/gram etc. He did very well in the room but the issue arose when they took him in back to try to get blood. A decent vet will try to get blood from a vein before trimming the nails too short (aka cut-back) because it is less painful. They tried to get blood from a vein in his leg but they accidentally blew it. Then the vet took a look at the vein in his wing but she didn't feel comfortable taking from there because it was so tiny. So she resulted with a cut-back. She actually had to cut-back a few toenails because his blood was clotting so quickly. She sent it out to the ref-lab and is not sure if there was enough to get it read properly. I'll find out in a few days.
But I felt so bad for Basil! I was so nervous for him, but I know the checkup was the best thing for him. First time he's ever been to the vet that I am aware of. I'm actually kind of glad she did the cut-back on his toenails because his quicks were really long. Doing a cut-back makes the quick shorter so you can cut the nail shorter and keep up with it on a regular basis. If the nails are let to continually grow, the quick will also become long. This is true in cats and dogs.
His fecal/gram stain came back negative. So now I just wait for the CBC results. Basil is doing very well since his visit yesterday! I'm so happy! He had pooped a few bloody poops yesterday night but that's cause they had to "retrieve" poop from him, but his poops are back to normal today, a little runny but a healthy color. He has also been hopping all over his cage and chirping. I'll post back once his CBC results come in or if I have to take him back in. :budgie:
But I felt so bad for Basil! I was so nervous for him, but I know the checkup was the best thing for him. First time he's ever been to the vet that I am aware of. I'm actually kind of glad she did the cut-back on his toenails because his quicks were really long. Doing a cut-back makes the quick shorter so you can cut the nail shorter and keep up with it on a regular basis. If the nails are let to continually grow, the quick will also become long. This is true in cats and dogs.
His fecal/gram stain came back negative. So now I just wait for the CBC results. Basil is doing very well since his visit yesterday! I'm so happy! He had pooped a few bloody poops yesterday night but that's cause they had to "retrieve" poop from him, but his poops are back to normal today, a little runny but a healthy color. He has also been hopping all over his cage and chirping. I'll post back once his CBC results come in or if I have to take him back in. :budgie:
