給寵物檢查那些事

05-21

給寵物檢查那些事

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One of the main problems with having any pets is the cost of healthcare. healthcare costs

can turn people away from giving good homes to pets, it could also make the pet

become unloved since the family might have pay for something for the pet and

they will lose some luxury. While there are veterinary clinics around and are

easy to find, if you do health check on your pet you could catch an illness or

an infection before it does more damage to your pet, which could cost you a lot

of money or even worse could cost you the life of your pet.

The most common pets are birds, cats and dogs, this article will go other all three and

show you what to look for and how to perform a simple health check. Each of the

health check will consist of three types of health checks, which are the visual

health check this is just looking at the animals seeing if everything is ok this

will take less than one minuet to do. second is the physical health check this

is touching the animals looking for something that might be wrong like a lump

or bump and third is the behavioural this will take the longest as you want to

watch you animals for anything that might be different such as eating less

food, sleeping too much or walking differently.

If you do these three tests not only would you save a lot of money but you will build a

closer bond with your pet. Behaviour will be the hardest to understand with a

new pet, but the longer the animal is with you, you』ll notice changes in

behaviour even though you can』t understand it yourself something will seem

wrong.

Bird

Behaviour check

· Personality change, may be aggressive or lazy

· Decrease in normal activity

· Sudden hyperactivity

· Unusual irritability and moodiness

· Biting from a tame bird

· Talking birds stop talking

· Fearfulness of normal surroundings

· Increase of water intake

· Regurgitation food for no reason

· No interest in favourite food

Visual check

Eyes

Checking the eyes, the eyes are normally being sparkling and bright, so make sure you

know what they look like when the bird is healthy. The signs for bad eyes are:

· Dull, lifeless eyes

· Puffiness,swelling, redness

· Discharge

· Milky colour to the eyes

· Twitching and excessive blinking

· Frequent kicking of the eye with the foot

Feathers

Feathers on a bird with be smooth and shiny as birds like to keep themselves groomed but

the signs to look out for are

· Feathers lack of shine

· Lack of preening (grooming with beak)

· Ratty feathers that are not a result of playing

· Bothered feathers which could be a sign of an injury

· Abnormal colour

· Deformed feathers

· Feathers with blood on them and broken feathers

Posture and movement

The way the bird holds its self is very important, if there is any changes it could be due

to behavioural change or may have a damaged body part

· Sitting on a lower perch

· Head drooping low

· Klutziness

· Loss of balance

· Non-behavioural head weaving

· Unable to stand

· Staying at the bottom of the cage

· Seizures

· Changing how it sleeps

Breathing

Lungs can become infected by fungus from a dirty environment, so keeping note of the

breathing is important and making sure the environment is clean,, the signs to

look for are.

· Laboured breathing

· Prolonged rapid breathing

· Decreased exercise

· Wheezing while breathing

· Blocked airways

· Pulling feathers that are over the lungs

Droppings

While not the best part of a health check, looking at the poo of the bird can tell you a

lot about the internal problems of the bird. Bird droppings all come together

because there is one hole out of the body so faeces, urine and urates, so if

the balance is off something might be wrong

· Change of consistency of droppings with no change in diet

· Watery droppings not related to diet

· Decease the number of droppings

· Colour change

· Undigested food

· Strong smell

· Hard breathing while passing droppings

Cere,nares beak and mouth

The break is the most important if the beak in injured, the bird will not be able to eat.

But looking at the beak you might notice something different, so the things to

look out for are.

· Nasal discharge

· Frequent wet sneezes

· Blocked nostrils and labour breathing

· Swelling

· Redness

· Soiled matter around the beak

· Unusual roughness and cracking on the beak

Physical check

When doing a physical check, you want to start from the head and work your way down the

tail checking the legs and wings on the way down, feeling for small bumps and

lumps

· Swelling on the face around the eyes and cere

· Swelling or lumps in the chest or belly

· Lumps or welling on the wings

· Swelling or lumps on legs and feet

Make note of any of these changes in your bird because they can help the vet stop any

more serious problems in the future. These health checks should be don』t at

least twice a day but the bird will like the attention.

中文翻譯：

飼養寵物有一個最主要的問題就是關於它們醫療保健的花費。一旦飼養成本太高，主人就會選擇相對低劣的配套產品，如降低寵物的住宿條件等，由於需要將錢花在寵物的醫療保健上，就沒有剩餘的金錢為其購買非必需品。在這個過程中，寵物也會有受冷落的感覺。小區周圍有很多寵物診所，能夠非常方便地幫助主人發現和預防寵物的疾病，當然花費也不菲，最後也不排除「人財兩空」的結果。所以掌握一些寵物診斷的「乾貨」是不是會比較划算呢？

最普遍的寵物伴侶就是鳥類、貓與狗，這篇文章將主要針對這三類寵物進行指導如何通過簡單的行為特徵來進行診斷。每一種的診斷都包含三種類型的判斷。第一類就是肉眼判斷，主要是通過對寵物的外觀進行檢查，是否有傷口等，通常該操作用時較短；第二類就是物理檢查，主要通過與寵物的接觸，來確定受傷部位，例如是否有腫塊、隆起物之類；第三類行為判斷，該步驟需要花費較長時間來觀察寵物，來確定是否有行為怪異之處，例如吃得變少了，睡得多了，走路姿勢不同了。

如果你進行了這三類檢查，不光會節省你的金錢，也會與你的寵物關係更緊密。當然對於新手來說，行為判斷會比較困難，畢竟主人對於寵物的了解還不夠深入，一旦與寵物長時間相處後，就會很容易發現細微差別了，雖然可能有時並不是因為健康因素。

鳥——行為判斷

性格變化，是否更暴躁或懶惰

日常活動次數是否減少了

突發多動症

會叫的鳥突然不叫了

對於原本熟悉的周遭環境突然顯得很害怕

攝入比以往還要多的水

毫無理由的反芻食物

對於原本喜愛的食物變得毫無興趣

鳥——肉眼判斷

眼睛：通常健康的眼睛是閃爍和明亮的，當然身為主人的你最好能清楚自己寵物身體健康時眼睛特徵包括眼神是怎樣的，以下是一些關於眼睛的病態特徵：

獃滯、死氣沉沉的眼神

虛腫、發紅

毫無防備

眼白變成了乳白色

抽搐以及過度地閃爍

頻繁用腳摩擦雙眼

羽毛：由於鳥類都有整理羽毛的習慣，所以健康的羽毛都是順滑且有光澤的，以下癥狀則需當心：

缺少光澤

不再炫耀自己的羽毛

羽毛時常顯得邋遢

羽毛相當凌亂可能是受外傷的信號

不正常的顏色

羽毛顯得不規則

羽毛上沾著血，且有折斷的羽毛

姿勢與動作：鳥類站立的姿勢非常重要，如果有所異常通常表明身體某些部位出現了狀況，如：

選擇站在較矮的桿上

頭部低垂

走路跌跌撞撞

身體失去平衡

不正常地甩頭

不能夠站立

停留在籠子的底部

出現痙攣癥狀

改變了睡姿

呼吸：由於骯髒的外部環境，鳥類的肺部很容易被感染，所以留意鳥類的呼吸狀況也是非常重要的，同時也要保證其居住環境整潔，以下癥狀尤其需要注意：

呼吸困難

長時間得快速呼吸

運動時間減少了

呼吸時伴隨著喘氣

呼吸道阻塞

拉扯肺部的羽毛

糞便：雖然觀察鳥類的糞便不是一件令人舒心的事，但是通過鳥類的糞便能夠幫助你了解不少信息。鳥類的排泄物通常一併排出，因為鳥類只有一個排泄口，所以糞便、尿液以及尿酸鹽都會從同一個口出來，所以如果寵物鳥走路失去平衡，那麼也能反映在糞便上：

在沒有改變飲食的情況下，糞便的組成成分發生了變化

糞便較稀

排便次數減少了

糞便顏色發生改變

糞便中含有未消化的東西

味道變得相當刺鼻

鳥類排便時呼吸變得困難

口鼻嘴部分（包括鳥喙上的蠟膜）：鳥喙是相當重要的器官，因為如果此部位受傷，它們就不能進食，所以在觀察鳥喙部分時，如出現如下癥狀則需當心：

流鼻涕

頻繁打噴嚏

鼻孔堵塞，呼吸困難

喙部腫脹

喙部變紅

喙部周圍很臟

喙部變得粗糙且有裂紋

鳥——物理檢查

當進行物理檢查時，從頭部開始撫摸，一路向下至尾巴，包括腿、翅膀，感受是否長有小腫塊之類的隆起物，包括如下：

在臉上眼口鼻周圍有突起

胸部與腹部有突起

翅膀周圍有突起

腿部或腳上有突起

身為主人只有留意到任何細小變化才能幫助寵物減少進一步的痛苦。以上的檢查一天內不要超過兩次，在此過程中寵物也能感受到自己得到了關愛。