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Oww Sounds like he has some kind of skin infection? Poor little guy. Wonder what it is.. No discharge from the skin?
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New symptom - stinky, flaky skin. And I mean SMELLY. Its feathers are dull and crusty. The vet it's been seeing isn't in today, and the only other avian vet I could find reccomended a 3rd vet who can't see us till tommorrow and charges $75 for an exam, which is more than any of the other places we've spoken to... I don't know how much more of this I can honestly afford.
No discharge from the skin, I think it might just be from lack of grooming. I gave him a dust bath and he smells 100% better and his skin looks much better too - I used some pumice based chinchilla bath stuff.Oww Sounds like he has some kind of skin infection? Poor little guy. Wonder what it is.. No discharge from the skin?
Some times, the kindest thing to do, is end the suffering.
I am worried that this will end up being the case, but he's still eating, with a pretty decent amount of enthusiasm. I made him a new batch of food, this time with kale and oatmeal added into the boiled egg/gamebird mix, and he really likes it. We're going to get a second opinion on him tomorrow I think and go from there. I hope he can pull through. None of the vets I spoke to think it's Marek's, they are still sure it's a vitamin deficiency of some kind or possibly a genetic issue (actually, vitamin deficiences can be genetic I think?).
Saw second vet. His temps are normal, skin is reasonable (the dust bathing is really helping, and she wants me to continue), heartbeat and lungs sound great. He's also put on a good amount of weight (he's gained 1/4 the weight he was last week). She agreed that he was extremely energetic and alert. She suspects the joint swelling is mycoplasma synoviae, and has put him on Tylan and a pain med/anti inflamatory. She doesn't suspect any broken bones, and suggested a corrective harness to prevent his legs from coming in uneven or short due to sitting on his hocks for extended periods.
She thinks in spite of everything he's been through he might still make it since he's very active (he preens, glares at us/watches us when we talk, attempts to flap and get around) but wants an update Friday AM- if he hasn't responded to the Tylan the only other thing she could think of would be localized staph infections, but the TMS is a broad spectrum antibiotic and is effective against staph infections so that likely eliminates it.
Oh, and he is definitely a HE. She was able to vent sex him during the temperature-taking part of the exam, poor little dude.
Here's some photos of him in his corrective sling, watching videos of quail (mostly for the sounds, I don't think poultry can make out what's on the screen? not sure)
http://imgur.com/a/1mcP6