Yay Rascal's back! He looks so happy to be on your shoulder. I hope this is the beginning of the end of the nightmare.

Also the vet really took you out to the cleaners alright. If the small claims court can't cover the costs, can you use tort law to get the stupid woman?

 

I'm not sure unfortunately, I will have to investigate this further on Monday. After I paid the $1500 for first few days of treatment the vet said the remaining treatment would be much cheaper than first payment made... yet she hit me with an additional $2,000+ today!

This vet knew I was having mental breakdown over Rascal... so she knew she had me by the "balls".

 

I don't see how this fish tank thing is going to work out... he is extremely unhappy/stressed bouncing around inside the glass tank.

I'll keep him in fish tank... but this whole thing just seems weird to me... especially since he never moves around his travel cage at night... he stays in his bed.

He's banging at the glass loudly constantly... in his smaller travel cage he is actually very still usually chilling out on his perch. The tank is causing far more stress than his travel cage if you ask me... cuz he's a laid back tiel... not a conure who usually jumps around constantly like a small kid. Hopefully he'll calm down get used to it

 

Oh Juliet Its so nice to read Rascal is home! X x

 

Honestly, I would go with your gut on the cage thing, especially for sleeping. I don't see how he's going to harm himself if he's on a comfy perch and sleeping. I realize he might have another night fright and I guess the fish tank is safer but he also needs to sleep and not be stressed out. I'd probably just put him in his travel cage for sleeping.

 

I'm so glad Lil' Rascal is home! It must be so nice to have him near you. That's so cute how he wants you near to eat. I'm sure he'll get back to his old self soon now that he is home.

I'd go with a volunteer they have through the vets office the next time you need to go away. Since it's a volunteer, the person probably does it because they enjoy animals, unlike that woman who just takes care of critters for money. I hope you can get some money out of her to help pay for that huge bill. Yikes!

 

I would just go with your instinct and go with whatever you feel Rascal is most comfortable with, you know him better then anyone, especially that vet.

What was the purpose of the fish tank anyway, was it just so that he wouldn't move around too much? His smaller travel cage sounds good if his toys, food etc are all in the bottom and he has one cumfy perch near the bottom.

Good luck with the meds, he's used to having them now and it may not be quite such a problem as you think, especially as it's you handling him.

 

I'm so glad he's finally back home with you

It's not to bad giving them their medications, it might seem a bit hard at first but after a while you start to get used to it, there were a few times I accidently dribbled the medicine out the other side of Car Alarms beak but then you kind of work out what way works better for them after a few times.

 

It's day 2 of having him home... he's still totally NOT himself... he does not bob his head at all... he normally always constantly bobs his head when I signal him to... now nothing at all. I don't know if it's because he feels sick? It is beyond obvious though that he's not acting himself... not even close.

I gave him his meds using syringe this morning... it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but I have no idea if I did it correctly or if he even swallowed any of it.

I just wrapped a towel on top of him to hold him in place and then placed the tip of syringe next to his beak and then when he struggled he opened his beak and then I pushed syringe... but I have no idea if any of it even went in! His face is always stained pink (med is pink in color) when they do it... but when I did it... none got on his face, so I have no idea.

He's 81 grams today... here's a pic. He ate a tiny bit and is now sleeping on my leg... his usual favorite spot as I work on the computer all day.

I can't wait for him to bob his head and start acting his usual self a little bit... then I will know he's doing good and will be ok

He's taking baytril, metacam, milk thistle and some other med they put into gallon of water. Weird, I just realized he's not taking allopurinol anymore...

 

I'm not surprised that he's not himself yet. He's been through a lot.It can take people a long time to come back from an illness. I was in the hospital for ten days with severe pneumonia two years ago. It took months for me to get back to myself.

 

I'm so happy to hear that he's home! I hope he starts to feel himself soon.

 

So cute, I have a small food dish right in front of my monitor on my desk and he will totally signal me he's hungry. I then place him in front of bowl and he's eating again right now

Then back he goes on my shoulder for another nap. I wish I could take a nap! I have a ton of work to do on the computer.

 

Poor little Rascal with his itty bitty wings, are they showing any signs of coming on again or is it too early?

Glad he's home with you now.

 

Not yet... probably going to take at least another month I guess. I cannot wait for him to be fully flighted again. Going to be unsafe situation till he can at least glide to the floor rather than dropping like a rock.

He's sleeping now, I am hungry but don't want to disturb him. Hate it when they sleep and force you to not move lol

EDIT: He really does look butchered though with those itty bitty wings.

 

I'm so happy to hear he is home!

 

Re: "The vet bill was $3600!!!"

Be sure you file animal cruelty charges against the perpetrator, take her to COURT and make her pay your bill.

 

Unfortunately they are telling me that since I cannot prove she had INTENT that it will be almost impossible to press charges against that woman. This is insane... it was CLEARLY her NEGLIGENCE she did NOTHING when she knew the bird was injured! That to me IS intent and complete disregard and animal ABUSE!! They have been out to her house twice.

It's a very screwed up system unfortunately. Since this didn't happen to a human child, but to an animal... people like that woman are able to get away with what I would call CRIMINAL acts.

I will be following up with them on Monday.

... I feel it would be a nightmare to collect any funds from this woman even if I won the case, but you better believe I am going to fight and try... I am mad!

 

You shouldn't have to prove intent to sue her for not doing her job... You entrusted your property (yes I know he's not "property to you, but in the eyes of the law...) to her and not only was it not looked after properly, cage clean, let out of cage etc, it (he) was damaged,injured in her care and she did nothing to help ensure his safety after he was injured. I think the fact she did not seek medical care should be grounds for cruelty tho.

 

That's exactly what I say, but they kept saying that she keep denying that she knew the bird was injuured. She's LYING and saying she "did not notice bird was injured".

Which is laughable considering all the blood everywhere... not to mention she would have literally had to have been blind to not realize suddenly half my birds wings were missing! She also KNEW he had nightfrieght episode whne she went into kitchen at 4 or 5 am... this I have proof of via text correspondence... yet she didn't even bother to examine bird for injuries... he was no doubt thrashing and thrashing for maybe even 20 min straight to have such severe injuries. I am disgusted with that woman, just horrible.

 

"If someone has injured or killed your animal companion, you may be entitled to damages–regardless of whether the animal was injured or killed on purpose or accidentally–so long as the conduct was at least negligent. When an animal is injured or killed, you are generally entitled to compensation for the “market value” of the animal, veterinary bills and possibly punitive damages, mental anguish, and loss of companionship. What compensation is available depends entirely on the facts and circumstances of each case, and differs significantly from state to state." - http://aldf.org/resources/when-your...s-been-harmed/what-to-do-when-your-companion-animal-has-been-injured-or-killed/

I would look at the link above it has some good stuff in it. Maybe you could sue for Bailment if negligence doesn't work.

This is from that link: "Bailment"–anytime you leave your animal with
another person for some kind of care or treatment, a "bailment" is
created. If anything happens to your animal while s/he is with that other
person, you can usually sue for the injuries. Generally, bailment cases are
much easier to win for animal owners. Examples are groomers, "day
care" facilities, and veterinarians. Note, however, in some cases, the
courts have decided that a bailment action cannot be brought against a
veterinarian.

 

Thanks so much for the link, that was helpful. I will let you guys know what happens

 

No problem. Yeah it's harder for some people to personalize with animals if they don't have them. Especially with birds because dogs and cats are more common. Like some animals don't have any worth to some people. Fish for example, if she killed your fish there would be almost no way to get her unless she poured like bleach in the tank. If she forgot to feed it she could just say that it didn't want to eat or something. I hate how the law is so lax with animals and can't wait for some reforms for that. :/

 

I totally agree.

But oh wow... I just noticed both of his legs.. all his feathers are missing on his legs! Do you think they shaved both his legs at the vet? Why would they shave his legs? I wonder if that's from the injury you think?

I took a picture of his legs while he was eating. He's been pigging out several times today even ate some organic corn and chewed up my chair lol... he gained 2 grams today... was 81 this morning and now 83

The vet said she wasn't sure what would happen once they stopped tube feeding him etc... and that the reason he might have been improving at the clinic was because of the tube feeding etc... she said real test is if he maintains weight at home and when his liver gets rechecked. I've been encouraging him to eat much as possible. Seems like the little piggy's weight is staying steady just fine

 

Glad he's gaining weight, and that he's finally home. Glad he's pigging out too! I don't know why'd they'd shave him but I always wondered what the top of their legs were like, Blizz loves his leg feathers tickled but doesn't let me nosey under them

 

OMG, I am not doing very well with giving him his meds with the syringe. I almost squirted it into his eye! He keeps moving his around around too much which makes it very difficult... I don't even know if I got any inside his mouth, a lot of it got all over my fingers. It's difficult to hold his head still because his eyes are on the side of his face.

This is not good. If I don't get better at it tomorrow I'm going to take him to the vet and let them do it properly... I need to hold his head more still with the towel but he's squirming around so much!

 

The first day Riley was on antibotics at home she stabbed herself in the eye with the syringe by thrashing around really hard what I did was hold her close to my chest and kind of stabalized her neck with my thumb and index finger not holding it tight but restricting her movement made giving her medicine SO much easier.

 

This video helped me the most when Bluebell wasn't well. Poor tiel but the man is very good with the medicine giving

http://youtu.be/dP--1dDa52k

 

What to do when your companion animal has been injured or killed
WRONGFUL DEATH OR INJURY OF
AN ANIMAL
http://aldf.org/resources/when-your...s-been-harmed/what-to-do-when-your-companion-animal-has-been-injured-or-killed/

There are also different categories of crimes against companion animals:
Class 4 felony
Class B misdemeanor

When my dog was attacked by a pitbull, I took the owner to court. She was put in jail and her dog was euthanized. My vet bill was $1400. All I got was $300. She never paid the balance.

Your poor helpless bird suffered alone!
FILE CHARGES!

 

Great to see that Rascal's gaining weight.

Feeding medication can be tough to animals. I've had cats and my friends had dogs, and even with our best efforts there can be some wastage on occasion. With my cats it always was a two-person job, sometimes three, and boy did they hate me for a while after that...

 

tisena

thanks for posting that link, gosh knows i hope i don't need it.
but knowledge is always good to acquire.

 

They probably shaved his legs to take blood. Don't stress about the meds, it's hard, and you'll waste some in the beginning, but you'll get the hang of it. Have someone come over to help you if you can