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Does she literally have diarrhea (the solid greenish bits are runny immediately after being excreted) or is it possible that they're dissolving in the higher amount of urine (the clear part, not the urates - the white part) because of her increased drinking?
Increased drinking can sometimes be indicative of either too much salt in the diet, or enteritis. What antibiotic were you considering for the enteritis, because most of them also kill the good bacteria. Duramycin isn't really for enteritis. Pen G really is more for skin, not enteritis. Have you tried serious probiotics on her first?
A fecal test will show bacteria but remember that there are naturally going to be good (beneficial) and bad (pathogenic) bacteria in any cloaca or dropping. It's the numbers that count. Same with yeast (fungi - the multi-celled versions of yeast - shouldn't really be in the gut in much concentration). If you get a stain (smear) done (just the fecal, not the culture and sensitivity) then be sure to ask the vet to not only run the gram negative test, but to also stain for gram positive (after doing the gram negative stain - because the gram positive won't take up the voilet stain and are counterstained with red).
Honestly if you're going to approach a vet, I can't recommend a "C&S - Culture and Sensitivity" enough - because it will not only identify the problemative bacteria **exactly** but also the **exact** antibiotic with which to treat.
VERY IMPORTANT: Using the wrong antibiotic is guaranteed to make the problem much worse, and that sort of encouraging resistant bacteria unfortunately will spread to other birds.
IN the mean time, I would suggest the following again - because apparently this wasn't addressed fully the first time. I would not skip a single step as they're all in there for a specific purpose; nothing is arbitrary or I wouldn't waste your time with it:
A *one time only* gentle cleansing flush but this time a little more cleansing:
1 teaspoon molasses
1/2 teaspoon applesauce
1 teaspoon yogurt
Some base (crumbles and water)
Again, this is to cleanse out excessive pathogenic bacteria, any fungal spores, and unfortunately it will clean out some good bacteria but that's what the yogurt is for.
More recommended than yogurt: acidophilis capsules - 1 in this mash. Or probios powder, 1/2 teaspoon.
As drinking water for 3 days:
2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar in 1 quarter of water. (Kills fungus spores, corrects the pH of the gut to benefit good bacteria and prevent bad bacteria from colonizing)
Daily for a week: a really good probiotic in a quickly eaten treat. Example: 1 acidophilis capsule (emptied of course), 1/2 teapsoon honey, and some egg yolk cooked. Something the bird can't resist. Adding some powdered oatmeal to this (oatmeal turned into powder in a food processor before cooking) in a wet mash or in the treat firms up the droppings and gives good bacteria some fiber which encourages beneficial bacterial colonization.
If you still want to do an antibiotic, without a C&S, then let us know here and we can find a true enteritis antibiotic. Note: please don't use Baytril for this.
Does she literally have diarrhea (the solid greenish bits are runny immediately after being excreted) or is it possible that they're dissolving in the higher amount of urine (the clear part, not the urates - the white part) because of her increased drinking?
Increased drinking can sometimes be indicative of either too much salt in the diet, or enteritis. What antibiotic were you considering for the enteritis, because most of them also kill the good bacteria. Duramycin isn't really for enteritis. Pen G really is more for skin, not enteritis. Have you tried serious probiotics on her first?
A fecal test will show bacteria but remember that there are naturally going to be good (beneficial) and bad (pathogenic) bacteria in any cloaca or dropping. It's the numbers that count. Same with yeast (fungi - the multi-celled versions of yeast - shouldn't really be in the gut in much concentration). If you get a stain (smear) done (just the fecal, not the culture and sensitivity) then be sure to ask the vet to not only run the gram negative test, but to also stain for gram positive (after doing the gram negative stain - because the gram positive won't take up the voilet stain and are counterstained with red).
Honestly if you're going to approach a vet, I can't recommend a "C&S - Culture and Sensitivity" enough - because it will not only identify the problemative bacteria **exactly** but also the **exact** antibiotic with which to treat.
VERY IMPORTANT: Using the wrong antibiotic is guaranteed to make the problem much worse, and that sort of encouraging resistant bacteria unfortunately will spread to other birds.
IN the mean time, I would suggest the following again - because apparently this wasn't addressed fully the first time. I would not skip a single step as they're all in there for a specific purpose; nothing is arbitrary or I wouldn't waste your time with it:
A *one time only* gentle cleansing flush but this time a little more cleansing:
1 teaspoon molasses
1/2 teaspoon applesauce
1 teaspoon yogurt
Some base (crumbles and water)
Again, this is to cleanse out excessive pathogenic bacteria, any fungal spores, and unfortunately it will clean out some good bacteria but that's what the yogurt is for.
More recommended than yogurt: acidophilis capsules - 1 in this mash. Or probios powder, 1/2 teaspoon.
As drinking water for 3 days:
2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar in 1 quarter of water. (Kills fungus spores, corrects the pH of the gut to benefit good bacteria and prevent bad bacteria from colonizing)
Daily for a week: a really good probiotic in a quickly eaten treat. Example: 1 acidophilis capsule (emptied of course), 1/2 teapsoon honey, and some egg yolk cooked. Something the bird can't resist. Adding some powdered oatmeal to this (oatmeal turned into powder in a food processor before cooking) in a wet mash or in the treat firms up the droppings and gives good bacteria some fiber which encourages beneficial bacterial colonization.
If you still want to do an antibiotic, without a C&S, then let us know here and we can find a true enteritis antibiotic. Note: please don't use Baytril for this.
