Hi all,

 

I think one of my male budgies has Scaly face. Tweet Tweet has a whiteish crust below cere and on corners of beak. (small at this stage) I plan to take him to the vets to get him checked out. I'll also post a picture if I get the chance tomorrow (it's dark here now) I only noticed it today and have been spending a lot of time in my avairy as I have three breeding pairs (no chicks as yet). I have read about the once off spot treatment of Ivermectin?!? Not sure of spelling. I was just wondering if this is safe to put on my nesting hens, as I know I'll have to treat all my birds. I also understand that I need to clean out the avairy. As the breeding pairs are in smaller sections of the avairy, is there anything I can you to clean/treat the avairy without moving and upsetting the budgies. I don't want to cause undue stress this time of year.

 

Cheers Maesie

Treat the one with the obvious scaly face and any others you can catch and treat without major disturbance. Any you are concerned about ( nesting hens ) can wait till later. Make note of who you have treated and who you havent. Not as highly contagious as many say it is. I believe they all carry it and it only flares up under stress conditions.

I only ever treat as I find it. Having over 200 birds I have NEVER had it rage through the aviary

Treat the one with the obvious scaly face and any others you can catch and treat without major disturbance. Any you are concerned about ( nesting hens ) can wait till later. Make note of who you have treated and who you havent. Not as highly contagious as many say it is. I believe they all carry it and it only flares up under stress conditions.

I only ever treat as I find it. Having over 200 birds I have NEVER had it rage through the aviary

 

 

Thanks, sounds good. Will get onto it tomorrow. It's great to get advice here to put ones mind at rest.

 

Cheers Maesie

When you go to the vets, ( an avian vet ) ask for the spot on ivermectin treatment so you can treat all your birds. Some vets will only treat the bird they can see. Do not allow the vet to use an injectable method. Injecting birds can go wrong as we have found out through this forum.

Don't worry, if you use the spot on Ivermectin, you only have to treat the birds, no need to clean or spray the aviary. This mite lives only on the birds, there may be eggs, but the Ivermectin is active for at least 21 days & I have found no reason to reapply.

 

When applied in the correct dose, only one drop, it only causes mild irratation for a short time. I wouldn't apply to any hens sitting on eggs, but if on larger chicks it should be okay. I would only treat one of each pair at a time if they have young.

With Scaly face, I always have baby oil at the ready. The mites don't like the oil. This is a good preventive as well.

When you are handling the bird give a lite wipe on the beak cere and feet. Try not to get any in the nostrils.

With Scaly face, I always have baby oil at the ready. The mites don't like the oil. This is a good preventive as well.

When you are handling the bird give a lite wipe on the beak cere and feet. Try not to get any in the nostrils.

 

Thanks all,

 

I took Tweet Tweet (as named by my 2 year old nephew as he looks like a plastic one he has... cute ) to the vets tonite and surprise, surprise, she said everything you said Kaz. She gave me some Ivermectin, the one spot treatment. So TT was treated, as were the other 'partners'. So hears hoping. Thanks also for the other advice. I'll keep you all updated on his progress.

Edited November 20, 200717 yr by maesie