Cockatiel sinus infections
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One of my cockatiels was getting a lot of sinus infections which didn`t clear up properly after repeated medication. My vet advised I could put the medicine on his food, as it was difficult to administer as he kept spitting it out. Unfortunately the prescribed medicine didn`t take the sinus infection away so my vet advised a nasal flush. After the flush the vet showed me a small `bone like` mass which had come out with the flush. He didn`t seem to know what it was and let me take my cockatiel home. After I got him home I noticed he couldn`t stand properly and wasn`t interested in his food. Next day he was the same so I phoned the vet and he advised I should feed him baby food with a syringe. He still wasn`t improving, so when I told the vet he advised leaving him at the surgery. I had only left him for a day when the vet phoned to say he had died. I feel so upset by all the stress he must have suffered and not knowing what the `bone like` mass was. I wonder if you would have any idea what this could have been? I would be glad of your opinion.
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Sorry for your loss. The best person to answer your question about what came out of that sinus flush would be the person who actually saw it - your veterinarian. This could have been a dried concretion of keratinaceous material. a foreign body or theoretically an infected piece of bone that was dislodged in the flushing process. Was there a post mortem examination performed to determine the factual cause of death? In general, recurring “sinus infections” happen for a reason, and are a call to establish an accurate diagnosis if at all possible.