Sailorwolf

I'm sorry to hear about the chick Trish.

Yasmine Yumi

And sometimes the girls do it too. It's the "I'm so sexy" dance

I'm so sorry you have had so many bad experiences with doctors, I can see why you'd rather do your own research. What I was meaning was I didn't want you to be wasting time searching on the internet trying to diagnose something that needed treatment then and there. I perceived your husband to be way sicker than he must have been. I have had family members who have been feverish and thought they were going to be fine so put off going to the hospital. Then when they finally went, they were so dehydrated that they had to be put on a drip and were really ill. The reason why I suggested going to see a doctor rather than googling is; to me some fevers can mean something that is so much more dangerous. Take meningitis for example, that can kill in 48 hours. It would be better to get to emergency help rather than googling the internet while your husband gets worse. I do not have blind faith in doctors at all. I have had several doctors that I have felt very frustrated with. On one occasion one actually just looked up the symptoms for what I had on the internet. I was very angry. Other times I just diagnose myself using the doctor's help (I am a student in the medical profession) because they are so useless. And it frustrates me to no end and it feels like they can't be bothered half the time and here I am suffering in the mean time. It also makes it worse being in the medical profession because I know some of the things they are missing out too. Like it wouldn't hurt them to do proper clinical exams! However during the summer I have access to an excellent doctor. The reason why I told you to stop googling and go see a doctor is because your situation had the possibility of becoming an emergency and if it wasn't an emergency then you also had the chance of scaring yourselves. A fever is something that does not tend to be a long term thing. I just had this vision of your husband languishing in the background and you feeling ill, but not taking yourself to the hospital because what you googled on the internet said that your symptoms fit X,Y and Z and that you will be fine, when in fact you are something else that needed treatment. I tend to consider emergency staff as very good, because if they aren't; people die. I'm not such a big fan of GP's. Don't get me wrong, there are some absolutely awesome ones out there, but there are also some bad ones that just ruin it for everyone. Otherwise I encourage research on illnesses and such as long as you look at it with an open and logical mind. In my view, if it is an emergency go straight to the ER, don't waste time googling. If it is a slow progressive condition, disease or non-life threatening condition then do research, because the more you do, the more answers you find, just don't forget to use reason. I was just worried that you would be googling rather than getting treated, so I had to sound mean.

I do not think all the birds you posted are clearwings. What do you think they are? It would be awesome if someone would cast an experienced greywing-clearwing eye over each one of them lol. I have no idea myself.

Wings look clipped to me. In the second picture you can see a clean line on his flights.

We get bright blue skies like that all the time.

Yep, they catch it. Or else it wouldn't spread.

French Moult is a virus GB. It is a polyomavirus. It is not transmitted via feeding each other (from what I can remember) but is transmitted by dander, feather dust and faeces. There is an argument as to whether it can be transmitted from parent to offspring. The reason it doesn't sweep the whole aviary is because: A. Not all birds are susceptible B: Some birds may have it but may not appear to be ill. When baby birds get it they lose their flight feathers (I think perhaps because they get it when their feathers are growing). When adult birds get it it does not seem to affect them (probably because they are not growing feathers at the time). But they can still pass it on. It is definitely a virus, just some aspect of the virus transmission and who it affects are unknown. Also birds that have had French moult aren't continuously shedding the virus, and thus they can raise healthy babies. I can't remember whether or not they keep the virus for their whole lives or only have it for about 3 months. I think it is the latter. But I'm not sure on it.

Haha. Ummmm... I don't know either. But the ratings you give won't come out of your ratings.

Oh goodness. I depends which way the marriage goes. I guess. I was thinking in terms of say if you had a husband and it was his brother and sister. But you really meant your sister's husband's sister??? It's so confusing. lol I think you are correct. I just had the wrong person married. lol

If you do take them back. Don't get anymore from the same breeder as they obviously don't care so much about their birds or the people who buy them and you might just end up with more sick ones. If you do want to get some healthy ones, I'm sure there will be some breeders, from the forum, in your area that can help you out. You can buy from pet shops too (all mine (the ones I didn't breed) are pet shop birds). When you go to choose birds, check out the cage to see if it is clean and if they have fresh food and water. Look at the birds to make sure they are all sitting upright, with no feathers missing and not being fluffed up. Make sure all birds are sitting on perches and if there are any on the ground, they should only be playing, not sleeping.

I don't think any of us know.

So does anyone know what mine are? Clearwings or Full-body-colour-greywings?

Also you have to wait until they aren't blood feathers anymore as well.

I send them my best wishes. Sorry to hear about your Grandpa though. Side note: If she is your brother inlaw's sister, doesn't that make her your sister inlaw?

Yep Lou. Younger birds have the barring extending down to their cere, whereas the older birds tend to have a white or yellow cap.

Won't getting a 3 star rating pull their ratings down? I would have thought it works live an average. ????

The best idea is to stop Googling and go see a doctor. When you google illnesses you convince yourself that you have them, because you think, "oh I have that symptom and that symptom". It is what hypochondriacs do. For example: If you google Rabies, you would find that you probably have very similar symptoms and you could get yourself all worked up about it. Thing is, Rabies isn't in Australia, so it would be very unlikely for you to have it. Some illnesses will also show up differently in some individuals and look like something completely different. Do you see what I mean? Go see a doctor and mention you have birds. Make sure both you and your husband are drinking enough fluids too, with vomiting and fevers you can get very dehydrated which will make your headaches worse.

Go Fish. But I do like football. Do you play football (aka soccer)

puppy

Woo. Thanks Bird Haven! So what is the next name?

Mango Mako

She looks like a skyblue opaline dilute spangle

Very nice. Are they common in your area?