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Yuna~A Special Hawk-Headed Parrot
This is a sad story with a happy outcome. It is the story of Yuna, one of the sweetest birds I know. Some one on another site had posted about her being available on CL. A friend,{Judy-Greycloud} posted to bring my attention to the thread. Something about her when I saw her original pics, just screamed "help me, quick!" She has only one foot, which tugged a little harder at my heart. I felt such an urgency, it was too overwhelming to ignore. She was located about two hours away driving time. I convinced the person to meet me halfway.
When he pulled up, he got out of his vehicle with her in his hand. I paid the ransom, and I asked if she was clipped? He replied no, but she never flew. I placed her in the carrier I brought, and noticed a heavy tail bob right away. I asked him if he hadn't noticed it? He said she had only started doing it since he began traveling with her that day.
As I drove home, I noticed her left nostril was bubbling out white. My heart sank. I knew I had a very sick bird on my hands. I made an appt for first thing the next day.
So began our journey to making her well. The vet said she was too weak to take enough blood for testing at that time. her xrays showed nearly all air sacs were full of infection. Her heart and liver were enlarged. The opposite nostril of the one that was bubbling was totally occluded. I asked the vet if he could keep her over the weekend. It is a good thing I did and he agreed. He took me down in a bit, to show me where he had set her up with oxygen. She was so exhausted the oxygen was already easing her into sleep.
Monday came and I went to pick her up. The meds and keeping her at the vets already made a difference. We were to administer several antibiotics and anti-fungal meds for the next 21 days. I kept her in a spare room, with just a crate as a cage, but allowed her out in the day as much as she wanted. I visited her often, but since we didn't know what exactly she might have at that point, quarantine was very strict, including changing shoes at the door.
Here are some of the first sad pics.
to be continued...
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Back in a bit to finish..I need
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Wow, what a beautiful story Carole.
You can clearly see in the first pics just how sad she looked, but now she just looks so happy and healthy She is absoulutely adorable, and such beautiful colours
You have done a wonderful job with ther Carole.
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