What is going on?!

[EvenLater]

Ooh Carr I'm soooo soooo sorry

 

[Carrosaur]

I am so sorry to hear that. I know how special Pear was to you. If it was AI then you may have additional deaths, I hope not be prepare yourself. Otherwise, could it be something environmental? Has anyone been spraying in your area, anything like pesticides or fertilizers? 

I'm about to call the same vet and ask if they can do a necropsy on Pear.

 

[silenthawk2x3]

Bird flu has such a high mortality rate that even if the vet suspected that it might be the cause they would have been able to do next to nothing. Maybe end it more quickly and deny you a burial for testing. I'm sorry about your goose, but some things happen. As my amish friend Eli says, "Whenever you keep livestock you're going to have deadstock."

 

[Carrosaur]

Bird flu has such a high mortality rate that even if the vet suspected that it might be the cause they would have been able to do next to nothing. Maybe end it more quickly and deny you a burial for testing. I'm sorry about your goose, but some things happen. As my amish friend Eli says, "Whenever you keep livestock you're going to have deadstock."

It doesn't matter if Pear would've died or not if she had done her job and not TOLD ME he would be 100% fine in a day or two.

 

[silenthawk2x3]

It doesn't matter if Pear would've died or not if she had done her job and not TOLD ME he would be 100% fine in a day or two.

Well no person can or should make 100% guarantees. Especially not when it comes to animals. If your vet actually said this to you then it is as simple as never going back to that vet.

 

[Carrosaur]

Well no person can or should make 100% guarantees. Especially not when it comes to animals. If your vet actually said this to you then it is as simple as never going back to that vet.

She literally said that there was no way or reason he would not make it, and that he would be perfectly fine. I have already started looking for another vet.

 

[jtn42248]

She literally said that there was no way or reason he would not make it, and that he would be perfectly fine. I have already started looking for another vet.

Good avian vets are very few and far between. Our vet is not an avian vet but will never give us any advice or diagnosis until she has talked to her avian friends at Texas A&M. I think that is the secret. Find a vet that will admit they don't know or have the skills but that will communicate with those that do.

 

[Carrosaur]

Good avian vets are very few and far between. Our vet is not an avian vet but will never give us any advice or diagnosis until she has talked to her avian friends at Texas A&M. I think that is the secret. Find a vet that will admit they don't know or have the skills but that will communicate with those that do.

Our original vet was birds and another vet worked with him who did reptiles and things, they are moving locations right now and won't be open for a long time. ):

 

[HeritageGoose13]

they GUARANTEED me he was acting strange because his "food wasn't being digested fast enough" they massaged his crop and put some like, loosening stuff down his throat and sent me home saying he would be great. I hugged him for a few minutes then took a nap, I woke up and noticed he wasn't peeping, looking down and he was dead.

I am so furious. Why did the vet not do any tests? I even ASKED her if it was avian flu or ANYTHING of the sort and she just told me he was fine, no tests or any further exam other than feeling his crop.

The vet sounds like a idiot know-it-all (to be blunt), to guarantee without any tests. I hope you get a necropsy results, and I am sorry for your loss.

I tried to find some lists of avian/exotic vets in Tennessee, maybe some of this will help you?

http://www.wingsatplay.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

http://www.aav.org/search/newsearch.asp

http://www.birdtoyoutlet.com/avian-vet/bird-vet_t.htm

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am heartsick for you..