by Pajarita » Tue Mar 06, 2018 11:23 am
Xrays are not really that expensive but, sometimes, even something cheap is out of our reach. What you can do is put her on a liver detox treatment because, even if it's not her liver, it will still benefit her immensely after her diet. But you also have to change her diet or she will die, my dear. The detox treatment is actually easy because all you have to do is mix things in her water. In a bowl that holds 3 to 4 oz of water, make a solution that is 1/3 aloe vera juice from the inner fillet [not gel and not juice from the entire leaf] and 2/3 water. To that add one droperful of non-alcoholic liquid milk thistle extract and one of dandelion root extract. But you also need to add stuff to her food so you NEED to change and it's not hard at all if you know what to give her. Lovebirds are natural granivores so, to them, whole grains are very attractive. Buy a small quantity of each of these grains [they sell them in bulk in Whole Foods so you can just buy a little bit of each]: soft spring white wheat, oat groats, dehulled barley [not pearled], millet and kamut. Cook them in a lot of water for 30 minutes [bring the water to a boil, pour the grains in, wait for the water to start boiling again and, when it does, reduce the fire until it simmers] and mix pureed veggies in it [baby food like pureed carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash -no spinach but see if you can get some broccoli, if not, buy frozen chopped broccoli and add a bit to it]. All the lovies I've had loved leafy greens so you might get lucky and she might eat some of those but no spinach, parsley, collard greens, mustard greens and, if you are going to use kale, do it sparingly. Also, try fresh sweet corn. If you can't afford the corn on the cob [it's expensive this time of the year] get frozen corn and thaw it naturally by leaving it outside the fridge overnight [all birds LOVE corn!]. Once you have this food ready [serve it warm or room temperature], add a sprinkle of methionine and a sprinkle of artichoke extract to it [you can also add spices to it -my birds love chili powder]. For dinner, use half a tablespoon of a good quality budgie mix and nothing else -no sunflowers, no safflowers, etc. No people food at all.
Keep her at a strict solar schedule with full exposure to dawn and dusk and complete darkness once night falls [this will make her endocrine system go back in tune with the seasons and help her immune system become stronger].
And, as Navre said, you can always fit a cage for a bird that cannot use its legs. I had a cockatiel once that was blind and had her legs all messed up and the key is not only to make the flat surfaces soft but also for the bird not to be able to reach anything high up so it cannot fall and hurt itself. Every day -but only if she is completely tame because you do NOT want to cause her any stress- you should make her exercise her wings.