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"roof of the mouth and particularly in the rear part". Thought that might have covered the back of the throat. Won't be the first time I've been wrong though. I also found this on another site. " Some of the racing pigeons in my loft have a white spot on the tonsil? I have a problem with some of the racing pigeons in my loft. The problem is a white spot on the tonsil that sits on the floor of the windpipe. It's a raised white line at the entrance of the windpipe on the third tonsil. When pigeons in the loft have this condition, the losses are very heavy. Can you identify this disease and advise me of the appropriate medication to give the birds to eradicate this disease from my loft? I have tried doxycyclin - it keeps it at bay for a few weeks, but then it returns. I live in Western Australia and we have no avian vets here - we only have local vets which are mainly treating cats and dogs. question by: George Azar answer by: Ruben Lanckriet Dear Sir, First of all you should treat your birds for canker or trichominiasis. Although the white spot isn't necessarily caused by trichomoniasis, it can certainly be the cause for lesser resistance in your birds. Further the spots you describe can be an indication for upper respiratory disease which is a multifactorial problem. In your case it could be helpful to treat the birds with antibiotics that are effective for respiratory diseases. Throat problems are usually well treated with lincomycine-spectinomycine, spiramycine (or tylosine) or erythromycine. It is also possible that herpes virus is complexing the problem. This disease can not be treated with antibiotics. In that case antibiotics only help for secundary bacterial infections. In either case is it advisable to never race a bird that is not completely healthy. Sometimes a longer recuperation can be more helpful for pigeon and fancier. Kind regards"

http://www.chevita.com/en/pigeons/treatment-plan/information-salivarystones.php Won't be far wrong mate.

Going down hill very fast,starting to price itself out and money is needed to feed the family,they come first.Vat up at the begining of next year will put fuel prices up,diesel at the local was £1:26/ltr.yesterday.I bought two bags of what I would call average feed price wise that was £18:00 less a few pennies,I was going to buy some peanuts till I seen the price.Household fuel up.Yep I can see some of the younger lads with families throwing the towel in. Our birds will be 50p/birds this season,time to cut down,you can have as much fun out of the sport with a small team. Good luck lads . Lindsay

Lot warmer here today only -6.c.total cloud cover, looks like a thaw.

Good morning fellow fanciers,it's a cold one this morning -12.c. on the gauge,looks like it will make a sunny day. Drive carefully. Lindsay

Bright dry and a very hard frost -6.c. on the gauge.

Good morning all,loft doors took a bit of moving this mo. frozen shut,anyhow all fed and watered coffee time. Lindsay

You got it wrong,read the post again,I said I was plagued with bad health not the pigeons.Your money you please yourself what you do with it. I'm just one person who has used Spavins herbs there are plenty of lads locally winning and using Spavins herbs. Where abouts do you fly your birds. Lindsay

Not one mate ,I was plagued with bad health and couldn't put the time in with the birds that I wanted to,but with a bit of luck I might get to fly them next season. Lindsay

Two nice twin lasses mate,Here's two of my grand kids twins ,they were 14 last week.They are the youngest of five. Lindsay

But only if fed after a meal and not with it,I read that somewhere and always give mine linseed after a meal. Lindsay

The Australian pigeon company used to sell Probac,sold by GEM. I've never used the product in your post. I myself use Primalac. Lindsay. http://www.primalac.com/documents/ArticlebyJohnKazmierczakDVM.pdf

Probably no better than any other product bought over the counter,but it did assist in keeping the birds healthy ,that's the main thing .Health. Lindsay

http://www.comproware.com/index.php/hawkeye-comparison Lindsay

Good post IB, however my late mother had Crones desease and could not eat any Veg. at all,I was told that this is why B12 was given to her. Lindsay

Spot on mate especially with the Russian bit,My late mother use to get injected with a cytacon based injection once a week,after the carry on in Russian,she was told she didn't require as much and only got it once a month.How did they come to that decision without any tests?? I used cytacon then went onto B15. Lindsay

No BHW.

They look good mate,I had some afew years back,got them off a bloke called Waters from Whilenhall,done well racing and showing for me. Lindsay

I remove the drinkers when I lock the birds up,they drink very little this time of year so I don't think it bothers them too much.They are replaced about 08:00 >> 08:30 the following morning,if they freeze through the day I top up with a little warm water.

Never tried it mate but I've read about it before.

Cheers mate will look in the BHW.

Can anyone help me please,Is there anywhere with some in stock,have tried my usual supplier,they don't know when they will be getting it in ? http://www.hyperdrug.co.uk/searchprods.asp Lindsay

He's not the only one,tried most of the afternoon to get on the site,finally just managed now >>>>>>???????????

Looks like the main road over the Pennines ( A66 )is close again,along with some minor roads in the County. http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/cumbria/ Lindsay.