| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 942 |
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I was talking to a Friend today and she related a problem that her
friend had with a cockateil.
It seems that her two cockatiels had six eggs and would only care for 3
of them. She incubated the remaining 3, hatched one of them and hand
raised it. Its name is Squirt. Squirt has one problem He indulges in
water until his Crop is over-full. When he is overfull he is noticeably
uncomfortable and his droppings are runny(hence the name Squirt). Her
Vet attributes it to not being raised by the parents and says to ration
its water. When ever Squirt is out he make a bee-line for the sink to
hunt down any left over water droplets.
It seems the problem is solved by rationing his water, but I thought
someone out there may have had this problem and could help explain
it.
Doug
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| 118.1 | Sugar a bit high maybe? | SAGE::CARLSONJ | Mon Feb 20 1989 19:10 | 13 | |
Hi, it's Jean!
Have a CBC run on the birds blood. It could well be avian diabetes!
The CBC will cost around $19. If you can draw the blood yourself,
you can save a $30 vet office call, and stress on the bird.
If you live near me, I'll help you then you can take the blood to
your vet.
Jean Hutchins
on a borrowed account again! 8^}
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| 118.2 | CBC for Gulcose? | SVCRUS::KROLL | Fri Mar 03 1989 01:25 | 3 | |
How can you find out about sugar problems with a complete blood
count? Would it not be better to do a glucose test? or is that
possible for birds?
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