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[den]

The cockatoo went downhill rapidly, so I decided to speed things along. There's a point you reach when you know things won't improve.

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[frith]

Septicemia? Avian malaria? Aspirated fungal spores in the airsacs?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

or stress, internal injury. Animals and birds here in Australia are highly suseptible to toxoplasmosis, so they can die of a cat attack even is the cat only scratches them. If the cat draws blood then the critter will usually die. We're still looking at drugs to use that won't also kill off the gut flora.