cem 0 Posted November 13, 2009 Member ID: 5,303 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 340 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 23, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Some of my birds started to wave their tail feathers up down continously , it is more obvius when they spend some effort flying etc... When closely looked , the reason seems to be the ritmic tightening muscles around the vent area , they still eat well , fly well , is this a sign of ilness ? Both females and males do it . Thanks in advance for all the responses . Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted November 13, 2009 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 November 13, 2009 Its called tail pumping and in most cases can be a sign of illness. You will have to assess each bird on an individual basis. Check them over for weight loss, poopy bottoms and signs of parasites. Link to comment
LILBABYBUDGIES 0 Posted November 13, 2009 Member ID: 4,745 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 618 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,920 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/10/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 14, 2010 Birthday: 06/11/1994 Share Posted November 13, 2009 if they are with other birds isolation might be handy :fingerscrossed: goodluck and keep us posted Link to comment
cem 0 Posted November 17, 2009 Member ID: 5,303 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 340 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 There is a very obvious pumping motion of the brest with each breath and they are stretching their neck , if what I learned is correct the aim of this is straightening their trachea . I guess this is a lower respitory infection , I started a treatment with tetracycline 3 days ago , there is a noticeable improvement on the birds , tail pumping is less . The treatment will continue until Sunday but by the medic , they had diarrhea , I will add boled potato and banana to their diet . Link to comment
cem 0 Posted December 2, 2009 Member ID: 5,303 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 340 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 18/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 I just would like to report the status , I had lost 6 birds out of 30 effected , the rest is recovering well , like Kaz said the problems differed in each bird and I have had to learn many lessons as the vets around the city I leave have very minor experience on birds . Now , my medicine inventory covers a wide range of diseases , hope I will not have to use them again . I was not having a separate hospital cage with heating or lightening availability , so I had to begin the treatment in a room temparature of 16 C . Later , when I was able to create a temparature controlled enviorement around 30 C within hospital cages , there happened a real quick improvement , in a few hours they were more active and feeding themselves better . One thing , I was sorry is a lack of crop needle as with this on hand I might had been able to save more birds , never the less I ordered some and will be ready to use in a week . As I said , after bad experience with the vets around , I decided to learn more on the bird diseases , for now , I have no intension in budgerigar breeding , more likely my aim is to keep my flock healty and happy . I stoped the breeding until I feel myself confident in keeping budgies . I will be glad if someone can suggest a detailed book for budgie health problems , their disagnosis and treatment . Thanks in advance . Link to comment
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