SillyGilly
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Hello all!
So, last night my boy, Oz, seemed to be having trouble breathing and there was what looked like blood spewing out of his nose. At first, we thought he’d just been congested and the stress of his situation caused a whole lot of Porphyrin to come out of his nose. So, we turned the shower on and I took him into the bathroom so the steam could help alleviate his symptoms. It seemed to work and the red around his nose washed away, he was breathing normally, etc. Perfectly fine. This morning he was having the same problem again. And again, I took him into the bathroom, turned on the shower, except, after nuzzling my cheek once, he tumbled forward, off of one shoulder and managed to climb onto the other, then he just began wiggling around, like a fish out of water. I held onto him as best as I could to keep him from falling, thinking that he was just suddenly scared of the roar from the shower head (which I thought was weird because he’s never been frightened by it before). Then, he just kind of stilled and blood came out of his mouth and he died. Right in my arms. After a while some blood started coming out of his nose too.
I just don’t understand because he was perfectly normal; eating, drinking, he’d run up to the cage door whenever we’d come around. He was even same as ever when we had him out of the cage the night before. It was just so out of nowhere.
I was just wondering if anybody could tell me what might have happened to him? Like, if you’ve had a similar experience? I’d love any feedback.
So, last night my boy, Oz, seemed to be having trouble breathing and there was what looked like blood spewing out of his nose. At first, we thought he’d just been congested and the stress of his situation caused a whole lot of Porphyrin to come out of his nose. So, we turned the shower on and I took him into the bathroom so the steam could help alleviate his symptoms. It seemed to work and the red around his nose washed away, he was breathing normally, etc. Perfectly fine. This morning he was having the same problem again. And again, I took him into the bathroom, turned on the shower, except, after nuzzling my cheek once, he tumbled forward, off of one shoulder and managed to climb onto the other, then he just began wiggling around, like a fish out of water. I held onto him as best as I could to keep him from falling, thinking that he was just suddenly scared of the roar from the shower head (which I thought was weird because he’s never been frightened by it before). Then, he just kind of stilled and blood came out of his mouth and he died. Right in my arms. After a while some blood started coming out of his nose too.
I just don’t understand because he was perfectly normal; eating, drinking, he’d run up to the cage door whenever we’d come around. He was even same as ever when we had him out of the cage the night before. It was just so out of nowhere.
I was just wondering if anybody could tell me what might have happened to him? Like, if you’ve had a similar experience? I’d love any feedback.