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budgieloverkirsty
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Good answer Kaz, that is 2 weeks longer then we recommend, Avian specialists like vets and such will say 3 months for quarantine.

Good answer Kaz, that is 2 weeks longer then we recommend, Avian specialists like vets and such will say 3 months for quarantine.

 

Not always true, there are vets near me that put birds on a cocktail of drugs and then only quarantine for 2 weeks. However as a rule of thumb I know I go 4 weeks.

Good answer Kaz, that is 2 weeks longer then we recommend, Avian specialists like vets and such will say 3 months for quarantine.

 

Not always true, there are vets near me that put birds on a cocktail of drugs and then only quarantine for 2 weeks. However as a rule of thumb I know I go 4 weeks.

 

 

A vet knows what they are doing. They also would be doing tests to know what to treat for. Advice here is for the non vets amongst us and mostly for young members who would dearly love to hear they could shortcut or avoid quarantine altogether. :wacko:

Edited by KAZ

I have never quarantined my birds because I got them from the same breeder... at the same time... but I did the 4 week quarantine that is posted in the FAQs anyways... :wacko:

4-6 weeks for my birds. In seperate rooms/sheds.

A vet knows what they are doing. They also would be doing tests to know what to treat for. Advice here is for the non vets amongst us and mostly for young members who would dearly love to hear they could shortcut or avoid quarantine altogether. :happy-dancing:

 

Hey!! Are you talking about me!! :rofl:

I go for 4 weeks.

I think some zoos do it that long too.

3 months is the best quarantine length if you want to be extra sure.

if the bird die what do you do

 

 

You bury them or they begin to smell funny .........................

if the bird die what do you do

 

 

You bury them or they begin to smell funny .........................

 

:huh::D Hahahaha.

 

You could do as Kaz said or put them in the fridge and take them to the vet for a necropsy.

so if i got a budgie for $500 i will not get my money back

 

and do you have your quarantine cages in the breeding room ??

 

 

If you dont do proper quarantine it doesnt matter how much money you spent you wouldnt get a refund. NO quarantine is NOT done next to any other birds. If you quanrantined in a breeding room and your new bird was carrying for instance psittacosis....then all birds in the breeding room would die including chicks.

 

Please read our quarantine topics in the faq section.

Edited by KAZ

so if i got a budgie for $500 i will not get my money back

 

and do you have your quarantine cages in the breeding room ??

 

You'd have to have an agreement with who ever you bought the bird off to get your money back, and this would have to made before you buy them. Not sure if it happens much???

 

Quarantine cages are kept away from ALL OTHER BUDGIES... so no where need original birds, breeding birds or chicks!

Depends on who you buy it from. If the bird dropped dead soon after you bought it, I would take it back and ask for a refund, even if it is sick.

 

No you do not keep your quarantine cages in the same room as your other budgies if you can help it, otherwise doing so defeats most of the point of quarantine as they are still sharing airspace.

Quarantine means "to keep isolated from others for a certain period".

Edited by Sailorwolf

so if i got a budgie for $500 i will not get my money back

 

and do you have your quarantine cages in the breeding room ??

 

As I have alrready answered this I have a question for you Shannon.

 

WHY....if you are already in a budgie club, and also breeding birds already, and buying birds already....

 

WHY havent you learnt about quarantine yet ? You are in a budgie club arent you ?

Every budgie club I know lectures on the importance of quarantine. Most breeders I know talk of it at every meeting, and it is written up in club magazines. You need to ask questions and listen more carefully at club meetings and around seasoned breeders. You will always get one or two idiots that say quarantine in a breeder cage. I was told tha once, but I lost an excellent cockbird to psittacosis that the hen was carrying in a hidden form that way. I also lost birds in adjacent breeding cages in the breeding room they were in. Lesson learnt for me...never again.

Edited by KAZ

I just wish I could afford a bird that cost $500! :huh:

 

I agree with everything KAZ has said.. :D

I quarantine for 4 weeks normally. It's very important not to break the quarantine for at least this time.

My new setup will have a separate shed at the other end of the garden for quarantine - well away from my birds

 

While a bird is in quarantine, even if they have been there for 3.5 weeks, if you add another bird to your quarantine area than all birds start back at square one.

With regard to a previous statement about refunds on birds....this is RARE. Reputable breeders will stnd by the birds they sell you as another club mmber. They have a code of ethics. If the bird drops dead within days they will 99% of the time replace the bird.

If you transported the bird home on the hottest of hot days in a tiny cardboard box and stopped at the shops or pub along the way, then you only have yourself to blame. The best way to get a new bird or birds home safely is fast and comfortably in an appropriate carrying box suited to their size.

 

If you have had the bird longer than a week and it drops dead.........tough luck. ANYTHING could have happened to that bird once it was in your hands for that period of time.

 

If you brought a bird home and put it in with other birds in an aviary or cage, or in the same room as other birds.......again TOUGH LUCK. You deserve to lose your $10 or $100 or $500 or whatever you chose to pay for the bird.

 

Noone who sells you a bird that I know of gives a written guarantee. HOWEVER there is a code of conduct within budgerigar clubs and amongst club members that means they will replace a bird if something unusual happens to that bird within an understood amount of time that is reasonable.

 

In saying this I await two replacement birds I have been promised when two birds I bought off two different breeders did indeed drop dead in an unreasonable amount of time. Those breeders word is their bond and they will replace my birds.

Edited by KAZ

so if i got a budgie for $500 i will not get my money back

 

and do you have your quarantine cages in the breeding room ??

 

As I have alrready answered this I have a question for you Shannon.

 

WHY....if you are already in a budgie club, and also breeding birds already, and buying birds already....

 

WHY havent you learnt about quarantine yet ? You are in a budgie club arent you ?

Every budgie club I know lectures on the importance of quarantine. Most breeders I know talk of it at every meeting, and it is written up in club magazines. You need to ask questions and listen more carefully at club meetings and around seasoned breeders. You will always get one or two idiots that say quarantine in a breeder cage. I was told tha once, but I lost an excellent cockbird to psittacosis that the hen was carrying in a hidden form that way. I also lost birds in adjacent breeding cages in the breeding room they were in. Lesson learnt for me...never again.

 

hey kaz i am in a club i am new and learing about all this that is way i am asking you all to help me

so if i got a budgie for $500 i will not get my money back

 

and do you have your quarantine cages in the breeding room ??

 

As I have alrready answered this I have a question for you Shannon.

 

WHY....if you are already in a budgie club, and also breeding birds already, and buying birds already....

 

WHY havent you learnt about quarantine yet ? You are in a budgie club arent you ?

Every budgie club I know lectures on the importance of quarantine. Most breeders I know talk of it at every meeting, and it is written up in club magazines. You need to ask questions and listen more carefully at club meetings and around seasoned breeders. You will always get one or two idiots that say quarantine in a breeder cage. I was told tha once, but I lost an excellent cockbird to psittacosis that the hen was carrying in a hidden form that way. I also lost birds in adjacent breeding cages in the breeding room they were in. Lesson learnt for me...never again.

 

hey kaz i am in a club i am new and learing about all this that is way i am asking you all to help me

 

Might be a really good idea to suggest your club has a lecture on quarantine practices when they can mate. Some of the older ones forget the newcomers need to learn things they already know :hap: Just keep asking questions here and we will help where we can :hap:

With regard to a previous statement about refunds on birds....this is RARE. Reputable breeders will stnd by the birds they sell you as another club mmber. They have a code of ethics. If the bird drops dead within days they will 99% of the time replace the bird.

If you transported the bird home on the hottest of hot days in a tiny cardboard box and stopped at the shops or pub along the way, then you only have yourself to blame. The best way to get a new bird or birds home safely is fast and comfortably in an appropriate carrying box suited to their size.

 

If you have had the bird longer than a week and it drops dead.........tough luck. ANYTHING could have happened to that bird once it was in your hands for that period of time.

 

If you brought a bird home and put it in with other birds in an aviary or cage, or in the same room as other birds.......again TOUGH LUCK. You deserve to lose your $10 or $100 or $500 or whatever you chose to pay for the bird.

 

Noone who sells you a bird that I know of gives a written guarantee. HOWEVER there is a code of conduct within budgerigar clubs and amongst club members that means they will replace a bird if something unusual happens to that bird within an understood amount of time that is reasonable.

 

In saying this I await two replacement birds I have been promised when two birds I bought off two different breeders did indeed drop dead in an unreasonable amount of time. Those breeders word is their bond and they will replace my birds.

 

Yeah... wasn't sure Kaz... Thanks for that information. I knew there was no such thing as a 'warranty' as such... :)

Edited by maesie

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