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My First Scalyface/feet Save

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There's a pet shop near my house that 'specialise' in birds. When I say that, i don't mean they are experts, they just sell more birds than anything else.

I like to pop in there every now and then because I know that they get their budgies from breeders, and I like to keep my eyes open for potential winners for my flock.

 

Today, i noticed that a few of them were starting to develop some scalyfeet and face but one caught my eye.

He's a beautiful little sky blue greywing, and his feet are shocking.

 

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it was also starting to spread to his face which was quite bad (not as bad though)

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So I took another quick look at the rest of the birds there, and notified the person there at the time.

They see me come in all the time to browse, and I didn't make it out like they were bad, I just let them know.

 

They knew what it was, and even she was quite shocked at how bad it was.

 

 

I asked what they treat them with. They stated some brand they keep on the shelves, scaly barrier or something like that.

I offered to just take the poor bird and treat him at home. There was no arguments, she seemed all for the idea.

I then told her about ivomec, and that it would be a lot better than whatever she was using.

 

I purchased these two birds from the same shop

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The cock has a mild case of scalyfeet but the hen is fine. I treated all three of them.

 

So that was my pet shop save, plus I got away with 3 birds for the price of two. :)

Nice one. Good to hear a happy end to a pet shop tale for a change.

 

He's cute too. Pretty blue. Glad he's found a good home.

Good on you, Maddie!!!! Wish all were as responsible.

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