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Originally Posted by The Outlaw
Missi:
I'm not clear about what you are asking? Are you asking whether or not to bring the bird to the vet? Or, are you asking that he draw blood and you send it off? I have done that in the past. I have had my vet do an exam and draw blood. I then FedEx's the vials to Avian Biotech. It cost me less to have my own tests run and I also got a good avian exam for less than it would have cost for the vet to send the sample out. I think a basic office visit with my vet is $60. The blood test was something like $25 and $35 or so for shipping. The same test, done by the vet, would have been $90 in addition to the OV. I saved $30. Actually, since I had 4 tests run with the same sample, I wound up saving $120.
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My bird has already been to the vet. She is on an antibiotic for gram positive bacteria in her mouth and a couple little sores in there as well. She goes back in 2 weeks to check the progress. I was just wanting more information on psittacosis testing because I was confused about what the vet told me. The only reason I am concerned about psittacosis is because her urine and urates are a bit of a medium green color. The vet said it didn't look that bad, though. In the gram stain of her poo, all that was found was gram negative, so that is good at least.
So if something comes up positive, does Avian Biotech provide the medication, or do you then have to take the results to the vet? I am intrugued about this "test yourself" concept! Anything to save some money!