I would get a baseline weight, weigh him daily, and go from there. I would not wait for him to stop roosting.
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Thanks so much for all of your advice. Of course I won't wait.I would get a baseline weight, weigh him daily, on him, and go from there. I would not wait for him to stop roosting.
I still think the black liver is key. Whether it was an infection or something else, I think the kidney worked overtime, causing failure. It may have been sepsis.
Dehydration can cause this.
I think that the fecal material sitting in the ceca caused the ceca to be compromised and leak into the abdominal cavity, resulting in a massive infection.
When I have one that's sick I start by weighing them in grams. That is my baseline weight, and everything I do is based on that number.
Almost all sick birds are hypothermic & dehydrated. After being weighed they are put in a hospital cage in a warm room. Once warm, I tube fluids to correct hydration and this should not be done until the bird is warmed up. Tube warmed (102 degrees) Pedialyte or Gatorade at 14 ml per pound of body weight, wait 60-90 minutes, and repeat. If no poop is produced by 3 hours after first tubing, repeat once more.
Is the other one producing cecal poop?
How much fluid are you tubing?I've been tubing him electrolytes and weighing him daily. He hasn't eaten anything and I haven't seen any cecal poo at all.
90ml every 90 mins of an avian electrolyte.How much fluid are you tubing?
How many ml total per day?90ml every 90 mins of an avian electrolyte.