hiriki
08-25-2017, 02:22 AM
So! I have a ringneck dove named Gorou (pronounce go-row, like to row a boat). He's... an active, generally healthy-seeming bird. He was a rescue, and aside from always being a bit stupid and having really mysterious symptoms come and go, he really is an active little guy.
Those symptoms are problematic, though... right after I got him, it was seizures, which would come and go, it usually was a quick seizure followed by listlessness for about 6 hours and then he acted normal again, like nothing happened. Of course, I did take him to the vet as this very much spooked me, but it was a long time ago and by the time his appointment came round he was acting normal again!
Recently, his problems have been related to a trauma he had. He's always been an uneven flier, recent x-rays led my vet to believe he has some old unsettled fractures on his keel that are causing him to have poor flight control. Because of this, he hit the wall twice and ended up bleeding from his beak, I was crying everywhere and the vet told me he was going to die lol. He didn't, he made it thru and was acting normal again literally the next day, after all the vet did was give him fluids. He's really amazing. That was a long time ago, but mysteriously he started losing feathers around the eye that had bled at the time. The skin is clean & clear, although the eye swells... I received some anti-inflammatory and antibiotics from the vet, which I'm using, they help the swelling go down but they've been doing nothing to prevent the baldness on his face from spreading. I can now see his little ear hole clearly.
He does have a newish nest mate, his old nest mate passed away recently (I think his mourning did contribute to an upspike in symptoms). They get along great and have even had a clutch already but I don't know her well enough to know if she's force grooming him, I haven't seen it and she seems actually way gentler than Gorou's previous mate but I just don't know what's going on with this baldness!
Anyway, to be honest I'm mostly just sharing, because even from all these details I don't think anyone will have any idea... But please, if you do, share! Right now I'm between jobs and in kind of a dire financial situation, so I can't bring him to the vet as quickly as I'd like, and any suggestions will be seriously appreciated. I know someone will ask for photos, so here! One shows how much bigger the affected eye is, and one mostly shows baldness.
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The vet has suggested eventually removing the affected eye... but he does sometimes seem to be able to see out of it, maybe. So I'd like to avoid it, but I'd be curious to hear advice on that, too. I have no idea how old he is, because he's a rescue, so there's also that.
Those symptoms are problematic, though... right after I got him, it was seizures, which would come and go, it usually was a quick seizure followed by listlessness for about 6 hours and then he acted normal again, like nothing happened. Of course, I did take him to the vet as this very much spooked me, but it was a long time ago and by the time his appointment came round he was acting normal again!
Recently, his problems have been related to a trauma he had. He's always been an uneven flier, recent x-rays led my vet to believe he has some old unsettled fractures on his keel that are causing him to have poor flight control. Because of this, he hit the wall twice and ended up bleeding from his beak, I was crying everywhere and the vet told me he was going to die lol. He didn't, he made it thru and was acting normal again literally the next day, after all the vet did was give him fluids. He's really amazing. That was a long time ago, but mysteriously he started losing feathers around the eye that had bled at the time. The skin is clean & clear, although the eye swells... I received some anti-inflammatory and antibiotics from the vet, which I'm using, they help the swelling go down but they've been doing nothing to prevent the baldness on his face from spreading. I can now see his little ear hole clearly.
He does have a newish nest mate, his old nest mate passed away recently (I think his mourning did contribute to an upspike in symptoms). They get along great and have even had a clutch already but I don't know her well enough to know if she's force grooming him, I haven't seen it and she seems actually way gentler than Gorou's previous mate but I just don't know what's going on with this baldness!
Anyway, to be honest I'm mostly just sharing, because even from all these details I don't think anyone will have any idea... But please, if you do, share! Right now I'm between jobs and in kind of a dire financial situation, so I can't bring him to the vet as quickly as I'd like, and any suggestions will be seriously appreciated. I know someone will ask for photos, so here! One shows how much bigger the affected eye is, and one mostly shows baldness.
50065007
The vet has suggested eventually removing the affected eye... but he does sometimes seem to be able to see out of it, maybe. So I'd like to avoid it, but I'd be curious to hear advice on that, too. I have no idea how old he is, because he's a rescue, so there's also that.