We all obviously hail from diffrent parts of the world , so things are diffrent every where ...
There is no absolute way of doing things ...
We learn , we share ... we laugh , we cry ,when we are on the recieving end of the advice it can some times be over whelming , and confusing ... We have to pick and choose what will work for us ...and what is good advice and bad
We come for support , comfort and kind words when we have troubles , we make friends from here to across the oceans...
To people we never met !
I lost my tiel to kidney disease... I monitored her closely , the night she died I did not know if I made the right choice ! I screamed , cried , cussed a blue streak , struk out and physically hit things ... I threw up on the vet and the vet's walls ...
My tiel went to a non avian vet why , because her regular vet was NOT availiable ... I threw a tantrum on the phone to get some one to crop feed her ... I knew there was something wrong. After we got to the "other" clinic she worsened ! I have NO doubt the 1hour drive was hard as hell on her little body ... I would never load a sick bird into a car for an ungodly trip over 1 hour away , they are sick and already stressed they dont need that too ! About 10 minutes after we arrived to the clinique she started with seizures , more vomiting and then I knew it was going to be her last day with me ! They nearly called an ambulace when I collapsed and could not breath!
I always second guessed my desision to "relieve" her of her pain ... but soon talked to counslers that helped me understand that there is never an "easy choice to end a life " we go with what little knowledge we have ...and pray it is infact the right choice .
It took me over 3 years to open my heart to another ....that is fine , some choose to open their hearts sooner ...
I dont see any one bashing or screaming to those that say their birds died of stress not to open thier hearts ... who knows maybe they too had a disease that caused them to die sooner? We just dont know ...
Then their is the issue of the cat that I lost to lung cancer ... I lost her and no sooner were her cremains returned to her daddy and I that another lil kitten grabed on to my heart and would NOT let go ? Am I wrong .....perhaps but lest I will never know ...
Each person has a diffrent story , and a diffrent way of dealing with things ...
Did lyndsays bird die of PDD we will never really know .. the vet was the one in the wrong since she diagnosed it she should have mentioned a necropsy to be done to fully confirm or rule out PDD ....
Lyndsay does not have vet after her name that I am aware of so she has to go with what the trained professional says ..
I always take a cautious wait a day or two to see attitued .. I monitor their intake and thier output (as best I can , I weigh them ... BUT birds are like people in some ways I recon they get days where they just dont feel up to par .... Do you rush the human in to the ER no , so we dont always do that for our pets , can it bite us in the ass ....absolutely ... Neeko had health issues from age 5 on , so we went in alot! But I learned from some things from our vet !
Noodle was younger than what they said he needed fully weened and was not when he was sold to me , would I have been wrong had he died and I was a new owner . NO! you learn as you go ... I was not a seasoned handfeeding expert . The vet told me not to do it or even try!! I did not listen I fed him till he wanted to ween ... he went to pellets and tries other foods now ... How did I catch it ... well I weighed him he went from ? to what? too low and more than 10% body weight ... I fed him and still have him thank God .... Had I listened to my vet Noodle may well not be with me today. That advice came from an avian vet !
But now to my next experience my very first tiel I was told to feed him pellets . NO one and I mean NO one told me how to switch a bird and that they may NEVER take to change ! I in the long run starved him to his death ... GO ahead flame me for it it was over 10 years ago and at that time I did get another right away , that is what was right for me ... I did not have a necropsy done could it have been something more sinister you betcha ... but I cleaned the cage top to bottom and placed Neeko in it , she was with me for 9 years ! (to short IMHHO but none the less )
Some times being gentil is the best way to handle some one you feel is being "thick" or "uncarring" ... I know it sometimes sucks when you know what will help and what wont but remember this is the internet and there are jackles out thier that dont care and want to cause harm to some one through bad advice ! Some times the best advice is none
