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[Guest tomo68]

ive had most of my pigeons down with like a cold they keep like sneezing and have like yellow stuff on the beak whats the best thing to give them, ive put garlic in the water and ive also placed vitamins in as well some seem to be perking up a bit but is there anything else i could give them,

[Tony C]

http://www.chevita.com/en/pigeons/treatment-plan/respiratorytract-infectiouscatarrh.php

[just ask me]

ive had most of my pigeons down with like a cold they keep like sneezing and have like yellow stuff on the beak whats the best thing to give them, ive put garlic in the water and ive also placed vitamins in as well some seem to be perking up a bit but is there anything else i could give them,

 

am afraid a antibiotic is needed here there are a range that would suit u natural products are good but in my opinion took keep the health up when they are sick a antibiotic should be used

[ChrisMaidment08]

are there stains around perches   yellow mucus now one thing i used and it worked is vic put on wattle not to much or it burns and watch how much comes out in day or two willl clear up

[allenyeates]

I to  have used Vic. The way I used it was to smear it in the roof of the box perches in the evening. 3 days and all was well.

[ChrisMaidment08]

yes agree putting it on wattle is just sure way of good intake of fumes to clear passage see the stuff they get rid of then

[The Game Keeper]

i would use nazeline clears allforms of blocked airways just watch rubish cme out of them

[PigeonTracker]

Olbas oil is one thing you could try as it has more natural tendencies and as potent as the others like vic etc, however as one member pointed out if its yellow then it means its likely to be infection and if it hasn't cleared up after a few days of its own ability then anti-biotics should be a line to be at least considering.

[steve]

Olbas oil is one thing you could try as it has more natural tendencies and as potent as the others like vic etc, however as one member pointed out if its yellow then it means its likely to be infection and if it hasn't cleared up after a few days of its own ability then anti-biotics should be a line to be at least considering.

 

i used to know a bloke that swore by Olbas oil

how he used it was

he would put wood shavings in a carrier bag  then add a few drops of Olbas oil  leave it 24 hours then  put shavings in nest boxes etc

seemed to work for him  

 

 

 

[Guest]

I'd go to a vet if there is a decent one near and you can afford. Even though I beleive in a health program as a matter of routine I don't believe in treating blind when birds are ill. After all it could be a virus and anti biotics are not much good for a virus (with some exceptions). You refer to yellow stuff depends on its constitution but could even be canker , which I have always felt is the route of all evil. Keep canker under control and most other things tend to be stable (a generalisation I know)

[PigeonTracker]

I'd go to a vet if there is a decent one near and you can afford. Even though I beleive in a health program as a matter of routine I don't believe in treating blind when birds are ill. After all it could be a virus and anti biotics are not much good for a virus (with some exceptions). You refer to yellow stuff depends on its constitution but could even be canker , which I have always felt is the route of all evil. Keep canker under control and most other things tend to be stable (a generalisation I know)

Top pointers all around, I was leaning to yellow mucus as infected but of course if the bird is distressed it can produce discharge we call pigeon canker ( trichomonads) <<  Posh term.

 

Vets are a rip off IMHO, they charge you XYZ amount of money just for breathing the same air as them, (sorry but my opinion only).  Trick is to treat a pigeon as a mini human, you'd not give anti-biotics to a child just for a green snotty nose so don't give them to the bird if you can avoid it, doing so will build resistance and eventually they will create an immunity to them.

 

The Olbas oil definately works as do the tips others use as they reduce the inflamation of the membrane within the birds breathing passage and can also de-stress the bird thus reducing canker.