JimmyBanks

ahhh okay... have you posted any pics of your Elliott birds??

Yep. I am following this one...

He had some of his birds for sale at the Auction I went to a few weeks ago. I think its a great Idea to feed them it if you can get your hands on it easily. I think the more variety you can give your birds the better. I know I get sick and tired if I eat the same thing over and over again... I figure the same for them. Like you say might be good to give them some every couple of weeks. Best of Luck with the breeding plans. I saw some of the birds you got off him when you went and visited a while ago, looked great.

haha That's okay... I just found it and thought Wow that's great! But i guess it's not When are you going to be a fully qualified Avian Vet so that we can all come visit your clinic??

would that protein powder be safe to give to birds? Its Whey but I never thought about giving it to my birds...

I didn't get an Autopsy done but a swab of the vent area showed up Canker... I have been doing the quarantine program since bringing Len back home but I guess it isn't enough... He has a lamp... :grouphug: I really am not enjoying this experience... I've never had a pet before these two and I'm not liking parting with them. I know that when I get my bird room up and start breeding that there will be deaths sometimes but these two are my first birds so they have a real place in my heart. If I had a chick from Len it might be slightly different but he was a great looking bird and I didn't get any chicks out of him. At least Lip will live on in the chicks :sad:

It is so hard to watch him like this... I've tried to make him as comfortable as possible but its not changing the situation much... :grouphug: I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to be budgieless until I pick up the chick up from MB later this month/early next month...

Well a week or so ago I lost Lip, (the first budgie I owned along with Len) She was at MB's house to breed and MB lost a cock too... I went over looked at the babies and decided to pick up Len. Well I came home tonight and I went out to see how Len was doing, a bird that looked healthy this morning looked like it was going to die right there in front of me... Poor thing... I've called the avian vet but that went through to message bank... grrr. It looks like I'll be losing 2 birds in as many weeks... Really bad night.

Was that Stephen Elliot that put you onto that?? :grouphug: I was reading his site the other week and he feeds it to his birds regularly... They are nice birds so I am sure that diet plays a big part in that...

:grouphug: with everything... I hope that he doesn't start a habit of eating the eggs... I've heard that it is very hard to break that habit once they start...

very cute :grouphug:

I don't think it matters if you let them dry out or give them to them green...

I don't know what any of these are like I am going to one (hopefully) tomorrow in West Brunswick but I found this site and they list a bunch of Avian Vets in Victoria... http://www.birdmunchies.com.au/associations/vets/vic.htm

Yes but when Kaz??? When should he buy them.... Anyone got a clue

I know how ya feel mate...

interesting article Daz. thanks...

That is awesome... can't wait to see stuff like that...

Hi Elise

Hmmm... I am realising just how little I know when I read threads like this...

Wow I have so much to learn... how do you treat for all those diseases? I haven't even heard of Trichomonads or Giardia...

Thank you muchly!

Why did I start this thread??? was everyone starting threads with their nicknames as the title??? :hmm:

I think the albino is a hen... just looks like it has a brown tinge to it... wait for an expert though

wow. very in depth stuff there.. Great read again daz. Thanks very much for posting all these articles they are great, Although I don't know if I would breed my birds for