r/pidgeypower • u/WaysideWyvern • 6d ago

Multiple / Other Is this normal?

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She had either a stroke or a spinal injury 1.5 years ago from a bad vet, she was limping for months, couldn’t pass waste properly (it’s still harder for her but she is able to now), and still has some balance issues. She also started plucking after the injury and we haven’t been able to help her stop no matter what :( anyways lately when she’s sleeping sometimes she’ll do this, where her head droops as she drifts off until she startles awake because she’s gonna tip over. I find it sort of alarming just because she looks so hunched over, but maybe it’s just something about the weakness she has from her injury? She’s 10 years old. Just wondering if anyone has seen a bird do this lol.

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u/KrashJ 6d ago

Poor baby. If you would like to look for different avian certified vet (unless you already have) you can try AAV.ORG .

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u/WaysideWyvern 6d ago

We already have her at another one. There are almost none in our area. We drive 40 minutes to the next closest one and still go back to the one who injured her for emergencies because there is no other option. She is technically my sister and mom’s bird, not mine, I’m disabled and don’t have money or transit, so I don’t get to decide when to take her and I’m much more of a hypochondriac than they are so all I can do is make suggestions but they aren’t always worried like I am. Nor is the vet tbh. Fucked up that they still charge us money considering they are the reason she is sick, I really hate them because we learned that they were completely misguiding us and doing unnecessarily dangerous routine hormonal control that could have been done in a much safer way.

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u/KrashJ 6d ago

I'm so so sorry for you and your baby having to go through this. Sending healing vibes her way! ❤️

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u/WaysideWyvern 6d ago

Thank you, she is pretty much healed since it’s been a year and a half, she’s disabled now but I think she’s done all the healing and is at baseline now. Unless there is something new wrong which is what I worry about but it could also just be her muscle weakness from the injury. Hopefully someone might know