Whether or not a vet is quick to treat or more comfortable with a wait and see attitude will be based on his or her experience. If at any time you think there may be something wrong with your pet bird, you should immediately take it to your avian veterinarian. While you are there, make very sure of a couple of things. Your vet wants you to make educated decisions if decisions need to be made . The bottom line is that no veterinarian is a god, incapable of making mistakes.
Avian medicine is still a very young field, with a tremendous amount to be learned.
If you are lucky enough to have a good avian vet, then trust them to do the best they know how. If you don't trust your vet, then you need to do some looking around. Copyright Elizabeth H. Wilson, April, 1998. All rights reserved. Parts or whole may be reprinted, but not distributed without express written permission of the author.