-> First step is to get him to an avian vet... Expect that this will cost
-> about $120 total, including a blood analysis... I think the work-up is
-> a bargain. This is a life-time companion- I've had blood work done on my
-> $40 cockatiels, without batting an eye- I owe them the best of care, 
-> even the nasty one who bites.
I don't know where you live, but here in the Philadelphia area, most of 
the good Avian vets cost a whole lot more than that. I'll say you got a 
bargain! My vet is the best; he is pretty well-known and has written 
several books on pets including one on birds (his specialty). I have 
absolute confidence in him, but the initial visits for my Timneh and 
Conure, both cost well over $300. each. Also, one of my Budgies 
developed a respiratory infection and it was $200.+ by the time we left 
the office. He got an injection and 3 different kinds of medicine. He 
was a pretty sick little guy, but he got better, although very slowly. 
We had to give him antibiotics for a couple of months. If anyone could 
have heard him...they would have thought he was being murdered every 
time the meds were administered . That was last Fall...he's in the 
best of health now, and thankfully none of the other birds got infected.
I agree with you 100% about owing to our feathered companions the very 
best that we are able to provide...so I couldn't spend money at Borders 
on books for a couple of months...so what. Companion birds become 
beloved family members. They are our trusting children and life-time 
friends.
Peace and Blessings,
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