illness

[chico123]

hi i got a couple of birds gone really down and i had one die on sat

symptoms watery droppings and one has yellow spots on the back of its throat

awaiting delivery of canker and cocci treatment from everything for pets

can anyone advise please

[Guest joshdonlan]

From my limited knowledge sounds like Canker which is always present but bought on by stress etc, maybe form the cocci. Im sure some of the more experienced guys will help you out.

[Guest strapper]

hi i got a couple of birds gone really down and i had one die on sat

symptoms watery droppings and one has yellow spots on the back of its throat

awaiting delivery of canker and cocci treatment from everything for pets

can anyone advise please

 

 

hi ,have the birds or some been making a wheezing growling throaty noise?..if its severe canker then it will clog the thoat hence that noise .

start treatment the day you get it...doesnt matter if its late afternoon.

treat for canker but leave the cocci ,...have the birds dropped their end of their wings?

possibly ruffled feathers.?

also maybe heaving a little?

hope you get it sorted.

 

[OLDYELLOW]

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[chico123]

breathing ok but birds seem to have gone weak and are not eating right

awaiting delivery

of chevita hope it arrives in the morning

[The Navigator]

Get them tested, because it could be anything.

[Guest IB]

I don't think you can cure pigeons of an illness without first establishing what the illness is. I always understood canker and cocci to be secondary illnesses, that usually flare up when some other 'disease' is working on the bird. Maybe you'd best get someone round to check them out, but be prepared for advice that you may not wish to hear. Remember these sick birds are a danger to the other pigeons in your loft, so make sure they are seperated.

[Guest bigda]

mix up some bicarbonate of soda, just now if you have  a syringe  or get a straw and just dip the straw  and hold with thumb  and let it flow down the throat just to stave off the cocci from going into overdrive, and hand feed  for the night till you can see in the morning, keep  locked up sounds like  ecoli  salmonella  the vet may give you baytil for this but will be worth  getting sample diagnosed as  amoxacillin sorts that type  of symptom but make sure you hand feed about  25 beans or such  just enough to  keep the birds strength up doesn't matter if it sick just feed again :-/ :o

[sammy]

try some salt in the water might not cure the illness but will stop the watery droppings so they say anyhow

[Guest shadow]

get them tested  do not try to second guess the small yellow spots at the back of the throat indicates some type of infection

[mark croker]

get them tested or get rid, the best thing is to keep them seperate, the canker more that likely is brought on be somthing else, i would go for baytril if that wont work  

 

if you try bicarbonate of soda mixed 50/50 with Andrews salts that will flush them though

 

hope the get better

[peterpau]

Table spoon of cider vinegar or lemon juice with crushed garlic in the water just to stop it getting worse, then treat when you get your stuff. Don't know what your gonna use but coxoid in the water and single spartrix tablets together has no ill effects. I would be careful treating cocci and kanker at one time as you never know how two drugs together will react.

[peterpau]

I always treat cocci and kanker a week apart, I never seperate as other birds may look fine but still carry. E-coli and salmonella will respond to acidified water ie: cider vinegar or lemon juice.

[Guest Silverwings]

symptoms sound very much like some form of bacterial infection ? if this were the case the vet may advise amoxcillin ? it will help him if you tell him all the symptoms and anything unusual the have had access to , as other posts isolate them and sterilise all the drinkers and feed containers

[kev01293]

i had some birds go down chico with the same symptons as yours but i was lucky enough to get some amoxillin from somewhere that sorted them out but otherwise i would go with what the experienced fanciers on here reccomend  

ps  u would be suprised what family/friends have sitting in their medicine cabinets  

[jimmy white]

would most certainly have the birds checked out by a good avian vet,,, hope this is diagnosed very quickly , as this could be one of many things,, hope things work out for you,

[phillips]

i wouldnt be certain mate but to me it sounds like streppta cocci ?

not sure how to spell ?

can yoou post any pics of birds or dropping ect

pm me may be able to put you on the right track

cheers jason