Calcium Gluconate

African grey parrots are predisposed to hypocalcemia that presents as weakness, ataxia, falling from the perch and seizures. This article covers ionized calcium testing and sample handling, emergency stabilization principles with calcium gluconate, the role of diet and UVB, long-term management without causing vitamin D toxicity, and the seizure differentials to rule out.

A clinical guide to egg binding and dystocia in psittacines — especially chronic egg-layers (cockatiels, budgerigars, lovebirds). Distinguishes functional egg binding from mechanical dystocia, centres the hypocalcaemia link, and lays out a stabilise-first ladder: warmth, fluids, and calcium BEFORE any ecbolic; oxytocin only for a shelled egg with a patent oviduct; ovocentesis and surgery when needed — and never forcing an egg. Ends with prevention of chronic laying.

A link-out dosing reference for sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps). Covers why marsupial physiology — small body size, high metabolic rate, torpor, and a gum-feeding digestive tract — changes drug choice, plus per-class notes on antibiotics, antiparasitics, analgesia and anaesthesia, and supportive care for common presentations (NSHP/metabolic bone disease, self-mutilation, hind-limb paresis, dental disease, obesity, stress). Specific mg/kg values live on the cited drug pages.

A clinical reference for primary-care veterinarians managing nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in reptiles, covering recognition, ionized calcium-guided stabilization, supplementation protocols, and the husbandry corrections without which medical therapy fails.