u/entangled_mouse

This was taken in May of this year.

My plumhead has had diarrhea for two days. I am keeping him on boiled rice and a little fresh corn. Even after removing rice at night and leaving only plain water, he still had watery droppings. I talked to one vet, and he recommended Bacillus clausii spores, 2 drops, 2 times a day. Do you think it is safe for him?

Parrots living in developed countries are blessed to have easy access to avian vets and emergency care. I seldom rescue birds with minor injuries, and after proper care, I release them into the wild. I do this only for the native parrots in my country.

They live in the filth and dirt of a nearby market where the temperature reaches 42 degrees Celsius with 60% relative humidity. I cannot rescue all, but I do rescue those with injuries.

I bought this female plumhead along with a male plumhead. Before giving them a full quality life, I quarantined them for 12 days in a cool room with a fresh draft of air as they may pose a health risk to my 3 older parrots. Her injured wings were healing properly. I transferred them to an AC room upstairs, and the female plumhead developed a silent behavior. Observing that, I put her back in that room, but her droppings became more watery, and within a day, a putrid smell came. I do not have access to any avian vet, only vets for milch animals, and they deny giving any medicine to birds. I decided to video call an avian vet 100km away a day before she passed away. He wrote a prescription for ofloxacin and metronidazole syrup, and tetracycline. It was 8 PM, but the chemist shop closes before 8 PM. I live in a village but have my car to travel anywhere if the situation demands. The next day, I gave her the syrup, and the putrid smell went away, and I had to travel to the town for tetracycline. On my return, in the evening, I boiled the water and let it cool for the tetracycline solution. My father came downstairs and found her breathing heavily. I ran down to see her, and she started shaking and died in front of me. The other plumhead is fighting with the help of antibiotics which were given by an inexperienced vet as I had no choice left. I hope that I wouldn't have to.......

Love you Cḥotē, I failed you.