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Coccivet vetafarm is the one I normally use and will be starting treatment with on my other birds next (unless you think the harkers is better? 

maybe I should treat him with the coccivet now and not wait?

Im not sure what the best thing to do is. 

Maybe it would be a good idea to stop with the vaseline for a couple of days and put him on coccivet while you still have a little time. It may also be toʻ late to treat. Without myself handling him. I can only guess it us cocci.

I went ahead and gave him the coccivet in his water, he did eat some millet (or at least appeared to) haven't seen him drink anything though :( will just keep giving him the red millet, at least hes eating that and better he eatts something than nothing at this stage. 

really considering soaking some millet in the coccivet water and popping that in to see if I can get some of it into him.

keeping everything crossed. very much appreciate your time and help here thank you

If you have hand rearing formula such as kaytee. You can mix a bit in an egg cup then leave it in with him. Make it a little runny though but use the mixed coccivet mixture to mix it. Some sick birds can only eat liquidised food. I will be away for a couple of hours, will pop back then and check in.

It was nutribird formula I tried getting into him with a syringe yesterday but will mix some up now with the coccivet and pop it in there. :) great suggestion thank you. 

how is the bird doing today?

hes barely alive right now. he doesn't seem to be drinking or eating now and I cant get him to take anything, I am considering trying hand feeding again with liquid nutribird but I think he will probably die if I try - part of me thinks I should and the other to leave him in peace and not stress him out futher, I am really sad about this. :( 

It is a shame you are not local to me, I would have taken a good look at him for you and found out what was going on with the little fella. It is very difficult to make any real diagnosis over the internet. I know how you feel because I have experienced that many times myself. I wouldn't bother trying to feed him, it sounds like it would only prolong his agony, or like you said, might kill him. You have done your best considering the circumstances. 

I used to take on sick or unhealthy looking birds many moons ago because I felt sorry for them. Seeing so many die put me off and opted for healthy young birds only. After about another decade I started taking on sick, old or unwell looking birds again because my experience was a lot better than it was a decade before. Even now, with all my experience, I still find it hard to lose them, but I understand life a little better than before, and can deal with loss and failure much better. It is even worse when you lose a hand reared bird, one that you have known for a long time, spent much time looking after it and watching it grow into an adult of many years.

In the years to come, think of all the birds that will live a long, happy life from what you have learnt from this bird. 

you are right, it is a learning experience, but it wouldn't put me off helping others in need. I think I focused too much on his foot and probably should have run him through quarantine first with the ronivet, cocci treatment and worming then he probably would have had a better chance. but yes I tried and learned.  I am still absolutely heart broken though. 

on a positive note, my 2 pairs of gouldians have laid some eggs. this is my first go at breeding them, maybe I will have some luck there and it will give me some fresh hope.

And I have a lovely pair of normal bourkes coming in a few weeks so looking forward to getting those and seeing if I can tame them a little as they are young. 

I did see your post in the loss section, I know something of that kind of pain, I used to keep an owl when I was in my teens and we were very closely bonded. when she passed I couldn't keep birds after that. it was during covid that my cat died (of old age)) that I decided to try birds again. Glad to be here and I do appreciate not feeling alone with all this, thank you 

I did finish that post several times on the loss of my grass finch, but I had issues with the site database and lost the original post, then started to write it again. The ending is the hardest part to write, but I will finish writing that at a later date. It is dis-hearting to lose a bird, but it just makes me want to give another a good chance at life to honour the ones I lose.