I can't say how thankful I am to find everything I needed to help my bird recover from an illness thanks to this business.
My bird came down sick on a Friday the week before Christmas and could not be seen even as an avian emergency case until Monday. As a result, he nearly died over the weekend. (Typically I keep emergency supplies on hand but I forgot to reorder after those supplies expired over the summer. I slacked off because my bird had always been healthy only to be rudely reminded that I should not be caught unprepared again.)
My bird is improving thanks in no small part to this specialty business. No pet store, feed store or online store such as Chewy can match what a dedicated bird supply can offer. My best advice to anyone with a bird is to invest in supportive health products such as probiotics, vitamins and basic emergency supplies.
To be clear, you MUST take your bird, if it is sick, to a qualified avian vet. However, there are times when well-intentioned efforts fail and that's when you need a "plan B". in my case, I tried two different avian veterinarians who failed to make a diagnosis, preferring instead to remind me that parakeets are not that long lived and are prone to cancer. However, as a bird owner for over 40 years I have owned budgies that lived 10-12 years, therefore I wasn't about to let my bird die simply because six years of age is "geriatric".
I mean no disrespect to veterinarians on the whole -- one of my family members is a veterinarian, in fact! -- however, avian veterinarians, in my experience, tend to be skeptical of both small birds and their owners: For one, some owners do not want to spend the money. For another, even if money is no object, diagnostic efforts are stressful in their own right. Birds tend to become seriously ill so quickly that by the time they are seen they can't survive fecal, crop, X-ray and blood tests on a single visit. As a result, even qualified avian veterinarians may shy away from doing anything but throwing antibiotics at a problem. The problem is, antibiotics aren't always the answer. In my case, my bird had a fungal infection for which an antibiotic, alone, would have been akin to taking lighter fluid and throwing it on a fire.
In closing, exotic pets are a big responsibility. Leaving the entirety of knowledge to a veterinarian can, for this reason, be misguided. After all, no one is going to fight for your feathered family member as hard as its own owner. Thankfully, businesses like this make that fight for health and wellness possible. read more
