Hello everyone......

I only became a member yesterday, after being a regular "reader" of this site...you guys all sound so nice and full of experience.......

 

I am having a really bad time at the moment with my budgies, I have lost 7 and only have 5 left and a few of those are not looking too good.

 

I bought a larger second hand avairy and I had 2 birds quarantined ready to add to my flock.

 

I scrubbed out the avairy with a mix of bi carb and lemon juice and rinsed it heaps over a week - the following weekend I added all my birds including the new ones - within a few days I lost 1 bird - just dead on the ground in the morning for no apparent reason, I then lost another one.... I then took out the ones that were puffed up (3), with pooey bottoms, and lethargic and put them all in seperate cages..... I took one to the vet and he wasn't very helpfull at all really, he gave me some stuff to put in their water - I lost 2 of the ones a seperated - I then took all the others out of the avairy again and scrubbed it this time with a chemical disinfectant and rinsed with the hose every afternoon for a week so no residue was left - that was last weekend - they are still dying, they seem to be eating heaps but staying very thin and sitting puffed up....I don't know what to do ... what have I done wrong???

Hi Anne,

 

What is your aviary sitting on....floor material ? Is water or damp getting in ? Could anything have gone through your seed ? Mice etc ?

 

Is your vet a bird vet ?

iT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS INFECTIOUS AND GOING THROUGH THE LOT, HAVE YOU GOT A BIRD VET NEAR BY.

Hi Anne,

 

What is your aviary sitting on....floor material ? Is water or damp getting in ? Could anything have gone through your seed ? Mice etc ?

 

Is your vet a bird vet ?

 

 

Hello and thank you for replying.... my avairy is on pavers under the pergola, it has been raining here for a while so it is damp......not sure about the mice I have my seed in a sealed plastic container....The Vet I went to was not a bird vet...there is one about half hr drive away that I could go to after the easter break....

Based on the probability that the birds have contracted coccidiosis from the damp, coccivet in thewir water right now would help as would removing them all to a smaller cage with a warm lamp on them.

iT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS INFECTIOUS AND GOING THROUGH THE LOT, HAVE YOU GOT A BIRD VET NEAR BY.

 

Hello and thanks for replying...yes there is one about half an hr away I will be going there after the easter break....

Based on the probability that the birds have contracted coccidiosis from the damp, coccivet in their water right now would help as would removing them all to a smaller cage with a warm lamp on them.

Can you get a hold of some coccivet asap ?

Based on the probability that the birds have contracted coccidiosis from the damp, coccivet in their water right now would help as would removing them all to a smaller cage with a warm lamp on them.

Can you get a hold of some coccivet asap ?

 

 

I went to see a breeder today that I normally get my birds from and she gave me some: CHECKER FLIGHT KEYSTAT - COCCIDIOSTAT SOLUTION - CONTAINS AMPROLIUM AND ETHOPABATE? Hope this is okay??

I havent heard of it Anne, but it sounds like it addresses coccidiosis. Can you move the birds into a smaller cage and put a lamp next to the cage with a 25 to 40 watt globe in it ?

I havent heard of it Anne, but it sounds like it addresses coccidiosis. Can you move the birds into a smaller cage and put a lamp next to the cage with a 25 to 40 watt globe in it ?

 

 

Thank you and yes I can do that I will do that now.......thanks again

I havent heard of it Anne, but it sounds like it addresses coccidiosis. Can you move the birds into a smaller cage and put a lamp next to the cage with a 25 to 40 watt globe in it ?

 

 

Thank you and yes I can do that I will do that now.......thanks again

 

 

Thank you to everyone that helped me...I took one of my sick birds to the Avain Vet and he said he had "Enteritia" - sometimes caused by feeding "human" food? which I never do, but one of my new ones would have bought it in, I will quarantine for 2 months now! I lost 10 of my babies all up, buts it's over now - learnt my lesson the hard way.....

Recently bought 2 "bush budgies" and 2 normals....so I can build up and start again....

Thank you all again.

Anne

Hi Anne, I'm sorry to hear about your loss... :hb: ... We all know what it is like to loss birds you love...

 

Good luck with your next group...

So sorry about your loss.

I think you mean Escherichia, which is the full name for E coli, a bacteria. It may have come from your new additions. It is spread via ingestion of faecal material, so lowered hygiene/dampness would have helped it spread.

Edited May 23, 200916 yr by Chrysocome

im sorry for your loss at least you know what it is now ! i hope you never have to face this agian