I'm probably not going to be too popular here as I'm a rat owner, not a pigeon owner, but I was hoping to get a bit of info if you don't mind
Apparently pigeons are treated with some of the same antibiotics as fancy rats, like Enrofloxacin(Baytril) and Doxycycline and reading around here I noticed baytril isn't used for pigeons anymore in the UK and saw a post where someone mentioned alternatives to antibiotics? Is this just good general care, etc. or do you use immune boosting supplements or some sort of natural treatments? Also, I was wondering why baytril isn't used anymore, was it causing other health problems in the birds?
It's just general curiosity really, fancy rats as a "species" tend to have a lot of respiratory problems(mostly caused by the underlying mycoplasma the majority of them carry) and baytril is the usual treatment, often used in combination with doxy. Echinacea is recommended as an immune booster, but other than that it's pretty much a treat them, keep their airspace clean, etc.
I hope I'm not offending anyone by posting here, I really appreciate any info you can give ;p
