Taprock
Member
- Oct 22, 2015
- 279
- 2
- Parrots
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Buzz - CAG,
Ziggy - Nanday/Sun Conure,
Jasper - Goffin
Loki - Starling
Gloria - Foster CAG
This may be the wrong place because it involves nonparrots also.
This week has been a tough bird week. Three days ago my Two year old, spoiled Tom turkey became sick with what appeared to be Histomoniasis. I kept him separate and handled him last, wore outside clothes, but since itās a turkey disease wasnāt too worried. Two days ago I was missing a small target trained Serama. I spent hours looking for her and finally had to give up. Thankfully I found her the next morning in the rafters of a coop she shouldnāt have been in. It made for a good morning after a rough night. Yesterday my favorite young Polish was under the roost in the morning unable to stand, eat, move, with what appears to be Mareks. I tube fed him twice yesterday and this morning heās drinking on his own so while it still looks like Mareks they rarely get better from it. When I handle him I wear coveralls, outdoor shoes and gloves. I sanitize everything that touches him and have him separated. Great fun, several times a day, but I have the indoor birds to worry about.
My question is has anyone ever seen a list of diseases that ālivestockā or farm birds share with parrots? Since they are in a different family I wasnāt sure how many they have the same. Itās something that may help me in the future.
This week has been a tough bird week. Three days ago my Two year old, spoiled Tom turkey became sick with what appeared to be Histomoniasis. I kept him separate and handled him last, wore outside clothes, but since itās a turkey disease wasnāt too worried. Two days ago I was missing a small target trained Serama. I spent hours looking for her and finally had to give up. Thankfully I found her the next morning in the rafters of a coop she shouldnāt have been in. It made for a good morning after a rough night. Yesterday my favorite young Polish was under the roost in the morning unable to stand, eat, move, with what appears to be Mareks. I tube fed him twice yesterday and this morning heās drinking on his own so while it still looks like Mareks they rarely get better from it. When I handle him I wear coveralls, outdoor shoes and gloves. I sanitize everything that touches him and have him separated. Great fun, several times a day, but I have the indoor birds to worry about.
My question is has anyone ever seen a list of diseases that ālivestockā or farm birds share with parrots? Since they are in a different family I wasnāt sure how many they have the same. Itās something that may help me in the future.
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