Hi

 

I have a sick bird and I am not quite sure what to do. She is only about 5 months old, a violet TCB. She is all wet around her beak, and puffed up. She is regurgitating seed and she looks like she has been chewing dirt/grit form the ground. She is all bubbly around her mouth. I have taken her out and she is in a flight cage. Please, some help!

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canker or megabacteria

 

nothing you can do re meds exactly....... she needs a vet pretty urgently

 

or take a chance and get some ronivet s from someone and assume its canker

 

seperate cage and warmth.

Easter weekend so you wont find a vet I expect

Thanks Kaz. She is inside and warm, and I have some honey water in with her. I haven't got hold of any Ronivet S yet, still trying.

dont give glocose it makes bacteria worsen

i was told rock salt in the water and warmth

the bird sounds like what happened to mybirds and in the end it was due to stress but as kaz said

cannker or megga show these sighns also

i would not medicate anybird though with out vets advice but treating for cannker wont hurt if its it as can only stop it

 

 

 

id go clean aviry with other birds in it with a vinager spray on perches and wire all water dishes and clean seed tray

to insure other birds more chance of not becomming unwell

untill u can find out what happened to this bird

Thanks Kaz. She is inside and warm, and I have some honey water in with her. I haven't got hold of any Ronivet S yet, still trying.

Some vets have limited opening hours. I'd find one of those instead of guessing with treatment... That's what I'd personally do. Good luck.

okay, I have Ronivet S and I am working out to amounts. It is 4g to 4 litres, so I am making up one litre with one gram in it.

Ronivet wont hurt and is given as a preventative treatment anyway. I recently had to treat some quarantine birds with it. Made a big difference in just a day or two. So, in cant hurt and I still say she needs a vet diagnosis....but as its easter...you may find it hard to get an avian vet to look at her.

Edited April 2, 201015 yr by KAZ

i agree with kaz the cannker treatment wont afect her or his state only help it if it is cannker but i would not medicate with other things and i would ring around find a vet thats open

Ronivet wont hurt and is given as a preventative treatment anyway. I recently had to treat some quarantine birds with it. Made a big difference in just a day or two. So, in cant hirt and I still say she needs a vet diagnosis....but as its easter...you may find it hard to get an avian vet to look at her.

Hopefully she will be fine. She will be checked out on Monday most likely, if she survives. I tried to drop a couple drops of water in her beak with a syringe, hopefully that helps. I don't have a crop syringe, and I cant flush it either because I don't know how. Lets hope for the best everyone!

Good luck!

 

It does sound like canker rather than mega what with the wetness and froth.

 

Try and learn how to crop needle as canker basically blocks up the eosophagus and the act of crop needling canker affected birds can often help to dislodge some of the white protazoal buildup. Also allows you to apply medication immediately rather than waiting for a bird to uptake it via water. Budgies being non-obligate drinkers can make this hit and miss.

 

Hope she is okay.

Well she survived the night, and she is chirping and flying around a bit. I tried to get some in her with a syringe, I am hoping that is enough. I am still fairly new to budgies, so I haven't learnt crop feeding yet. Someone may be coming around tonight or tomorrow night, hopefully to crop feed her.