Sick cockatiel

[starlingqueen]

My little Solar is sick. He has baytril for whatever he has, vets not really sure but it's an infection of some sort. She didn't want to stress him too much in his condition as he's not tame. I have him on a heat pad and am hand feeding him as he is too weak to hold himself up long enough to eat. He is eating though and has a good lunge at me when he gets the chance. I just think he needs to build his strength up. So fingers crossed for him, I will do my absolute best to keep him alive.

[Marianne Marlow]

Oh, poor little Solar, I hope you manage to make him well.

[jellybean]

I hope he'll be OK starlingqueen.

[starlingqueen]

He's eating on his own now so that's a good sign.

[Hezz]

Poor boy. Hopefully feeding himself is a definite sign of improvement. Get better, Solar.

[suesbird]

Fingers crossed. Hope he gets better quickly,

[starlingqueen]

He actually walked over to the food bowl and back instead of eating the millet that was in front of him so he's up and about now. This has been an ongoing thing for the past week. He fell off his shelf and hurt his foot last week so he was on the bottom of the cage and couldn't reach the water so I had to put a bowl on the floor. His foot was getting better but yesterday morning I found him wet and cold. I think he got in the water bowl and couldn't get dry. Cockatiels suffer from being cold. I took him to the vet and he was given Baytril for any infection he may have. He was sneezing and clicking in his chest. Now I have both the tiels in a small cage with a heat pad to keep him warm and Luna has to be with him as they are bonded. She jumps onto the floor at night to sleep with him.

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I hope he's ok starlingqueen and recovers soon.