lucy 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 3,795 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 97 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 23, 2011 Birthday: 12/08/1983 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Hi All, A discussion on another post made me think of this. I have aviaries and my fiancee has aviaries and we live about 4 hours apart. We use recommended quarantine practices when bringing in new birds from outside sources, however because we treat all our birds simultaneously and ensure all the birds are healthy, we regularly swap birds between locations without quarantining them. As I've looked at it, it's just like having one flock, but in seperate avaiaries. We haven't had any problems so far. Can anybody see any possible problems with doing this? Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted July 10, 2008 It is a very interesting question Lucy - personally I would say it's okay, but only if you follow all quarantine rules when you introduce new birds (from an outside source) before they enter the flock/s I do not quarantine my birds when i swap them between aviary's, and i would say your situation would be similar to just taking a bird from one aviary and putting it in another How long is the travel distance between aviary's?? Link to comment
Angelic Vampyre 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 3,545 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 207 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2,028 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 13,140 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/07/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Lucy MB and I sort of do this and in the future will be doing it more. The only thing I would recommend is that you might want to keep them apart for 5 - 10 days to let them settle form the stress of being caught and moved before moving them into the avairy. But others might have a different opinion. In the past few weeks I have found out how important it is to Quarantine but if all your birds are healthy just make sure to quarantine birds for outside sources for the full 30 - 60 days. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Hi All, A discussion on another post made me think of this. I have aviaries and my fiancee has aviaries and we live about 4 hours apart. We use recommended quarantine practices when bringing in new birds from outside sources, however because we treat all our birds simultaneously and ensure all the birds are healthy, we regularly swap birds between locations without quarantining them. As I've looked at it, it's just like having one flock, but in seperate avaiaries. We haven't had any problems so far. Can anybody see any possible problems with doing this? Does your avairies have closed roofs to stop infections from external wild birds.....i.e. droppings through open roof ? Link to comment
lucy 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 3,795 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 97 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 23, 2011 Birthday: 12/08/1983 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Some do and some don't. Good point. Our maintenance treatments combat any external infections though I would hope. I think one of the key factors to quarantine is that you are not aware of the history of a bird and what its come in contact with. In our situation, we are aware of the bird's history and therefore reduces the need somewhat. Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted July 10, 2008 And also since you are in the same geographic region as each other birds are probably contacting the sam sorts of bugs from wild birds at both locations anyway. I don't quarantine my aviary birds from my inside birds if I bring a pair inside for breeding... Healesville Sanctuary actually quarantines their captive birds before releasing them to the wild, they are more worried about introducing a bug from the captive population into the wild birds. They manage the wild birds and the captive birds as a single unit as part of the recovery program. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Your birds can contract psittacosis through an open top aviary from an external bird amongst other diseases. Psittacosis meds are not part of normal preventative practices. If you want to be moving birds around, you need to cover the aviaries and make very sure there is no reinfections from outside birds. We have all kinds of birds walking around on top of my husbands avairies all the time....but it is covered. And this is why I asked the question about covered aviary. Link to comment
lucy 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 3,795 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 97 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/11/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 23, 2011 Birthday: 12/08/1983 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Thanks, certainly has given me food for thought! Link to comment
melbournebudgies 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 4,233 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 329 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,498 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 28,540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/04/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 2, 2010 Birthday: 17/12/1982 Share Posted July 10, 2008 AV and I will be moving bird between our houses but both of us have closed top aviaries and also a large proportion of our irds will be in enclosed bird rooms (both converted garages). Link to comment
Neat 0 Posted July 10, 2008 Member ID: 3,275 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 321 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 5,171 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,845 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 27/03/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2010 Birthday: 22/05/1980 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Kaz you are quick LOL. That was the first thing I thought off - Open or close roofing on the avairies = Personally from bad experiences I have closed mine up! Apart from that, if they are both kept the same Ie wormed, treated etc at the same time and what have you I really don't see the issue - Link to comment
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