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erisco
09-25-2018, 03:34 PM
Hi,
My parrot one of legs are swollen and he has pain and always keeps it high.
I took him to the vet and told me he had a infection and give him this drugs:
1. Mobipharm tab
2. Clindahexal tab
3. B complex
4. Enro 10%
i use them for 3 days but nothing happened.
at the end i tell his the feathers of thighs are poured.
could u help me? im so sad ... :(:(:(
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Casper's 2nd best friend
09-25-2018, 05:00 PM
Hi Mohammad,
sorry to hear of your bird's problem. We cannot give a diagnosis, only advice.
Is the vet an avian specialist?
Did they ask you to report back if the problem did not go away within a certain amount of time?
If the answer to one or both of those questions is No you should seek out a better vet.
Otherwise telephone the vet for advice or take the bird back after the amount of time they gave for the treatment to be effective. Three days does not seem long to cure an infection but have you noticed any improvement in the infected area?

Dragonlady2
09-25-2018, 05:55 PM
I am so sorry to see your parrot’s foot so swollen. You have received good advice so far. I am concerned about the one toe that looks a little yellowish in the picture. Definitely another vet visit to check on it.
It looks like gout. Did your vet give you any advice regarding any changes to your parrot’s diet?

PlaxMacaws
09-25-2018, 07:05 PM
To begin with, I'm not a veterinarian. However, your bird may be suffering from septic arthritis (aka, bacterial arthritis). It's difficult to know whether either of the two antibiotics you've listed, Clindahexal and Enrofloxacin, are effective against the pathogen that's responsible for the condition of your bird's foot and leg. Might your bird himself have plucked the missing feathers?

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The thickening around your bird's joints appears quite severe to me. My advice would thus be threefold: 1) Follow the recommendations from Jean-Pierre and Helena regarding your vet. 2) Realize how vastly important it is to utilize an antibiotic to which the particular infectious agent will be sensitive. 3) Administer said antibiotic for a long enough period of time to completely eradicate the infection. Looking at your photo, my guess is that three days is not nearly enough time on an antibiotic to accomplish that goal.

Also, Helena may well be correct; your bird may be suffering from gout.

Please keep us updated on your bird's progress.

erisco
09-25-2018, 08:08 PM
Hi Mohammad,
sorry to hear of your bird's problem. We cannot give a diagnosis, only advice.
Is the vet an avian specialist?
Did they ask you to report back if the problem did not go away within a certain amount of time?
If the answer to one or both of those questions is No you should seek out a better vet.
Otherwise telephone the vet for advice or take the bird back after the amount of time they gave for the treatment to be effective. Three days does not seem long to cure an infection but have you noticed any improvement in the infected area?

Thanks for your replay.
for question 1 i tell u yes he is a avian specialist.
for question 2 again yes i`m in contact with him.
he is very famous avian specialist in my city, but i`m want to make sure that he has given correct diagnosis.

erisco
09-25-2018, 08:10 PM
I am so sorry to see your parrot’s foot so swollen. You have received good advice so far. I am concerned about the one toe that looks a little yellowish in the picture. Definitely another vet visit to check on it.
It looks like gout. Did your vet give you any advice regarding any changes to your parrot’s diet?

Thanks for your reply.
i`m not sure that the vet has given correct diagnosis.
He dont change anything in parrot diet.

erisco
09-25-2018, 08:13 PM
To begin with, I'm not a veterinarian. However, your bird may be suffering from septic arthritis (aka, bacterial arthritis). It's difficult to know whether either of the two antibiotics you've listed, Clindahexal and Enrofloxacin, are effective against the pathogen that's responsible for the condition of your bird's foot and leg. Might your bird himself have plucked the missing feathers?

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The thickening around your bird's joints appears quite severe to me. My advice would thus be threefold: 1) Follow the recommendations from Jean-Pierre and Helena regarding your vet. 2) Realize how vastly important it is to utilize an antibiotic to which the particular infectious agent will be sensitive. 3) Administer said antibiotic for a long enough period of time to completely eradicate the infection. Looking at your photo, my guess is that three days is not nearly enough time on an antibiotic to accomplish that goal.

Also, Helena may well be correct; your bird may be suffering from gout.

Please keep us updated on your bird's progress.

Thanks for reply.
how can i be sure about gout?

Casper's 2nd best friend
09-25-2018, 08:50 PM
I think you will need to be very careful what you say to the vet, like doctors they hate people who do their own diagnosis on the internet :)
You could say something like "could it possibly be gout?". Have the vets done blood tests yet?

PlaxMacaws
09-25-2018, 09:12 PM
I think you will need to be very careful what you say to the vet, like doctors they hate people who do their own diagnosis on the internet :)
You could say something like "could it possibly be gout?". Have the vets done blood tests yet?


Thanks for reply.
how can i be sure about gout?

Gout is caused by high uric acid levels in the blood which in turn causes urate crystals to accumulate around the joints. A vet should be able to order a test to measure the uric acid levels in the bird's blood and possibly do a needle biopsy of the fluid at the joints to check for the presence of urate crystals.

And yes, professionals such as veterinarians can be touchy if/when you suggest possibilities to them that they may not have considered. Human physicians can be the same way.

erisco
09-25-2018, 09:23 PM
Gout is caused by high uric acid levels in the blood which in turn causes urate crystals to accumulate around the joints. A vet should be able to order a test to measure the uric acid levels in the bird's blood and possibly do a needle biopsy of the fluid at the joints to check for the presence of urate crystals.

And yes, professionals such as veterinarians can be touchy if/when you suggest possibilities to them that they may not have considered. Human physicians can be the same way.

yea thats right. but what do u think about scaly leg mites?
this is another new pic
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PlaxMacaws
09-25-2018, 11:20 PM
yea thats right. but what do u think about scaly leg mites?
this is another new picThat's another possibility. But if it were scaly leg, one would think that upon examination your avian vet would have identified parasite presence thus confirming the fact.