I Feel Horrible...

[Havalian]

I have never had a vet say force feeding was needed. With that said by you having him force fed and then the regurgitation you may have made matters worse. The only time to every force feed is if there is extreme weight loss. How much weight has he lost? Also you may want to find a new vet.

knowledge is earned not learned

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughghh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The idea didn't sit particularly well with me but she was going on about getting the GI tract restarted because it had been so long and once she said that's what she would do if Pythagoras were her snake I deferred to her judgement.

Avian and Exotic Animal Care in Raleigh, NC.

She didn't say it was necessary, but she left zero doubt in my mind that she thought it was absolutely the best course of action. While there was definite weight loss I wouldn't call it drastic.

How much worse could this have made things?

I already feel torn up inside and like he's never going to trust me again.

EDIT: Also thank you for your reply