u/Comfortable_Ad4190 — reddlx

He’s on palliative care… doesn’t act like it though

He had an X-ray earlier this week… the results weren’t very good :(

He’s only 7 year old yet he has air sac scarring, arthritis and a huge tumour that nothing can really be done about, we aren’t sure how fast it’s growing either so he could have anywhere from just a few weeks to potentially a few months.

The focus now is to just keep him as happy as he is now and on some anti-inflammatory until anything changes.

I’ve had him for a third of my life and it’s so devastating knowing we only have such a limited amount of time left, but all that matters for now is that he is happy and isn’t in pain ❤️

u/Comfortable_Ad4190 — 5 days ago

▲ 1 r/Taxidermy

preserving pet skeleton?

Hello, my pet budgie recently got a horrible diagnosis and most likely won’t make it another year- he has a huge tumour and I plan to let him pass away peacefully at the vets once the tumour starts to hurt/ affect him (he’s currently a very happy old boy), rather than try get him to live as long as possible in pain.

After he passes I want to preserve his skeleton, I want it to be a statue(?) of sorts where he is sitting on a branch.

Is that possible? How do I find people who are able to do this and how do I make sure they’re reputable? I’m in the UK if anyone has recommendations

Im just so sad knowing my childhood pet now only has a few months to live and I just want to get this planned out in advance so I don’t have to worry about it when his health really starts to decline :(

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u/Comfortable_Ad4190 — 9 days ago

▲ 6 r/Parakeets

My budgie lost his balance temporarily because of his medication

He’s okay now but it was so scary.

He was on doxycycline because of a respiratory infection that got bad FAST and he was slowly getting better but on the 5th day I woke up and he just couldn’t balance well at all.

Immediately cried, then called the vets to get an appointment ASAP because honestly I thought he might’ve had a stroke or something overnight??

Then I’m told it’s most likely just from the medication, we switched to a different one and the poor guy was stuck with vertigo for 5 whole days!! He’s got his balance back and actually has an X-ray tomorrow so hopefully that goes well too…

But from google I saw NOTHING about vertigo being a side effect for animals on this medication and could only find it as a symptom for people on the human version of the medication, it was so scary not being able to find anyone online who went through anything similar!!

u/Comfortable_Ad4190 — 11 days ago