MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Your thread has dropped off my watch list for some reason MJ. I’ll have to go back and catch up.

In the meantime, I’m getting in early for Fluffy Butt Friday!


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Is that a bin chicken? I haven't seen one on a light before

 

[MaryJanet]

She looks so happy to be home !
It seems she needed to check around everywhere to make sure you hadn't messed anything while she was gone .
Hopefully, she will continue to get better !

She was making so many chirruping noises! It was very cute.

I hope she transitions OK after her treatments and will continue improving.

 

[BY Bob]

Yay!!

She was out of that basket in a flash. So good to see her back home again.

 

[RoyalChick]

And here's the important part of her discharge letter.

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Psyllium husk acts the same as porridge! Forms a gel to coat stuff you want to move out.
Hyperuricaemia is a sign of poor kidney function. I wasn’t aware metal toxicity could cause that. Good that it improved. Will they check it again in a month or something?

 

[LozzyR]

Is that a bin chicken? I haven't seen one on a light before

No, it’s a pelican. It’s funny seeing them roosting on the lights in a row. They’re perfectly safe up there.

 

[MaryJanet]

No, it’s a pelican. It’s funny seeing them roosting on the lights in a row. They’re perfectly safe up there.

Ohhhh what a clever peli

 

[MaryJanet]

Psyllium husk acts the same as porridge! Forms a gel to coat stuff you want to move out.
Hyperuricaemia is a sign of poor kidney function. I wasn’t aware metal toxicity could cause that. Good that it improved. Will they check it again in a month or something?

7 days. She has an appointment for 8.30am Thursday morning. They're going to take blood to measure enzymes in the machine and her enzyme level will reveal her kidney function.

 

[MaryJanet]

Psyllium husk acts the same as porridge! Forms a gel to coat stuff you want to move out.

So it was a porridge-style treatment after all!

 

[MaryJanet]

I'd like to say Katie's friends welcomed her back home but they've all reminded her she's lowest in pecking order. Except Edie.

It's not helping her to settle down and eat. So I've put one of the open tray feeders back into the run for the time being. I'm hopeful the extra food station will give Katie an opportunity to eat as much as she pleases.

 

[MaryJanet]

Hyperuricaemia is a sign of poor kidney function. I wasn’t aware metal toxicity could cause that.

To be precise, the cause of her impaired kidney function* isn't known with certainty. If it wasn't zinc toxicity, then something else caused it. Indications are zinc toxicity was at least a contributing factor as her kidneys have improved with treatment.

*The vets call it a kidney injury, but that doesn't mean someone hurt her kidneys. More likely something injured them.