Amazon's eye won't open

[Pajarita]

Oh, geez, I am so sorry. I am having trouble getting all the postings and posting myself. If the bird had a respiratory with an eye infection, a necropsy should be done to determine the cause because the OP mentioned other birds (cardinal, canaries) and those symptoms sound like it could very well have been chlamydiosis which, even though people used to call it Parrot Fever and Psittacosis, it actually affects all birds.

[Eric&Rebecca]

I was going to say get yourself checked out! Sounds frighteningly like that actually Parajita!

I'm very surprised they 1. didn't keep the bird in 2. didn't do any bloods or swabs 3. didn't think to even mention it could be that... i mean it could be dangerous for you and others.

This is in no way your fault Jon, at all, both vets clearly haven't given you extensive important info.

[JonC1991]

We decided to bury the body instead, but if I do get symptoms of Psittacosis (along with my family) I'll get check out.. I'm looking at symptoms of Psittacosis, and I'll probably keep an eye out (According to Medical-Dictionary : fever, headache, chills, loss of appetite, cough, and tiredness).

But I still want to thank ya'll. Pajarita and E&R, thank you for your tips. And next time when I do buy myself another, I will make sure it's older, and weaned.

[Eric&Rebecca]

It's also transmissble to other birds too... So you need to keep an eye on your whole flock.

[Pajarita]

Yes, the biggest danger is to the other birds and, from my own personal experience, I can assure you that there is a small percentage of birds that will not present any symptoms whatsoever and just drop dead. I had a female Senegal that died of it and the ONLY thing she did differently was that the morning of the evening she died, she took a nap right after breakfast which is something that no healthy/happy bird would do as they are always active after eating their first meal of the day and, when I saw that, I made a mental note to keep my eye on her but she was dead by that evening. She was in perfect plumage, perfect weight, did not have any respiratory or digestive distress prior her death but, when my AV opened her up for the necropsy, she called me on the phone to come over and look and ALL her internal organs were taken by the disease. Neither one of us could believe our own eyes! Thankfully, the treatment is cheap and simple: doxycycline at 100 mg per litter of water for 45 days.