Please say a little prayer for our Kiwi...

[Chief's Mom]

She's spending the night at Dr. Rich's office. Seems she has a subcutaneous emphysema near her collar bone (it's a small rupture in an air sac causing a build up of air just below the skin). My husband was cleaning cages today and brought the grates outside to hose them off. When he came back in, Kiwi had moved from the tree stand to the top of the lovebird cage. (She can't fly because she's had some permanently damaged primary wing feather follicles, so we're thinking maybe she tried to fly and hurt herself.) About 15 minutes later, he noticed that she was holding her right wing out and it looked swollen. So we rushed her to the vet. They did an X-ray and found a tiny hole. They removed the air and gave her some meds, and will observe overnight. If the air returns in the morning, they will have to perform a minor surgery to close up the hole.

Dr. Rich told us that this is by no means fatal, or anything like that, but she will be on antibiotics no matter what. From what I've been reading on the internet, it seems to be pretty common in Amazons and Toos, and it also seems like a reoccuring thing once you get one. Of course, no matter what he says, I'm still freaking out that my Kiwi did not come home with us today So we're expecting a phone call in the morning from the vet to let us know how the night went and to see if we'll be needing surgery or not.

And of course the little rat does this the day before her and Mando's 'old daddy' and grandma (their previous owners) are coming to visit for the first time since we got them. Obviously the multiple hours a day of attention we were giving her was not enough...she's moving on to self-destruction for more attention When we were telling her bye at the vet's office, she kept repeating "bad bird," "Kiwi's a bad bird." I felt absolutely horrible. So please everyone, if you could, cross your fingers, toes, and wings that this all turns out to be okay and that she can come home tomorrow. And if anyone's had any experience with this, please let me know how it turned out. There's not a whole lot on the internet...so any information would be helpful. Thanks guys!

[Poohsbirds97]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and Kiwi. Please keep us posted.

[usamma]

I'm so sorry! :(

[searcherangel]

Some times they can break your heart with their talking

[kellywess]

Best Wishes & Warm Thoughts coming your way. Keep us posted.

[expressmailtome]

I am sorry about Kiwi. I hope that things get better soon.

Matt

[becca623]

Poor Kiwi. Sending healing thoughts to her. Please keep us updated.

[Eliza]

Poor sweet Kiwi... I'm wishing her the best!

Please update when time allows.

[Jwhear]

Kiwi and your whole family will be in my thoughts. Hard to leave a baby at the drs isn't it?

[Valo's Moirana]

sending lots of good energy