Post by Tacey on Jul 13, 2012 20:04:54 GMT
Hey everyone 
Been a while since I've posted on here.
Unfortunately my little Siddly isn't doing too well. As some of you know he's had a whole bunch of health problems the last few years... he's always amazingly recovered from each one and bounced back but it's been one thing after another and I think his luck has now ran out.
The past few months he's been happy and chirpy but his overgrowing beak has been getting worse and worse, it doesn't just grow too long but it's very "unhealthy" looking with various brown spots and a weird crumbly texture in places. I think with all his previous liver and kidney problems he must have some permanent damage somewhere inside him, perhaps a tumour or something. The last few days he's gotten a lot worse, his balance is very off and I can see he's having some difficulty breathing. He's also making these really strange noises (squelching?!) when he poops... I've never heard anything like it. :S
I've thought of taking him to the vets but I think there would be little point and it would simply stress him out. I can see that he's not going to recover from this. I've also thought about having him put to sleep, but I'd rather he died here with his friends when he's ready than in a strange vets feeling terrified. He's still eating well and chirping at Bibi and Codi a little. He even still tries to jump out of the cage and go for a fly when I open the door, although I can't allow him out because he simply crashes into things now.
I guess there's little point to this post really, just wanted to share with you all what's going on.
Been a while since I've posted on here.Unfortunately my little Siddly isn't doing too well. As some of you know he's had a whole bunch of health problems the last few years... he's always amazingly recovered from each one and bounced back but it's been one thing after another and I think his luck has now ran out.
The past few months he's been happy and chirpy but his overgrowing beak has been getting worse and worse, it doesn't just grow too long but it's very "unhealthy" looking with various brown spots and a weird crumbly texture in places. I think with all his previous liver and kidney problems he must have some permanent damage somewhere inside him, perhaps a tumour or something.
The last few days he's gotten a lot worse, his balance is very off and I can see he's having some difficulty breathing. He's also making these really strange noises (squelching?!) when he poops... I've never heard anything like it. :SI've thought of taking him to the vets but I think there would be little point and it would simply stress him out. I can see that he's not going to recover from this. I've also thought about having him put to sleep, but I'd rather he died here with his friends when he's ready than in a strange vets feeling terrified. He's still eating well and chirping at Bibi and Codi a little. He even still tries to jump out of the cage and go for a fly when I open the door, although I can't allow him out because he simply crashes into things now.
I guess there's little point to this post really, just wanted to share with you all what's going on.
