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Post by sweetpea on Mar 4, 2021 11:06:30 GMT
But it is not healing under the scab; that’s the worrying thing. The lump itself, looks okay, apart from the other small area of blackness. Here are photos taken the day after the big scab peeled away:
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 4, 2021 11:15:29 GMT
Could that be because Perry kept picking at it though, it must be irritating and itchy when it's trying to heal. Possibly. Hard to know without watching him constantly. After all this time you would think there would be some improvement. sweetpea , does it appear to be getting any bigger, or smaller? The lump itself looks smaller but only because that part of it peeled away. I have no doubt that it is still there & still growing. We don't know what the lump is. The best case scenario is that it will continue to grow slowly & outwards & that there will be no further forming of abscesses/blisters. Marianne, after the bleeds he kept picking at it & I kept shouting at him or trying to distract him as I didn't want him to trigger another bleed & we needed the wound to heal over. As the scab formed he seemed less bothered about it & preening activity was normal up until the day the scab was ready to separate, when he started fiddling with it. Right now, he seems normal. The area, apart from the small upper scab, doesn't present as particularly alarming in any way.... for now!
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Post by Hezz on Mar 4, 2021 21:39:59 GMT
If he is leaving it alone in general, that’s definitely a plus for both of you.
I had been trying to think of the term for ulcerating lipomas ... xanthoma is the word I was looking for - my brain was hiding it away from me. This does seem to fit the description of what Perry has. As with lipomas, they are initially a fatty deposit, meaning that the liver is not functioning to the best of its ability. I wonder if some sort of liver tonic such as milk thistle might not help him??
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 5, 2021 0:34:41 GMT
If he is leaving it alone in general, that’s definitely a plus for both of you. I had been trying to think of the term for ulcerating lipomas ... xanthoma is the word I was looking for - my brain was hiding it away from me. This does seem to fit the description of what Perry has. As with lipomas, they are initially a fatty deposit, meaning that the liver is not functioning to the best of its ability. I wonder if some sort of liver tonic such as milk thistle might not help him?? Oh yes, xanthoma... that sounds familiar - pretty sure I have come across that in my google travels. Think they are yellowish though, so I'm not sure if that's what he has. Some yellow bits on a lump can be localised infection. He is certainly overweight & his liver is highly likely to be affected. As for milk thistle.... Bezukhov was on this for years & as a result the others were too, including Perry. I still put it in their water, though during recent traumatic times I have been giving Perry Guardian Angel. He drinks a lot of water. He was borderline diabetic when tested last year. It's a pity my brain power is so poor, otherwise I could have informally qualified to be an avian vet by now!
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Post by Hezz on Mar 5, 2021 10:12:32 GMT
Ahhh, that makes even more sense, then. In humans it is common in diabetics. 🙁. I don’t suppose it is much different in budgies. Bleeding is going to be your biggest problem, I feel.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 5, 2021 22:53:30 GMT
How does a budgie become diabetic? And can it be reversed? For humans I think there’s medication that causes the body to excrete excess sugar in the urine or something like that. Does anything like that exist for a budgie?
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Post by sweetpea on Mar 6, 2021 0:09:20 GMT
How does a budgie become diabetic? And can it be reversed? For humans I think there’s medication that causes the body to excrete excess sugar in the urine or something like that. Does anything like that exist for a budgie? All I know about diabetic budgies is that there is oral medication available, which I understand can work quite well in keeping it under control.
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