Posted July 7, 200817 yr Poor Bitey's beak and cere don't look too good, its been this way for a while but seems to have got a little worse (slowly). Might it be some kind of disease or just him fighting with other birds? http://users.on.net/~trentt/bitey_sick.jpg
July 7, 200817 yr he has scaly face - its easily treated. If he is easy to handle you can treat him twice a day with cooking oil or Castor oil gently applied to the affected area with a cotton tip for about 5 days. Other wise you can get medications to put in his water or on their feathers. There is lots of info on the net as its a very common condition Edited July 7, 200817 yr by **Liv**
July 7, 200817 yr Author he has scaly face - its easily treated. If he is easy to handle you can treat him twice a day with cooking oil or Castor oil gently applied to the affected area with a cotton tip for about 5 days. Other wise you can get medications to put in his water or on their feathers. There is lots of info on the net as its a very common condition Ahh thanks Liv!! I had wondered all along if it was scaley face but I wasn't quite sure. I'll get him some treatment tomorrow.
July 7, 200817 yr Also discard old perches and replace with new and you might as well trat his feet too :budgiedance: to be on the safe side of course - Any other birds that are in with him need to be treated to as this can lay dorment for ages !!!!
July 8, 200817 yr Author Oh dear that doesn't sound like fun... I've been looking around and we don't seem to have the water based medicine in Australia... I have 7 other birds in that cage
July 8, 200817 yr Get a product called Moxidectin - It's a wormer but kills any other parasite that feeds off the fluids of the bird - I use it every 12 weeks - it's great stuff and i get it from my local bird dealer
July 8, 200817 yr Author I recognise the name from my searches of scaly face. I'm not finding any online for sale though. I do have this AviTrol stuff for mites and lice that has Pyrethrin and piperonyl butoxide in it, but I dont know if it does the same job. You spray it on them. Edit: Hmm if that isn't good enough, Avitrol Plus Bird Wormer might be... Edited July 8, 200817 yr by ShadowGhost
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