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Can anyone advise on treating aspergillosis in cockatiels?
We have a beautiful cinnamon baby (the people at the aviary think he's a he, but obviously not sure yet). He came to us aged 6 weeks and within 3 days developed wheezing/laboured breathing. The vet said it was likely aspergillosis and admitted him for 2 days to have oxygen therapy. He was discharged and the vet prescribed a week of meds: antibiotic in drinking water, and loxicom and sporanox (antifungal) both given orally via syringe. Also nebulizing him 3 times a day with F10 solution.
After a week, the wheeze was still happening so on vet's advice we are continuing the meds for another 2 weeks and the nebulising for a month. Nearing halfway through the 2 weeks and the wheezing is still happening, though not all the time. He will have a day of being fine and then start in the evening. Sometimes it seems worse after the nebulizer and sometimes better. His nose seems to be blocked some times as well. He fights with the syringe so this could possibly be from getting meds up his nose.
Is there anything else besides the meds that we could give him?
He gets really miserable when the wheezing is bad, but other times he seems fine - eating well, playing with his toys, climbing round his cage, and doing some beak grinding and dozing. He's mostly very silent but has started doing the odd squawk to attract our attention, a few times a day. He'll eat from a millet spray if I hold it in the cage but otherwise very shy and hisses at my hand. Is it normal for him to be so quiet?
Any tips on taming him? I feel bad for him stuck in his cage all day but he's very mistrustful. Understandable I guess, since we've had to catch him twice a day and put nasty medicine down him! The millet is working but how much of that should he having? He's eating a seed mix which we got from the aviary and chomps on his cuttle fish, but won't touch anything else (we've tried kale, apple and banana). Should we be giving any supplements?
Sorry so many questions! Any advice you can offer would be very gratefully received.
Can anyone advise on treating aspergillosis in cockatiels?
We have a beautiful cinnamon baby (the people at the aviary think he's a he, but obviously not sure yet). He came to us aged 6 weeks and within 3 days developed wheezing/laboured breathing. The vet said it was likely aspergillosis and admitted him for 2 days to have oxygen therapy. He was discharged and the vet prescribed a week of meds: antibiotic in drinking water, and loxicom and sporanox (antifungal) both given orally via syringe. Also nebulizing him 3 times a day with F10 solution.
After a week, the wheeze was still happening so on vet's advice we are continuing the meds for another 2 weeks and the nebulising for a month. Nearing halfway through the 2 weeks and the wheezing is still happening, though not all the time. He will have a day of being fine and then start in the evening. Sometimes it seems worse after the nebulizer and sometimes better. His nose seems to be blocked some times as well. He fights with the syringe so this could possibly be from getting meds up his nose.
Is there anything else besides the meds that we could give him?
He gets really miserable when the wheezing is bad, but other times he seems fine - eating well, playing with his toys, climbing round his cage, and doing some beak grinding and dozing. He's mostly very silent but has started doing the odd squawk to attract our attention, a few times a day. He'll eat from a millet spray if I hold it in the cage but otherwise very shy and hisses at my hand. Is it normal for him to be so quiet?
Any tips on taming him? I feel bad for him stuck in his cage all day but he's very mistrustful. Understandable I guess, since we've had to catch him twice a day and put nasty medicine down him! The millet is working but how much of that should he having? He's eating a seed mix which we got from the aviary and chomps on his cuttle fish, but won't touch anything else (we've tried kale, apple and banana). Should we be giving any supplements?
Sorry so many questions! Any advice you can offer would be very gratefully received.