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Thank you every one for your kind words. Love the story of the peafowl that play! that is so beautiful! I can imagine these clever birds playing. The thought makes me smile and even more determined to find young birds I can hand-rear :) -
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I could do no less, I hate to see any kind of animal suffer. My son was devastated when he came home from school and we had to tell him. Have always loved peacocks...probably ever since my Godparents had some when I was young. Having this lad around has really made us think about trying to find... -
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Sadly the improvement was temporary. This morning he was extremely poorly and a visit to the vet confirmed a sizeable abdominal tumor and secondary pneumonia. The antibiotics helped him rally from the pneumonia, but the end was inevitable. Poor lad has been euthanised. Still, the time he spent... -
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thanks, me too! Not as fast as I'd like though so will probably get him to the vet tomorrow to see if there is anything else we can do -
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A quick update this morning. We are seeing some improvement. He has a lot less phlegm in his throat today and I can actually dose him properly rather than just relying on his swallow reflex and losing some. His wings are less 'droopy' though still not quite back to their normal position. Still... -
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Thank you! That's a great article about medicating a peafowl. I haven't dosed any kind of bird this way in many, many years, so this has been a great help. He's been difficult to dose as he has a lot of phlegm in the back of his throat, but he's swallowing well which has helped a lot. I just... -
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thanks so much for the quick replies! Food as a lure wasn't going to work as he hasn't been eating at all. The aviary has a narrow door, so herding him would have been tricky without a few more hands to help. I ended up calling the SPCA out to help catch him as he was getting obviously weaker. I... -
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2 weeks ago we found a stray peacock outside our house. We've tried to find it's owner but no success yet. Your forum has helped me feed it and keep it happy and close while we search (he loves cat food which is not something I'd have thought of). In the last 3 days he's started gaping and...