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Update: Parsnip is doing fine, his beak color hasn’t really changed.
Last week he went downhill and refused to eat anything besides his beloved blueberries. His beak faded to a pale yellow that day and I could tell by the way he was standing he had a stomach ache. I fed him some more blueberries because I figured he might as well have them as at least he was eating something. Around noon that day it occurred to me that he’d been eating a lot of blueberries lately and that an overdose of them might cause him some discomfort so I stopped giving them to him and he felt a little better the next day and loads better a day after.
His beak has regained it’s pale tangerine color though he is still much to pale.
I discovered an amazing vet in Carmichael, yesterday was his appointment. She gave him a full exam, she found him to be thin but not anorexic, his overall condition was good and she said it’s good that he is up, bright eyed and active, she noticed that his abdomen has a little fluid buildup, similar to what a female goose feels like which is abnormal for him being that he is a gander.
She did a CBC and chemistry test which came back today.
Normal white blood cell count, liver and kidney function are normal, but really high pancreatic enzymes.
She strongly thinks that he doesn’t have pancreatic cancer due to his young age but it’s still a possibility, so she thinks he may have chronic pancreatitis or zinc poisoning.
We were at her out patient clinic yesterday so radiology wasn’t an option, she’s having some medication sent to me to treat pancreatitis and advised me to try to get him to eat high fiber food to flush out any metal he may have swallowed if it’s zinc toxicity.
Last week he went downhill and refused to eat anything besides his beloved blueberries. His beak faded to a pale yellow that day and I could tell by the way he was standing he had a stomach ache. I fed him some more blueberries because I figured he might as well have them as at least he was eating something. Around noon that day it occurred to me that he’d been eating a lot of blueberries lately and that an overdose of them might cause him some discomfort so I stopped giving them to him and he felt a little better the next day and loads better a day after.
His beak has regained it’s pale tangerine color though he is still much to pale.
I discovered an amazing vet in Carmichael, yesterday was his appointment. She gave him a full exam, she found him to be thin but not anorexic, his overall condition was good and she said it’s good that he is up, bright eyed and active, she noticed that his abdomen has a little fluid buildup, similar to what a female goose feels like which is abnormal for him being that he is a gander.
She did a CBC and chemistry test which came back today.
Normal white blood cell count, liver and kidney function are normal, but really high pancreatic enzymes.
She strongly thinks that he doesn’t have pancreatic cancer due to his young age but it’s still a possibility, so she thinks he may have chronic pancreatitis or zinc poisoning.
We were at her out patient clinic yesterday so radiology wasn’t an option, she’s having some medication sent to me to treat pancreatitis and advised me to try to get him to eat high fiber food to flush out any metal he may have swallowed if it’s zinc toxicity.
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