Protein lumps

[wings]

One of my birds has what i have been told in the past is a protien lump, it is just a lump of grissley type flesh under its wing, it does not seem to be causing it any problems what so ever, How do you all normaly treat this problem?

[sapper756]

Tie some thread tightly around it, and tighten it each day, and eventually it will simply drop off

[wings]

Tie some thread tightly around it, and tighten it each day, and eventually it will simply drop off

 

Thanks sapper will do that right now. I what is the reason for them getting them, i know they say protien lumps but you would have thought that if i was feeding to much protien then some of the other birds would have them also?

 

[ritchie1]

two of my birds had this a couple of weeks ago one on the front wing and one on the brest but tied a piece of thread round it and they dropped off last week nothing to worry about mate

[hotrod]

One of my birds has what i have been told in the past is a protien lump, it is just a lump of grissley type flesh under its wing, it does not seem to be causing it any problems what so ever, How do you all normaly treat this problem?

 

HI WINGS ,ITS NOT CALLED A PROTIEN LUMP FOR ANY OTHER REASON the birds must be getting too much protien mate simple as that ,i used to get them long long ago but when i learned how to feed properly they stopped  , if its not protien lumps your bird has it could be paratyphiod get it checked mate .ps if it is protien once sorted the bird will be A1

[john short]

wings,i had this problem last year and at the time i was giving them lots of red grit.i was told that they were getting too much and to stop it.it may have been coincidence but the problem stopped and never came back after stopping the red grit.john

[chickadee]

It is called a protein lump but it is not the feeding of too much protein it is the birds inability to deal with proteins for some reason.

 

This bird made a full recovery and is out flying with the rest as normal, it has never had another one :-/

 

[leighton1984]

It is called a protein lump but it is not the feeding of too much protein it is the birds inability to deal with proteins for some reason.

 

This bird made a full recovery and is out flying with the rest as normal, it has never had another one :-/

 

 

how come you let it get that big.

you can just cut the flesh and push out the protein when they are very small and let heal.

 

[WHITTY]

MAKE SURE ITS LINEN THRED NOT NILON WET THE THRED AND TY IT ROUND IT TIGHT AND JUST LEAVE IT

[Guest IB]

There's been a few threads about this over the years. Called different names, they were known as blood blisters when I was a teenager, some still refer to them as that maybe because of the blood & gunge when they burst? Don't think they need anything special doing to them, grow burst & heal without any involvement from us, and birds seem to take it all in their stride.

 

Cause is disputed. They are actually liquid fat rather than protein, why the fat store under the skin liquifies and pushes out through the skin is a bit of mystery.

 

 

[leighton1984]

myself i like to fix it my way as it is healed  in days not weeks.

[billt]

Best not let the wives know that tying a thread around those lumps makes them drop off  

[Blue Chequer Pied]

myself i like to fix it my way as it is healed  in days not weeks.

 

And what way would that be ? Just curious.

 

Paul.

[Novice]

I had this black lump on a pigeon several years ago.

Gordon Chalmers told me it is actually caused by a virus.

There are no lasting effects.

[leighton1984]

use a scalpel to cut the skin and push the yellow protein out.

you can do this when they are as big as a pea very easy to do.

 

 

[Blue Chequer Pied]

use a scalpel to cut the skin and push the yellow protein out.

you can do this when they are as big as a pea very easy to do.

 

 

Thanks.