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Dorian

Posted by Diane on 10/29/2024, 10:36 pm

I just had to rush Dorian to the hospital. When I looked at her at around 3:30 she was trying to breath. I rushed her to the vet in Cornwall and the vet told me the best bet was AMC because there opened all night. I took a cab to the city and he's in the hospital now. The vet said she did ok with the exray but the exray did not show what's wrong the Avian team will call me tomorrow.

Between the cab ride and the two vets no-one here would believe what it costs.

The two vets did not look optimistic. He just turned 14 on Labor Day. I can't think of life without Dorian. Max is going to be devastated. He loves Dorian so much. He's not the type of bird that can be without a bird but I can't get another one at my age.
I can't believe I'm hoping it's pneumonia. That's better than a heart attack or cancer. I can't believe this. I don't know what happened.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Nancy on 10/30/2024, 4:53 am, in reply to "Dorian"

I am so sorry for what you and Dorian are going through. You will be in my prayers. Please keep us updated.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Diane on 10/30/2024, 4:57 am, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I couldn't sleep alright. I'm waiting for 8:00 so I can start calling and I know I won't get an answer. My poor boy. I can't believe this. Max is going to be so sad without Dorian.

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Posted by Nancy on 10/30/2024, 12:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

Been thinking about you all day…hope you are hanging in there thinking positive thoughts.. We all know how stressful it is waiting on news of our feathered friends… hoping you will hear good news soon…

Re: Dorian

Posted by Diane on 10/30/2024, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

The CT Scan showed severe lung damage and there was also stuff around the heart. I had to have him euthanized. I'm just devastated. I was hoping he would live for at least 10 more years. He was only 14.
He was suffering and his chance of survival was so low that on one hand I felt it would be cruel to keep him alive but on the other I feel so guilty. From yesterday to today I spent close to 5,000 in vet bills.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Cindy AZ on 10/30/2024, 1:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

Oh, Diane, I’m so sorry! I think you made the right decision, but it’s always hard, and fraught with “what if’s.” How shocking that it came on so suddenly. And the cost, yikes, we’ve been there, with birds with cancer especially. But we just do what we can and worry about the cost later. They’re our babies.

We share your worries about having an only bird now, since our Mae died in August, leaving Cookie as an only bird. We are unsure if we should get him a friend again or not. We are seniors, too.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Diane on 10/30/2024, 1:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I won't get another bird. There's no avian vets where I live. I won't be able to give him medical care. I don't go to regular vets with the birds. I had to many issues in the past. Max did eat and he did preen himself so I'm glad. But he definitely is not a people bird and he loved Dorian.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Diane on 10/30/2024, 2:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I felt like I did something. What I did I don't know. The vet will be doing an autopsy and will let me know as soon as they know. I just remembered I recently got a lot of new toys for them. I also just received the table top tree, and two cardboard cat houses I got them for Christmas from Cheweys. I don't watch them all the time. She probably chewed on something. Dorian was so young.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Cindy AZ on 10/31/2024, 7:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

You shouldn’t beat yourself up. But that is easily said and harder to do! I always feel the same way, that I must have done something or missed something. We are powerless to prevent everything and do the best we can to aim for that. You’re an experienced bird person so nothing obvious would likely have gotten by you. I hope the necropsy provides some solace.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Diane on 11/1/2024, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I HOPE SO TO BECAUSE I'M FEELING GUILTY AS SIN.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Cathy on 10/30/2024, 1:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

Diane, I am so so sorry. To have that happen out of the blue like that is a huge shock. We just don't know with our birds. Shiloh was perfectly fine one minute January of 2022 and the next thing she's limping, then the next thing I know her toe is curled then her lipoma kept filling up. At the end of July she developed a sinus infection that she couldn't fight off and it turned septic and she passed the beginning of August. It just devestated me. What brought me some comfort was being able to bring her ashes home so she's always with me.

I hope that Max will be okay. 😢

Re: Dorian

Posted by Nancy on 10/30/2024, 1:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I am so so sorry Diane. . its only natural we second guess ourselves when we need to make hard decisions.take care of yourself and know you made the best decision with the facts you were given and know you did what you thought best while making Dorians best interest a priority

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Posted by Gina on 10/30/2024, 2:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I have been sending good thoughts your way all day since I checked in to read of Dorian's decline.

You did the very best for him as you could. Now you will have to watch Max's grief.

Continued good thoughts for you both.

Gina

I wanted to add...

Posted by Gina on 10/30/2024, 2:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

...that my Bailey has been grieving Snickers for a time now and he, also, is more of a bird's bird.

I am at an age, as well, where I just cannot get him a friend in my situation (no one to take over when I am gone, finances) and I feel/know he really needs one.

Sigh...

Gina

Re: I wanted to add...

Posted by Diane on 10/30/2024, 2:40 pm, in reply to "I wanted to add..."

I know how you feel. Max loved Dorian so much.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Cecilia on 10/30/2024, 3:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I am so very sorry for your loss of Dorian.

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Posted by Lori on 10/30/2024, 4:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I am so sorry he went too soon but there are some things we just cannot fix. Fly high little sweetie.

Re: Dorian

Posted by Seesthru, TC advisor on 10/30/2024, 7:25 pm, in reply to "Re: Dorian"

I'm so very sorry. It could have been a virus, or something Dorian inhaled, or just something that happened without cause, that you might never know the answer to.

I hope you and Max can find a way to comfort eachother. I know you both loved Dorian so very much. I'm so sorry for your loss.

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