Post by ciki on Feb 10, 2018 18:15:18 GMT
Hi everyone,
Since I had some experience with my budgie suffering from stroke, which had a happy ending, I decided to share the experience and my advice with whoever needs it in the future.
First I found my budgie at the bottom of the cage shaking his head to the right and shaking his left leg pretty violently. Since it was Sunday night, of course, there wasn't much I could do untill morning. However, I read somewhere that some budgies don't actually die of the stroke itself but of fright over what is happening to them, so I took my budgie, wrapped him in a blanket to keep warm, made sure the head is uncovered so he can get air and left him on my bed with the lights off, so he can calm down. I didn't go into the room more than once every hour or so, so he could get some rest. Luckily he survived the night.
The next day I took him to the vet who diagnosed him with either epi or stroke, gave him some shots and meds and said the prognosis is not good, as he was still shaking his head and leg and had trouble with his left side in general.
I took him home, decided to give my best to help him and this is what I did. I figured he had lost a lot of energy on shaking violently for 20h, so I put some honey in his water and kind of forced him to drink it. Next i tried to offer him some food, but I noticed that he had impared vision in his left eye completely and in the right if something wasn't a few mm from his face. So I found a piece of lettuce, put it in honey and then sprayed the whole thing with bird feed, so it would stick. Then I dangled the lettuce right in front of his right eye and, to my delight, he started eating. Had quite an appetite actually. Also I kept him in a box with the lid semi open so he would be in dark and keep calm. I also had to change the news paper I put at the bottom of the box every few h to keep it clean.
One day of feeding every couple of h and force hydration (since he was otherwise oblivious of water and food in the box) and he stopped shaking completely. The next day I took him to the vet once again, where I was told he has a big chance of a full recovery. Indeed, a few days later, he regained vision in both eyes fully and was up and about in his old cage again.
If anything like this happens to you and you are unable to get the bird to a vet immediately, make sure that it is warm and dark and let it rest. Then you must take it to a vet because without the meds, no care in the world will save it. If the bird seems disinterested in the food you put for it, don't get discouraged, it might be that the bird can't see it or approach it. It is very important that it gets energy and liquid for recovery.
I hope my experience will be of use to someone. Just do what you can on your part and don't lose hope!
Since I had some experience with my budgie suffering from stroke, which had a happy ending, I decided to share the experience and my advice with whoever needs it in the future.
First I found my budgie at the bottom of the cage shaking his head to the right and shaking his left leg pretty violently. Since it was Sunday night, of course, there wasn't much I could do untill morning. However, I read somewhere that some budgies don't actually die of the stroke itself but of fright over what is happening to them, so I took my budgie, wrapped him in a blanket to keep warm, made sure the head is uncovered so he can get air and left him on my bed with the lights off, so he can calm down. I didn't go into the room more than once every hour or so, so he could get some rest. Luckily he survived the night.
The next day I took him to the vet who diagnosed him with either epi or stroke, gave him some shots and meds and said the prognosis is not good, as he was still shaking his head and leg and had trouble with his left side in general.
I took him home, decided to give my best to help him and this is what I did. I figured he had lost a lot of energy on shaking violently for 20h, so I put some honey in his water and kind of forced him to drink it. Next i tried to offer him some food, but I noticed that he had impared vision in his left eye completely and in the right if something wasn't a few mm from his face. So I found a piece of lettuce, put it in honey and then sprayed the whole thing with bird feed, so it would stick. Then I dangled the lettuce right in front of his right eye and, to my delight, he started eating. Had quite an appetite actually. Also I kept him in a box with the lid semi open so he would be in dark and keep calm. I also had to change the news paper I put at the bottom of the box every few h to keep it clean.
One day of feeding every couple of h and force hydration (since he was otherwise oblivious of water and food in the box) and he stopped shaking completely. The next day I took him to the vet once again, where I was told he has a big chance of a full recovery. Indeed, a few days later, he regained vision in both eyes fully and was up and about in his old cage again.
If anything like this happens to you and you are unable to get the bird to a vet immediately, make sure that it is warm and dark and let it rest. Then you must take it to a vet because without the meds, no care in the world will save it. If the bird seems disinterested in the food you put for it, don't get discouraged, it might be that the bird can't see it or approach it. It is very important that it gets energy and liquid for recovery.
I hope my experience will be of use to someone. Just do what you can on your part and don't lose hope!
