It’s hard to forgive myself completely because she had lost weight and was being a little odd… but she has always gone into an isolationist phase when she molted, as she was doing, and I chalked up the weight loss to molting during a cold spell and energy going into feathers and heat production...
My poor baby Cheech passed away on Thursday night. The necropsy showed she had egg yolk peritonitis that had gone septic pretty quickly. There were very few signs in the days before. Of course I am beating myself up for not figuring it out and bringing her to the vet but in all likelihood it...
My 2.5 year old darling Muscovy, Cheech, has me a little concerned. She’s been molting for a couple of months, which obviously takes a lot of energy, but now that winter is settling in, she’s much more fatigued than normal and she’s lost a lot of weight - like 2-3 pounds. Her caruncle looks...