Parrot gets gassed at the vet during blood test

It's important to bring your pet parrot in to have him checked from time to time. That doesn't mean he has to enjoy it. For bloodwork, the bird had to be put under with some gas and then blood taken. Overall, it isn't a fun experience for myself or the bird! This may look rough, but how else can you do it? This is a trained avian vet (who specializes in birds). And yes, a cockatoo IS a parrot

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Pets & Animals

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• parrot
• cockatoo
• infection
• pet
• bird
• cacatua
• weird
• random
• medical
• medicine
• veterinarian
• examination
• blood
• test

[silverbulletgirl29]

Boy, it's nice to have an avian vet in your area. See we have to go far away to get our birds to the vet. I have taken most of their basic health care needs in my own hands since the services are limited where I go. They're so busy. Good thing I'm in vet tech school. I have dewormed my birds properly, crop-needled my Quaker, I had to give IM & SQ meds & fluids injxns to a wild bird, and am able to draw jugulars on my birds. I even learned to draw blood from fish.

[parrotscience]

@silverbulletgirl29 Sounds like you can take care of my bird! (And drawing blood from fish is something I have never even thought of)

[SaraSindari]

A cockatoo bite is NO JOKE. Thats one brave vet.

[parrotscience]

@SaraSindari I wish it was the vet that was bitten... Unfortunately it was me. :(

[FishyIceCream]

This is why I take extra measures to keep my bird healthy instead of taking Him to the vet - Why the hell would anyone pay someone to mangle and stab their bird with a needle?

[parrotscience]

@FishyIceCream I think this was the third time I had to take him to the vet in 21 years. My vet bills for my 5 month old dog have already cost me more than my lifetime of my bird.

[joanapvet]

@FishyIceCream yeah, why pay to someone who studied the same or more than a human doctor to take care of your birds? That's stupid, vets should die.

[SaraSindari]

@parrotscience Haha as a 'too bite veteran myself I totally sympathize!

[silverbulletgirl29]

@poltevsi Another thing. There's another video on here that demonstrates how to hold the larger birds like this so they can't bite you. These birds can bite very hard & severe flesh & fingers. But no sedation required if you use your thumb under the mandible to keep the head from turning & biting you. Be firm but gentle. W/practice, your birds becomes familiar & more cooperative, trusting you when you use care & reward your bird w/toy or treat. My bird lets me scratch his head & sings.

[silverbulletgirl29]

@poltevsi I don't have to sedate my birds either for procedures, unless I take 'em in for surgery. I just get them used to handling & proper restraint & I can trim their nails, crop needle feed them meds/food, weight them, deworm them, and soon I'm going to run a blood screen on them. I use small people nail trimmers for my birds & you can't quick them if you just cut the tips. The reason that they run blood tests is to check for Polyomavirus & Chlamydia. Beak trims are easy for me, too.

[MRFOOTYSHOW]

that is so slack !