BUDGIE L0V3R 0 Posted June 24, 2012 Member ID: 7,327 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 376 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,285 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hi, I have an aviary with about 20 budgies and they have caught some kind of disease, I am not sure what it is. They have diarrhea and end up dying in around 1-2 days of being sick. The aviary has a grass floor, i gave them some vetafarm cocci vet and that cured them after several had died. I thought i had gotten rid of the disease because they all came better but now they are looking sick and have diarrhea again, I have separated the few from the rest of the colony and put them in a nice warm room. What could it be and whats the best way to stop it? Thanks all, please answer quickly Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted June 24, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hi lover. I would hazard a guess its the source of the problem you have to deal with . Empty the aviary & give it a good clean out with disinfectant. Remove the top soil & replace with fresh. Clean all item used even your shoes. Then only return birds that are well. A sick bird can reinfect the aviary. Yours B.J. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 24, 2012 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 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 June 24, 2012 (edited) You can use coccivet of course as it seemed you had coccidiosis going through. What you neglected to do it seems is fully clean the aviary. The occysts stay active in the aviary and the birds reinfected from that. http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index.php?showtopic=25424 Edited June 24, 2012 by **KAZ** Link to comment
BUDGIE L0V3R 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Member ID: 7,327 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 376 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,285 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 When the disease hit i placed all the healthy budgies in a new aviary that had never had any birds in there and I disinfected all the objects from the old cage, but now the disease has hit again. I have separated the sick budgies and put them in a small cage in a warm room to get better. I was reading that budgies that eat seed off the ground that has been wet from rain and damp soil can make them sick, is this right? Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted June 25, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Share Posted June 25, 2012 H Not unless it was mouldy old seed. Seed falling on damp soil under normal circumstances would sprout. Soil in an aviary is soon contaminated especially under perches. You would be better off with paving or concrete That can be cleaned at least weekly. Seed is best confined to a feeding station with trays to collect husks, dropped seed etc, Yours B.J. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted June 26, 2012 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.27 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 June 26, 2012 Time to get a concrete base to the aviary not soil floor and stop all damp getting in as well as reassessing the feeding areas and removal of waste from floors. Best when cocci rears its ugly head is to bring birds inside in cages with warm lamps while treating with meds and not be too quick to have them battle more cold and damp till truly over it and fully fit Link to comment
robyn 0 Posted June 26, 2012 Member ID: 5,241 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,887 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10,750 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 19, 2018 Birthday: 21/12/1946 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hope things improve for you soon. Even though you put the "healthy" birds in new cage, they may still have been infected but not shown it until later. Touch wood !!! I have never had this infection and hope I never do, sounds devastating. Link to comment
PJI 0 Posted June 26, 2012 Member ID: 5,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 205 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,295 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 17, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Get a few of the birds into a show cage for example with white paper on the floor,and then take the droppings down to the vet to get analyzed instead of playing the guessing game.You should do this on a regular basis,i have just had my birds droppings tested and the vet charged me $15.00 so it's not expensive. Link to comment
BUDGIE L0V3R 0 Posted June 27, 2012 Member ID: 7,327 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 376 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,285 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/06/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Thanks for the advice all, They seem to be getting better but I'll still keep them in a warm room for a while. Link to comment
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