Vet

Angel Cake
Belle and Angel Cake


Today we took one of our birds - Angel Cake - to the vet. His beak had grown very long and we were afraid he would hurt himself and starve if it grew any longer. Well, of course the beak was a sign of some other medical problems. They took blood and came back to say that he was having liver problems. His liver enzymes were at 3500 - a healthy bird's count would be between 40 and 400. Yikes! Thus, now we have to give him medicine twice a day. His beak may grow long again, and in that case we will take him back to the Vet to have it trimmed. She also said the medicine may not work, and in that case he would not have too long to live. We spent $114 to find this out (after a $25.00 off cupon). My instincts were to just take the bird outside and let him go (it was over 50 today) and go get another yellow/green bird. Will see what happens - that may still happen if I get tired of giving him medicine twice a day. We found a new pet shop by our house and may go check on birds there.