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silkiemother said:
I did manage to get some liquefied food into her consisting of water, feed, egg, banana, apple, and oatmeal so it was a sort of calorie shake, I think I got about 40 ml into her by putting the syringe in the corner of her bill and dripping a bit into her bill at a time, which should hopefully be enough to give her some energy. she's a bit feistier this evening but when I managed to control her enough to get her between my thighs to feed her she was just limp and let me do it without much fighting. I'm not sure if that's a decent amount to get into her or not
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Just a FYI, be careful with pushing foods and/or liquids like that. A lot of people are able to do it successfully but the risk of her aspirating increases when you're pushing anything in front of their airway. Please don't think I'm trying to scare you in any way. I just wanted to make sure that you knew. I'm so happy she's acting a little better. Did you ever figure out if you have access to any antibiotics? I think she's got a cheering squad going here. I'll definitely be cheering her on 💜

Edited: My ap. My internet connection stinks, so your reply about the antibiotics didn't load until I posted. I believe @Isaac 0 has been tagged. Let's see if he has a chance to get on here tonight. Do you have any leftover antibiotics that you or any of your family had leftover? Are you in the USA?
 
I can look through my medicine cabinet, we might have some left over, do they have an expiration date? the only antibiotics I can think of is from when our cat when into kidney failure a couple months ago but I'm not sure if those would be safe. And yeah, I'm being really careful about not letting her accidentally inhale any of it, I'm trying to get it on her tongue rather than in her bill so she'll swallow it. For water I'm putting it in the very front and letting it run through until she tips her head back and swallows it. I'm afraid she may actually have an infection since I noticed she has a runny nose and is still kinda wheezing. I do have a vet near me but I want to save that as a last last resort since it's the only one that does birds in the entire valley which means she'll be pricey. I'm doing my best as well to keep her resting in a quiet dark place so she'll stay calm and off of her bad leg. Speaking of her bad leg, I wanna soak her feet in Epsom but I'm scared to stress her out and potentially make her worse or have her accidentally break a wing since she's been using them to balance(which tells me how bad her leg hurts) or because she's still a decent sized bird and she flaps like crazy when I move her
 
I imagine she's going to be in too much pain to fight you too hard. The only problem I had with my duck whenever she wasn't able to get around well and was keeping her from drinking the Epsom salts water. I think it'd probably be a good move to get her in to see a vet, if at all possible.
 
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I worry that she'll end up with an infection that's systemic. That's difficult to treat and sometimes costly. Whenever the infection has moved into their joints/bones, getting the correct treatment is important. I don't know if her respiratory issues are related to her leg/foot. It sounds like she might need a strong wide spectrum antibiotic.
 
HeatherKellyB said:
I worry that she'll end up with an infection that's systemic. That's difficult to treat and sometimes costly. Whenever the infection has moved into their joints/bones, getting the correct treatment is important. I don't know if her respiratory issues are related to her leg/foot. It sounds like she might need a strong wide spectrum antibiotic.
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Agreed. I have limited know how in this area, but this makes sense to me. I think a vet is a good option at this point. Your kind of at the last resort step, I'm not sure what else you can/should do for her without a vets help.
 
Weeg said:
Agreed. I have limited know how in this area, but this makes sense to me. I think a vet is a good option at this point. Your kind of at the last resort step, I'm not sure what else you can/should do for her without a vets help.
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Right. If it was one thing or another, it'd be different, in my opinion.
 

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