Roselyn

Thank you for your kind response; it's much appreciated. Today is actually the one-month mark since Little One's passing -- it's a work in progress for us, processing and dealing with the grief! He had an ongoing foot issue and, although I've since learned (from doing the research) that some Vets. prescribe Silver Sulfadiazine for pets, as a medication created for humans, I don't think it's very safe for animals, considering as you wisely point out, that the bird can in fact ingest the med. while preening. My housemate was the one who took Little One to the Vet. each time, and according to what I was told, the Vet. was quite OK with my housemate continuing to use the cream on our bird's foot. In hindsight, I wished I had been at that last appt. (I'm not as trusting with Vets as my housemate is, and I would've asked questions). I also wished that I knew from the start what the cream was made of! I have since then discovered that caution must be used with birds especially, due to potential toxicity. Thank you for providing this forum! Here are a couple of links to the Tributes I wrote to honour him / his passing: https://journeyofselfdiscovery.weebly.com/blog/an-honour-and-a-privilege , https://journeyofselfdiscovery.weebly.com/blog/ode-to-little-one

Hello BST community, As a bird lover and keeper for many years, I thought it would be useful to join this community. My housemate and I had a beautiful, intelligent, funny, rescued European Starling, Little One, for almost 8-1/2 years. Tragically, he passed on last month, after some health issues. So, this post is actually an advisory for bird keepers everywhere to be very careful using topical antibiotics on your birds, especially Silver Sulfadiazine. Regrettably my housemate used too much on our bird-friend, and (I suspect) Little One became toxified by the medication. So, for the well-being and safety of your beloved bird-friends, PLEASE BE CAREFUL and monitor the use of these meds. I think these powerful antibiotics are only safe to use for a few days, or a couple of weeks, and while under Veterinary care/supervision. Gratefully, Roselyn.