Hi,
We lost one of our budgies suddenly today. This morning she was acting normal; flying around, full of energy. Then at around 2pm she was slumped over on one of her toys, breathing quickly and heavily.
A short while later, she fell to the bottom of her cage. With barely any energy she managed to step onto my hand. I placed her on a table. She was looking even worse
We tried calling about 7 different vets and they were all closed due to bad weather in our area. I managed to find one that didn't specialize in birds, but had other contacts in further away locations he could talk to for me.
Anyway, we managed to get her to this vet about 30 minutes later. He gave her a quick exam and left the room to consult his contacts. Her condition seemed about the same since we left the house. Her droppings were a gooey yellow liquid. She gradually slowed her breathing and passed away just before he got back.
He told us his best guess is that she suffered a stroke. Does that sound right? Obviously you won't be able to tell me for sure just from this post, but I was curious what this community thinks.
He recommended we bring in our other budgie to our avian vet tomorrow, which we will be doing. She seems okay, but is definitely going to be missing Yoshi. Those two were very close. We're not sure what we're going to do since we probably won't be home consistently enough to keep just one budgie entertained.
What a terrible day. It all happened so quickly.
Thanks.
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We lost one of our budgies suddenly today. This morning she was acting normal; flying around, full of energy. Then at around 2pm she was slumped over on one of her toys, breathing quickly and heavily.
A short while later, she fell to the bottom of her cage. With barely any energy she managed to step onto my hand. I placed her on a table. She was looking even worse
We tried calling about 7 different vets and they were all closed due to bad weather in our area. I managed to find one that didn't specialize in birds, but had other contacts in further away locations he could talk to for me.
Anyway, we managed to get her to this vet about 30 minutes later. He gave her a quick exam and left the room to consult his contacts. Her condition seemed about the same since we left the house. Her droppings were a gooey yellow liquid. She gradually slowed her breathing and passed away just before he got back.
He told us his best guess is that she suffered a stroke. Does that sound right? Obviously you won't be able to tell me for sure just from this post, but I was curious what this community thinks.
He recommended we bring in our other budgie to our avian vet tomorrow, which we will be doing. She seems okay, but is definitely going to be missing Yoshi. Those two were very close. We're not sure what we're going to do since we probably won't be home consistently enough to keep just one budgie entertained.
What a terrible day. It all happened so quickly.
Thanks.
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