coughing pigeon

[Guest briancol]

hi, just noticed one of my birds coughing, dont know if pigeons cough but it certinly looked and sounded like a cough,.anyone any ideas?

[cemetary]

Maybe something stuck in its throat, open up the beak and have a look, maybe a husk stuck in the cleff.

[Guest briancol]

no nothing stuck in its throat,just checked it there,could hear it breathing as if its nose is blocked but looks fine to me.

[edwards]

sounds a bit like respitory mate but get it checked how many birds are doing this?

[edwards]

sorry mate i miss read the text its only one bird doing this i thought it was a few then you get concerned see can you see whats blocking it

[Guest briancol]

hi, yes just the one 'coughing' but have 2 others with what i thought was one eye cold but i treated one of them with old hand one eye cold tabs and its still bad looking. they wont fly longer than a few minutes as well.all 09 birds bought in.

[edwards]

if the other birds had one eye cold it could defo be respitory and not willing to fly is a sign as well try doxycline mate for 7 days and moniter the birds reaction to it .

[Guest IB]

You want to seperate out the suspect ones and keep them apart from the others. One eyed cold and coughs maybe down to the same thing - birds sitting in a cold draught. Then again, if you've treated for one eyed cold, and its not cured, may be something different wrong with the birds.

[Guest briancol]

doxycline seems to be only available on vets prescription.cant get it online without.

[Guest Owen]

As edwards has told you Doxicycline will be the right treatment for your birds. But there is a reason why they got ill in the first place. It could be poor ventilation, contact with other birds that are ill and often it can be caused by mixing with birds from other lofts and even mixing later batches with the the older birds. Strays can cause you this type of problem and sometimes visitors will bring it to you from their lofts. If you decide to treat with antibiotics, take the grit away while you are doing it. Once the treatment is over it is important to replace the grit and give the birds a good multivit. Probiotics can also be a good help to get them back to full fitness.