For Flocks Sake

10/23/2026

Adoption!!!

Congratulations Rex on your new fantastic home with Dylan Dunford and family! I know you're going to live love love it there and I couldn't be happier!

10/23/2026

By request - Papa Bear shenanigans!

This was after I got home from bringing some of the birds to my local vet. I left the cage there unlocked and Papa, ever the treat fiend put himself in there to eat the remaining treats!

10/23/2026

Loving her chop!

10/23/2026

Dyna update 10/22/26 8pm

She's now climbing, perching, chatting, and just in general feeling better!!! It's so wonderful to see her like this! She hasn't been this active since she originally came to us. Those pain meds REALLY helped.

I added a list of everything that was done as well as her discharge instructions. She has to start birdy physical therapy!!

10/22/2026

Dyna Update 10/22/26 9 am

Our beautiful girl is headed home!!!!

Will update with details later today, but she's back in her favorite spot ❣️

Thank you so much to OSU Veterinary Medical Hospital for taking such GREAT care of her, as always!!!

10/21/2026

Dyna Update: 10/21/26 5:30 pm

Got the remainder of bloodwork back and some new information.

1. An ophthalmologist checked out her eyes and one of them is sensitive to light. She will be getting diclofenac eyedrops for that.

2. Her kidney values, while still elevated, were actually lower than 2 months ago. Dr still thinks kidney disease is there, just possibly not as bad as we initially thought.

3. F***l returned nothing out of the ordinary so will go with a sulfa based antibiotic.

4. Will be receiving Gabapentin and Tramadol up to 3x daily to help with arthritic pain.

5. We need to continue encouraging as much water drinking as we can so mixing in a little apple juice with no added sugar to her daily water.

6. We will follow up in 1 month to see how the treatments are going and if we've made improvement.

The vet is very pleased with her state now and we are still on course to get her back in the morning!

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10/21/2026

Dyna Update: 10/21/26 4 pm

Vet called this morning to tell me she was about the same as yesterday and felt she was stable and that they could go ahead and do her CT and bloodwork.

Got another call during sedation to let me know she was doing ok still.

Got another call after she came out of sedation saying she handled it well and was recovering. She was recovering so well in fact that she seemed in better condition than when I brought her in yesterday!

Got another call after some bloodwork was back and the CT was read. Problem 1: she has a ruptured cervical air sac which contributed to her breathing difficulties. Vet said they typically resolve on their own and we would just monitor it. Likely a result of a fall in her cage. (We are removing all elevation from her cage) No organs looked off, distended, or abnormal in any way. Problem 2: She does have arthritis in her right knee and hip which is likely part of why she doesn't walk great and sometimes falls. We will treat that with meds. Problem 3: Her WBC was double what it was 2 months ago when we brought her in. She'll be getting antibiotics for that. Problem 4: She had A LOT of gas in her GI tract so we are having a f***l done to determine if it's fungal or bacterial and help the doctor know which antibiotics or other meds to prescribe. Also while she was sedated they went ahead and trimmed her bottom beak (it was a little long) and nails, as well as flushing her nasal passages (so she wouldn't have to go through it awake - I bathed her and cleaned them as best I could when we got her but apparently it was much deeper than I was able to reach).

Vet also wrote me a prescription for the Roudybush Renal diet if I wanted to try it. I'm still looking into it. She said, though, that Dyna is looking like a whole new bird - talking to her, engaging with her surroundings, snuggling her, not sleeping as much - so all of that is VERY promising.

We should have the remainder of the labs shortly which will tell us renal values and whether that has gotten worse, but so far, all issues treatable. Good thing we didn't just give up!

She's going to stay hospitalized one more night just so they can make sure she stays great after sedation and keep an eye on anything that might go wrong. I can pick her up first thing tomorrow morning and I can't WAIT to see her!

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10/20/2026

Shift change update from OSU:

Dyna is eating well and breathing comfortably in oxygen! She is seemingly stronger, so I think she will tolerate sedation well for her diagnostics. I will update you overnight if anything concerning arises.

10/20/2026

Dyna Update:

OSU Vet said I was right to bring her in. She is severely dehydrated (despite my adding watery foods to her chop, giving her juvenile formula which is mixed with water, and her drinking water on her own). Like me, they just didn't like the way she looked so she's being hospitalized for 1-3 days while we try and delve deeper into what is going on. They put her in an incubator and today they plan to administer fluids and make sure she's stable so that tomorrow they can repeat her bloodwork and hopefully get a CT on her. As soon as I know more, I'll share it.

As a recap, she's 30 years old(ish) and has advanced kidney disease (the rule of thumb is that by the time it's detectable through blood work at least 70% of renal function is lost). She's blind in one eye and has severe cataracts in the other so she tilts her head constantly in an attempt to see. She cannot fly and can hardly walk. She is able to climb around her cage and perch for short periods of time but spends most of her time sleeping. She does still eat and drink on her own.

Photo of her in the incubator before I left.

10/20/2026

At OSU Veterinary Medical Hospital with Dyna today. We were due for a recheck of blood work we did 2 months ago but also she has had me worried lately. More lethargic and laying on the bottom of her cage (which isn't completely out of character for her, but just seems different). So we will see if something has changed.