Peewee News

[den]

Last night Peewee was running around the cage, screaming for food from anything that moved. This morning I found him sitting on the bottom of the cage, subdued and unable to perch. His feet don't have any gripping strength.

According to the peewee expert, "peewees do that, and there's not much you can do to help." They can be fine in the morning and in serious trouble in the afternoon. Sometimes they get a kidney infection that affects the sciatic nerve.

All I can do is keep the fluids going. I've made the food pretty mushy and dip it in water just before I feed the bird. If I use small balls of food I can get quite a lot of water in during a feed. His cage has been wrapped in towels to keep the breezes out of one end, so he has a warm and dark area to be in, or a warm and sunny area to sunbake.

But I'm not very confident he'll survive.

Comments

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Good luck, lil Peewee!

[maetang.livejournal.com]

I hope he makes it. Good luck.

[level-head.livejournal.com]

This certainly does not bode well. I wish the best for Peewee -- and you.

===|==============/ Level Head

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Oh, hell. Good luck to the little one, and best wishes to you.

[makovette.livejournal.com]

My experience with grounded crows does not bode well, a little liquid pencillin might help, though a vet would have to give you a recommend on dosages.

Good luck!
Mako

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

Sadly, Den "it" happens with wild critters sometimes. No matter how carefully you try to help, it's just "not in the cards" for them to make it.

But let's hope for the best, and if the mite survives, it'll be because it's TOUGH (and YOU cared enough to help!)...

Good luck!

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

you can only do your best

ever only

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

you can only do your best

ever only

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. *hugs* offered.