Heavy breathing and seems lethargic PLS HELP

[rhianne]

My baby’s name is Matilda and she is an eastern gray and she’ll be two in July. Today she started breathing heavily and seeming like she felt unwell. She’s not 100% lethargic but much more so than usual...this has never happened before, her diet is mainly Henry’s hazelnut blocks, assorted greens, snap peas, butternut squash, and pecans & hazelnuts in the shell (also from Henry’s) for treats.
I think there may be an emergency room a couple of hours from me, please advise??? I will die if anything happens to her

[Buddy]

Could it be MBD? How much nuts has she been getting every day? Does she go out to get sunshine? Do you give yogurt or extra calcium for her?

Please check out this link and maybe start the treatment. It won't hurt her if it's not MBD.

https://henryspets.com/emergency-treatment-for-mbd/

[rhianne]

Could it be MBD? How much nuts has she been getting every day? Does she go out to get sunshine? Do you give yogurt or extra calcium for her?

Please check out this link and maybe start the treatment. It won't hurt her if it's not MBD.

https://henryspets.com/emergency-treatment-for-mbd/

She has been getting some more nuts than she probably should have every day, I try to stick to 2 but sometimes she gets 3-4. I don’t give her any supplements!! I’m ordering that kit ASAP but I don’t know where on earth to find plain calcium carbonate in the meantime?? We go outside to play in the sunshine but maybe not enough, she does have free reign of the apartment at all times, I have a cage for her but I’m so loathe to put her in it and I’m home almost 24/7 anyway

[SammysMom]

Do you have any houseplants that she may have eaten? Anything that she could have accidentally chewed on or eaten? Do you have any activated charcoal? I would suggest hydration. Pedialyte or homemade pedialyte which is:
1 cup warm water, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

[sundoesshine]

I’m ordering that kit ASAP but I don’t know where on earth to find plain calcium carbonate in the meantime??

Saw some plain calcium powder at our local healthfood store but it was expensive and a huge container. I ended up finding some plain calcium citrate at a statewide local pharmacy for like $6.

Before finding that, I found you can rinse eggshells, leave the membrane in. Boil for 10 min, then bake at 200F for 15 minutes before putting in a coffee grinder. 1/2 tsp of powder is 400 mg so I just added to boo balls accordingly.

If you search on the board I think you can use a certain kind of tums in an emergency til you get something better.

[SammysMom]

Saw some plain calcium powder at our local healthfood store but it was expensive and a huge container. I ended up finding some plain calcium citrate at a statewide local pharmacy for like $6.

Before finding that, I found you can rinse eggshells, leave the membrane in. Boil for 10 min, then bake at 200F for 15 minutes before putting in a coffee grinder. 1/2 tsp of powder is 400 mg so I just added to boo balls accordingly.

If you search on the board I think you can use a certain kind of tums in an emergency til you get something better.

Calcium citrate is more easily absorbed than calcium carbonate. No vitamin D added and you are good to go with the calcium citrate.