Parastop

[Guest frank dooman]

 

£22 just to get in the door once your in the cost's just keep adding up

 

so you think hes just another qack ive met plenty of them

[Guest IB]

didnt know we had any good ones in this area ian thats good to know but whats his costs like?? times are hard

 

Had occasion to visit with a bird a month or so ago. £25 consultation, and another £30 to take the bird in for a day for a full work-up. Clean bill of health.

[Guest frank dooman]

 

Had occasion to visit with a bird a month or so ago. £25 consultation, and another £30 to take the bird in for a day for a full work-up. Clean bill of health.

 

so £55 quid to tell you all is well youve got too much money i think i will stick to what has done me all right in the past blind treat

[Chris Little]

UK vets are useless with pigeons, maybe one or two that do shine but I'd rather speak to the continental vets

[Guest IB]

What no cure for samonella tell that to the chicken farmers :-/.

 

Bayers, the makers of Baytril, would disagree with you. If certain strains of Salmonella are suspected, the company say don’t treat with Baytril, cull out the flock / herd.

 

http://www.animalhealth.bayerhealthcare.com/fileadmin/media/ah/Quinolones.pdf

 

[Guest IB]

so £55 quid to tell you all is well youve got too much money i think i will stick to what has done me all right in the past blind treat

 

I'd rather pay a one-off payment for peace of mind than pay out peicemeal for bits & pieces that might be doing the opposite of what's needed.

 

And no offence, not aimed at you in particular, I do not understand the average pigeonman that seems keen to shell out hundreds if not thousands for stock, but won't pay the pennies in comparison to make sure they are 100% healthy.

[Guest frank dooman]

 

I'd rather pay a one-off payment for peace of mind than pay out peicemeal for bits & pieces that might be doing the opposite of what's needed.

 

And no offence, not aimed at you in particular, I do not understand the average pigeonman that seems keen to shell out hundreds if not thousands for stock, but w on't pay the pennies in comparison to make sure they are 100% healthy.

 

 

no offence taken ian but i would like to think i know when a bird realy needs something and as many local fanciers will confirm its not often i get it wrong the secreet  is spotting things early and seperate cant allways get it right but most time i will oh and i stopped paying megga money for birds long ago but i can agree with you to an extent

 

[frank-123]

 

I'd rather pay a one-off payment for peace of mind than pay out peicemeal for bits & pieces that might be doing the opposite of what's needed.

 

And no offence, not aimed at you in particular, I do not understand the average pigeonman that seems keen to shell out hundreds if not thousands for stock, but won't pay the pennies in comparison to make sure they are 100% healthy.

 

so you paid £55 for the vet to see one bird what about the rest of your birds are they 100% healthy?

how mant times are year will you see the vet for tests?

so if they vet told you your bird had a very high cocci count with canker would you treat the others blind?

 

[biglad]

we were told to put the birds on 10 day course of baytril  or some similar drug before injecting for paratyphus had our best ob season but ybs wer'nt so hot

[holmsidelofts]

 

so if they vet told you your bird had a very high cocci count with canker would you treat the others blind?

 

If one bird has a very high cocci count and has spent time with others you will find that others will have a high count also, some birds dont get it as high as others but from my experience of testing birds with a microscope for the last 2 years i see it all the time. the answer to the fancier is GET a microscope, do it yourself, Also once you treat there is no guarantee that your course of treat will work the first time, a repeated test is needed to see the results of what you have just given then, Unless you plan on getting them seen again a week later you are wasting your money. Also to have birds screened for salmonella you have to take dropping samples from around the loft on 4  consecutive days as birds dont always shed the disease daily, those droppings are then sent to a lab where they grown the disease on special culture plates in an oven, So no vet can tell you there and then if your bird has Salmonella, Thats why they always give you antibiotics to start to combat it before they get the results if your bird is showing potential signs of it.

 

jas

[Guest IB]

so you paid £55 for the vet to see one bird what about the rest of your birds are they 100% healthy?

how mant times are year will you see the vet for tests?

so if they vet told you your bird had a very high cocci count with canker would you treat the others blind?

 

I had this bird checked over for a specific reason ~ he was the only one that I was concerned about. He was given a full work-up and checked out clear.

 

After moult I will get a pooled droppings test done for whole loft. Results will depend on treatment. Last year for example I had a high cocci count, being a loft sample all birds were treated. 3 days after treatment ended, a further pooled sample was tested, and found clear.

 

No.