6. Stop a Clinical Examination when..
Bird closes its eyes in your hand
Sudden weakness
Failure to grasp with both feet
No pressure when item inserted in beak
Immediately place into heated hospital cage +/-
oxygen
Obtain a thorough history
10. Calculating Fluid Requirements
Daily maintenance: 5% BW/day
Plus % dehydration
Aim to replace 50% deficit first 24 hrs
In acute fluid loss, 20-25% of deficit is replaced in first
4-6 hrs.
Then the other 50% over next 24-48 hrs
11. Fluid Volumes
IV fluid Rates
Crystalloids: bolus 10 ml/kg or 10-25ml/kg over several mins
Colloids: 3-5 ml/kg
Transient bradycardia
Decompensatory phase of shock (bradycardia, hypotension,
hypothermia)
Slow IV/IO bolus over 10 mins of 7.5% hypertonic saline (3ml/kg) +
colloids (3ml/g)
Fluid overload:
Increased RR
Cardiac dysrhythmia
Agitation
Collapse
12. Subcutaneous Fluid Volumes
5-10% bodyweight bid-tid
Ensure all fluids are WARMED 37-39 DegC
13. Crop Volumes
30ml/kg q 6-8 hrs or 3-5% bodyweight
Initial to Max Crop Volumes
Finch: 0.1-0.5 q 4hrs
Budgie: 0.5-3.0 q 6 h
Cockatiel: 1-8 q 6h
Sun conure: 7-15 q 6h
Cockatoo: 10-40 q 8-12 hrs
20. Nebulisation Protocols
F10 concentrate
1ml to 250 ml tap water
Nebulise 10-20 mls for 30 mins tid-qid
Acetylcysteine 20% (Mucomyst)
22mg/ml sterile water
Piperacillin
10mg/ml saline 10-30 mins q 6-12 hrs
Amphotericin B
21. Diagnostic Sampling
Faecal Exam
Wet prep, D-Q, Gram Stain
Crop wash
Blood Sampling
Li Hep and blood smear
Radiology
Lat AND VD views
Ultrasonography
Endoscopy
Coelomocentesis