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OK, well first of all we used the Sulfa because at the time, we weren't sure what was wrong, and the Sulfa was more broad-spectrum than the Amprol, that's why we chose it, I've heard from others too that Valbazen would have been the better choice...but now I know, I guess...
Secondly, yeah, if I'd gone to a poultry vet, then maybe I would have pressed for more answers, but in this case, we wanted to know if the bird had internal parasites. I had to wheedle the vet to get him to do the fecal even, he didn't want to, as he's not an avian vet. Really the only reason he did was, for one thin, he's our regular vet for our other animals, and the State vets decided he was ok to work with when they were dealing with the necropsy of our bird last spring,when they diagnosed the Capillary worms to begin with. So this is just a follow up, and that's the way he approached it this time. He was basically doing me a favor, and did what he thought would work. I didn't want to make him nervous pushing for a lot of explanation. He's a large animal vet, he deals with farm animals, I figured he had a pretty clear idea what he was doing, and went with just trusting him. Some vets don't like a lot of questions. He will charge less to do a fecal than the avian vets will, so...I agree, I wish he'd been little more specific, but we're small town here, sometimes its better to just shut up.
Frannie is doing ok, she ate all her breakfast (with canned pumpkin) and her dinner, Flock Raiser and a little scratch. I found some probiotic powder at the feed mill, so I will start her on it.
Her tail seems to be up more, and it looks to me as if her color is a little better. I cleaned out her dog crate and will wait for a good fecal sample, then I guess the best course of action will be to get another fecal done? She is starting to make wistful noises when she sees the others outside her pen, so hopefully that's a good sign.
Secondly, yeah, if I'd gone to a poultry vet, then maybe I would have pressed for more answers, but in this case, we wanted to know if the bird had internal parasites. I had to wheedle the vet to get him to do the fecal even, he didn't want to, as he's not an avian vet. Really the only reason he did was, for one thin, he's our regular vet for our other animals, and the State vets decided he was ok to work with when they were dealing with the necropsy of our bird last spring,when they diagnosed the Capillary worms to begin with. So this is just a follow up, and that's the way he approached it this time. He was basically doing me a favor, and did what he thought would work. I didn't want to make him nervous pushing for a lot of explanation. He's a large animal vet, he deals with farm animals, I figured he had a pretty clear idea what he was doing, and went with just trusting him. Some vets don't like a lot of questions. He will charge less to do a fecal than the avian vets will, so...I agree, I wish he'd been little more specific, but we're small town here, sometimes its better to just shut up.
Frannie is doing ok, she ate all her breakfast (with canned pumpkin) and her dinner, Flock Raiser and a little scratch. I found some probiotic powder at the feed mill, so I will start her on it.
Her tail seems to be up more, and it looks to me as if her color is a little better. I cleaned out her dog crate and will wait for a good fecal sample, then I guess the best course of action will be to get another fecal done? She is starting to make wistful noises when she sees the others outside her pen, so hopefully that's a good sign.
