Pumpkins results are in....and you won't believe it....

[Corkysgirl]

StarSpun have you already treated him with Nystatin? I can't remember what you said about that. I know he loves his fruit and I'm not saying don't give it to him but he's been on a lot of antibiotics and with that and sugar in the fruit also, he really needs to eliminate the bad fungus from his body. Giving him probiotics is good but it doesn't get rid of the bad organisms.
Also the ACV is good. Is it organic? It's better because you don't want to add pesticides. He's already compromised.
Can you get organic palm seed oil for him and put some on his seed? The vet told me to use red palm oil. He gave me this product Avi-X/Healx Booster I'm attaching a link. He said, 1 envelope mixed with 1lb of food. Now, in searching the link of this product I found something interesting. First I'll attach this link. http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/products/avix.html
Okay while researching where to find the link I found this other product. It speaks of improving of energy and stamina by improving the cellular use of oxygen. (Bear with me) This formula to supply DMG that the birds body (and ours) makes naturally (so it's not dangerous....DMG is an amino acid found in such foods as cereal grains, liver, and beans. As a nutritional supplement, DMG acts as a building block for the synthesis of many important substances such as choline, the amino acid methionine, several hormones, neurotransmitters, and DNA. This is a link to purchase it but you can Google more about it. Choline is very important. It crosses the blood brain barrier and helps with neurological issues. I'm going to attach the link and you see what you think. The other thing I've been reading is, the fainting (whatever you call it...syncope could be caused by blood sugar issues) If you're feeding straight sugar in fruit...and he's not absorbing a lot of his seed, his blood sugar is not regulated. I suspect this might be happening and he's actually falling over from blood sugar related problems. Try more protein. That will help balance out the blood sugar. Does he eat greens? Offer more greens and protein than you do fruit. I know he loves them, but let them be 1/4 to the ratio of his other food. http://www.avitec.com/Avi-Immune-Immuni ... r-p/ai.htm
Sometimes you can give a bird, or a human every good vitamin or medicine and they have a cell permeability problem. The cells can't receive the medication, can't penetrate them. Amino acids are very important for this.

[StarSpun]

Hello everyone.

Thanks so much for all the advice and ideas, I appreciate you all!
Pumpkin started taking a turn for the worse suddenly. Before this happened, we started to really bond....he would fall asleep tucked in my shirt (in my cleavage). He enjoyed scritches, etc....this was a bird who was once afraid of me even walking by the tank.

A few nights ago, he started to look very bad....always sleeping, etc. I had a camping trip coming up and couldn't bare to leave him home. The morning we left with him all packed up, he had stopped eating and drinking and just kept trying to tuck and go to sleep. I didn't think he'd last the trip up and I was correct:-( Within 20 minutes of driving, he died in my hands, all tucked up. He started to have seizures, one after another....I was devasted beyond anything, I cried while trying to talk softly to him. I didn't want to upset him....

Something happened that will stick with me forever. As I've said, his will to live and enjoy life has been so great....he just didn't want to die! Before his last seizure, he lay on his side in my hands and for the first time looked straight into my eyes blinking. It was some weird kind of connection, like a mutual understanding. (I have anxiety and panic disorder centred around death and 'not existing anymore). I cried and told him it was ok to go, and that I hoped to see him again some day. At this point tears were streaming down my face, and that's when I noticed....his eyes started welling up with what appeared to be tears! I don't know if this is just a result of an animal passing on, but it was so....I don't know. I have no words. It made me all the more devastated. I was so scared for him.

After he passed I felt a sense of relief....no more suffering as that 30 minutes was pretty horrible with the seizures.


I miss him so much. SO much.

I called my mother up to tell her he had passed....she said I should make his resting place in Lake Simcoe (where we were headed) as my dads parents ashes were put there. They died when I was quite young so I hadn't thought of them in ages! I thought it was odd she said this because I had a dream a couple of days before about them....I was chatting with them but I can't remember about what. When I told my mum this, she kinda went silent and said....well, that's very strange because your nana loved birds and always had pet birds and feeders out everywhere. They both loved them.

VERY ODD INDEED!

I was going to send him off up there, and wanted to have a viking funeral, but we were with friends with us and I felt it was something I wanted to do on my own. I then had the (maybe odd) idea that such a beautiful bird with pretty orange feathers should not be cremated....I contacted a taxidermist so we'll see if we can restore him. If not possible, we are going back to the lake again soon, and I'll have his viking funeral then after I pluck some of his beautiful feathers. A friend of mine can make a jewellery piece with them, so....that will be nice.

This morning I woke up to check on him in his tank beside the bed and remembered it was empty. It's been 3 days and I miss my beautiful orange angel....

[Lacybug]

StarSpun
Oh no, I'm so sorry... What a terrible thing to have to go through. I remember when my hamster died in my hands as a child and it was heartbreaking.
I was watching this story from behind the scenes, hoping everything turned out alright with your last post. I even told my husband about Pumpkin, and he was rooting for him too. An absolutely beautiful birdie, and it seems he had quite the beautiful personality and connection with you too. Your story made me tear up... At least, like you said, he's not suffering anymore, and probably living it up in heaven. You were there for him when he needed you most.
God bless.

[monotwine]

RIP Pumpkin.

I'm so sorry you had to endure such a terrible ongoing ordeal.

[Ginene]

I am so very sorry...fly free Pumpkin...

[delray]

I am really sorry! That must be so hard considering the bonds that you have created with him, though you must be so glad that you did create them. You did everything you could, and you did a great job. hopefully your other feathery and furry friends can help you out! he will always remember that you were a great owner!

[adoumski]

StarSpun sorry for your loss . i was rooting for him to get better. the reassuring thing is that he passed being loved and well taken care off.

i feel that i have to say; don't let this experience keep you from owning other canaries. some bird out there needs you