Blue Tongue

[Guest]

I found this in a book never heard of it before

[Guest casbri]

never heard of it tony but i have a pink tongue..

[sammy]

maybe they are the rangers supporters  ;D ;D ;Dthey pigwons bet they are blue doos aswell  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[schouwman71]

a little garlic in the water will bring the blue tounge back to pink,dont think u need to medicate,i once had a good widow cock with a blue tip on his tounge,it never stoped him from winning.

[Guest]

Think you need to be careful here, saw the heading and thought you were talking about bluetongue, a notifiable viral disease in cattle [especially sheep] for which there is no cure.

 

There is a current outbreak in SE England with Zones, restrictions and a call from DEFRA for new vaccines to be produced to combat it.

 

Lets not take any chances on someone getting hold of the wrong 'disease' in the wrong group of animals here.  :-/

 

 

 

[sammy]

a little garlic in the water will bring the blue tounge back to pink,dont think u need to medicate,i once had a good widow cock with a blue tip on his tounge,it never stoped him from winning.

 

had a blue cock that had a blue tongue and he done a lot of winning think its got to do with a vitamin deficience, vitamins bs , brewers yeast added to feed normally putsit rifght

[MsPigeon]

Most often blue tongue is just the pigmentation of that particular bird. Just like some have dark legs. It's common in grizzels, but any color bird can have it.

Carol  

[bewted]

`OLD HAND`  called it polyneuritis and can get tablets for it called POLYVENE if the symptoms are the same as polyneuritis !!!!

[MsPigeon]

bewted, what is polyneuritis? and what is POLYVENE?

I guess you have to know your birds, for some it is just pigmentation but for others that don't normally have the blue tip it may be a symptom. But I have never heard of polyneutitis. The only thing I read about the blue tip, in Colin Walkers book, was that if it were a symptom and not normal pigmentation for a bird, it could be a circulation problem, possibly due to some respritory condition. I have a few grizzels that just have a blue tipped tongue normally.

Thanks

Carol

[bewted]

bewted, what is polyneuritis? and what is POLYVENE?

I guess you have to know your birds, for some it is just pigmentation but for others that don't normally have the blue tip it may be a symptom. But I have never heard of polyneutitis. The only thing I read about the blue tip, in Colin Walkers book, was that if it were a symptom and not normal pigmentation for a bird, it could be a circulation problem, possibly due to some respritory condition. I have a few grizzels that just have a blue tipped tongue normally.

Thanks

Carol

 

read it in the `OLD HANDS` books and polyneuritis is a lack of vitamins or something like it,but,dont hold me to that !!  polyvene was the cure for it in tablet form invented by `OLD HAND` too,,,,!!!!!

 

its something along those lines.but.long time since i have read it now,sorry i cant be very specific on it !!!!

 

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