u/40earthlikeplanets

I've gone to the ER twice and the regular vet twice now with my budgie. Did xrays, 21 days of antibiotics, and then more xrays. My vet said the lungs are totally fine and thinks my budgie has heart and/or hormonal problems. I'm going to move forward with what she suggests. The problem is my appointment isn't for 6 weeks (she said it had to be 6-8 weeks out from the previous xray) and now my budgie has hunched posture which, I believe is a respiratory symptom again. I could take him to the ER but they don't have an avian specialist and the best they can do, essentially, is prescribe something that I point them in the direction of. I can't make it into my regular vet for a few weeks even if I go that route because they don't have any open appointments. I did email the vet but she isn't getting back to me. Does anyone have any leads on what might be the problem if you've gone through anything similar with your budgies? Is the hunching something that can be caused by the heart problem? I want to do the best thing but I know the ER isn't a good move unless I already have an idea of what the problem is, and every other option is just a waiting game.

I've heard the advice to take off anything not relevant to the job I'm applying to, and frankly, as someone who has done a lot of short, fixed-term projects, I don't have enough room anyway. But how do I do this without making it look like I have huge employment gaps? This has always confused me and I just end up ignoring the advice and having a bunch of irrelevant experience on my resume. Any advice appreciated :)

I'm in a pickle. I have two pet birds that eat Harrison's pellets. I ordered some online but the shipment is very delayed now and I am out of food. The only place in town that sells this food is only open while I am at work, I cannot afford to take time off and the soonest I can make it over to the store to get food is Thursday evening. I tried feeding them some backup pellets (a different kind), veggies, and seeds to just get us through the next few days but one of them is pickier and will not eat what I'm giving them. I am desperate. If someone has extra Harrison's either fine or super fine, high potency or not, I would be more than happy to come pick up a couple day's worth or less, however much you can spare, and will pay well above retail price. Alternatively, if someone knows of a service where I can pay somebody to deliver from a store that's not already on the delivery apps like instacart, etc I would really appreciate it! I've asked all my friends already if they could pick it up for me but none of them are available this week while the store is open either >.<