Health & Cleanliness

 

Do not use a show cage to house your sick birds, as failure to sterilize the cage afterwards could mean passing on disease to other birds.

Obtain a hospital cage and sterilize it after every use.

Keep a spray bottle of sterilizing agent, and after handling sick or injured birds spray your hands and dry with paper towel, always make it a habit to tend to sick birds last in your rounds, so as not to transfer germs to healthy stock.

 

A good system of cleanliness in your bird room is vital to your own health as well as your birds, there are many good hand cleaners available on the market, but be sure to use the same one consistently, as the birds get used to the same smell, a sudden change in the cleansers scent can make a hen leave a nest of eggs.

 

If you use towels in your bird room, make sure they are washed regularly, with a disinfectant added to the water, you do not want to accumulate bacteria on a used towel hanging on a hook. Paper disposable towels are preferable.

Another handy item in the cleaning department is a container of wet ones, which are good for cleaning a chicks feet, beak, vent etc.

 

Wash & clean all of your utensils regularly, including your floor brooms and shovels. It is easy to transfer bacteria by way of a broom, from one flight to another.

 

Feather dust will accumulate in yours rooms, so keep it to a minimum with an ioniser, and in your house keeping, include the ceiling and windows.

Very Good post Splat! I don't think this subject has been covered before.

Thanks Renee

good topic splat

Very informative