Taking My Diabetic Toucan to the Vet (His Tongue Fell Out 😱😭)

In early 2021 my 10 year old male toco toucan was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, so I went through a diet overhaul with him trying to keep him from becoming full blown diabetic. But, it didn't work and in October 2021 he was diagnosed as diabetic and went on an oral insulin dosage. Although we saw a small amount of recovery in about a two week period, we seemed to hit a wall with his recovery.

The ideal range for a toucan is 200-400 and Rocko's levels were at 600. But just 3 months later, his levels sky rocketed to 1,300. And days later it went as high as 1,790 during his stay at WSU.

This video documents our medical journey with Rocko and everything we've experienced so far. I am putting this information out here in great detail for the benefit of others who care for toucans and struggle to do so because of the lack of resources and accurate information available.

Huge thank you to WSU for allowing me to share my journey and some footage from their clinic - I couldn't ask for a more capable and caring team to be helping Rocko through this. If you or someone you know has up to date information on toco toucan care, please share it with me info@birdtricks.com.

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MY BIRDS (Oldest to Youngest) 🐦❤
BONDI 💗 Galah | hatched 2005
CRESSI 💗 Congo African Grey | hatched 2007
BANDIT 💙 Galah | hatched 2008-2019 💔
JINX 💙 Blue Throat Macaw | hatched 2008
COMET 💙 Yellow-Dominant Camelot Macaw | hatched 2008
TUSA 💙 Blue-Green Dominant Camelot Macaw | hatched 2008
ROCKO 💙 Toco Toucan | hatched 2011
LILY & PHOEBE & DETKA 💗 Sun Conures | hatched 2011
BLUEBERRY 💗 Budgie | hatched June 2019

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