15 minutes typing on my phone... gone! Grrrr
Ok, so the Roostie news is not so positive. Bear in mind he was a “free” rooster. $70 ferry trip, $100 exam fee, and I dropped $100 on meds.
It impossible to tell if the infection has made it into his bones without $145 on an x ray they could do today, but if it’s operable the surgery would be booked in a few weeks and be $500+ minimum. There would be a better than average chance of him not surviving the general anesthetic, and they can’t do that invasive a surgery without putting him under. After discussing with Andrew we agreed that we couldn’t afford that much for him.
The vet was awesome, was fine with all the measures I had taken so far, including my illegitimate use of enrofloxacin. I was very, very clear that it’s something only use in my birds that are not contributing to the food stream. More to follow posting so I don’t lose this much of the update as we drive to deliver some feed... stay tuned, it’s not all as grim as it sounds at this point!
Ok, so the Roostie news is not so positive. Bear in mind he was a “free” rooster. $70 ferry trip, $100 exam fee, and I dropped $100 on meds.
It impossible to tell if the infection has made it into his bones without $145 on an x ray they could do today, but if it’s operable the surgery would be booked in a few weeks and be $500+ minimum. There would be a better than average chance of him not surviving the general anesthetic, and they can’t do that invasive a surgery without putting him under. After discussing with Andrew we agreed that we couldn’t afford that much for him.
The vet was awesome, was fine with all the measures I had taken so far, including my illegitimate use of enrofloxacin. I was very, very clear that it’s something only use in my birds that are not contributing to the food stream. More to follow posting so I don’t lose this much of the update as we drive to deliver some feed... stay tuned, it’s not all as grim as it sounds at this point!
kidding
