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Olivia or Oliver
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- May 19, 2021
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I took her to the vet yesterday. The vet that we were seeing previously was unavailable so I had to see a different vet. He said her eyes are so swollen that she cannot even see and kept pushing euthanasia. I refused (and I understand this is a controversial opinion). I told him that I would consider euthanasia if she was in so much pain that she was quiet, listless, not eating or drinking. But right now she still gets extremely excited about food and drinks, will eagerly come to cuddle with us, respond when I call her name and very much enjoys sleeping under the heat lamp. I don't want to euthanize an animal that clearly wants to live and has the will to live. He was very unhappy with my answer.
He started changing his narrative and said that Avian Pox is very contagious and it would be irresponsible not euthanize her when it can threaten the native bird population. I responded that she is living indoors. He said transmission is still possible if a mosquito comes inside, bites, and goes outside ???? Like yes, that is technically possible, but the chances of that happening are so minuscule that it doesn't justify putting down an animal ??? I really did not appreciate how he portrayed my action as some kind of environmental terrorism when I'm just trying to save a damn chicken. He said, also even if she gets better, I can't sign off the veterinary health inspection to take her back to your state. I gritted my teeth and said, I don't care. That is not my biggest concern right now. Can you treat the tapeworm. At this point I think he gave up. We left with three 0.1ml doses of Panacur, meant to be given in 3 consecutive days.
Anyway, remember when he said her eyes are very swollen? It is partly due to the pox, but mainly because she is scratching her eye area nonstop. So I was looking into her eyes and noticed there are actually tiny little worms in her eyes. I think that's why she's been scratching it so often, because it bothers her. I wanted to take her back to the vet but didn't want to argue with that asshole again about why I should just put her down instead.... So I diluted a tiny bit of prescribed Panacur in some contact lens disinfecting solution and put it into her eyes. Wow. It's been a few hours and the difference is like night and day. She still scratches, but every so often instead of every 10~20 seconds. I'm going to try another dose in the afternoon.
Lastly, the Panacur seems to be working well for the tapeworm. We gave her the first dose last night and this morning she has pooped out at least 5 long tapeworm segments. She still has voracious appetite and will gobble up anything we give her. She still responds to her name and will will come cuddle with us. So we are hopeful. Fingers crossed.
Sorry for the rant and thanks for reading.
He started changing his narrative and said that Avian Pox is very contagious and it would be irresponsible not euthanize her when it can threaten the native bird population. I responded that she is living indoors. He said transmission is still possible if a mosquito comes inside, bites, and goes outside ???? Like yes, that is technically possible, but the chances of that happening are so minuscule that it doesn't justify putting down an animal ??? I really did not appreciate how he portrayed my action as some kind of environmental terrorism when I'm just trying to save a damn chicken. He said, also even if she gets better, I can't sign off the veterinary health inspection to take her back to your state. I gritted my teeth and said, I don't care. That is not my biggest concern right now. Can you treat the tapeworm. At this point I think he gave up. We left with three 0.1ml doses of Panacur, meant to be given in 3 consecutive days.
Anyway, remember when he said her eyes are very swollen? It is partly due to the pox, but mainly because she is scratching her eye area nonstop. So I was looking into her eyes and noticed there are actually tiny little worms in her eyes. I think that's why she's been scratching it so often, because it bothers her. I wanted to take her back to the vet but didn't want to argue with that asshole again about why I should just put her down instead.... So I diluted a tiny bit of prescribed Panacur in some contact lens disinfecting solution and put it into her eyes. Wow. It's been a few hours and the difference is like night and day. She still scratches, but every so often instead of every 10~20 seconds. I'm going to try another dose in the afternoon.
Lastly, the Panacur seems to be working well for the tapeworm. We gave her the first dose last night and this morning she has pooped out at least 5 long tapeworm segments. She still has voracious appetite and will gobble up anything we give her. She still responds to her name and will will come cuddle with us. So we are hopeful. Fingers crossed.
Sorry for the rant and thanks for reading.
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