Eyes

[bobo]

Half a dozen of my birds have puffed up,watery eyes. Some only have one bad and a couple have both. They are getting a bit down with it now like they can't really see and aren't fussy for eating. Been using golden eye drops for about a week and a couple have cleared up but others seem to be getting worse. Any ideas?

[andy Burgess]

i read about this problem a few weeks ago on another site .many tried diffrent products ,and some left alone. all said it cleared up within 2 or 3 days .if its the same thing , how long have yours had it ??

[MIK]

with 6 birds like that ..i would see a vet asap....there is an underlying problem here ..respiratory/conjunctivitis or chlamydia

 

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Mick

[Guest bigda]

with 6 birds like that ..i would see a vet asap....there is an underlying problem here ..respiratory/conjunctivitis or chlamydia

 

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Mick

 

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[alex young]

with 6 birds like that ..i would see a vet asap....there is an underlying problem here ..respiratory/conjunctivitis or chlamydia

 

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Mick

Good advice,see a vet who knows a bit about pigeons.

[Guest geordiejen]

never seen this before mate,best thing to do is get them away from the rest of the birds and go see a vet.give the loft a good clean of all droppings and bleach clean the drinkers.

[Wiley]

i read about this problem a few weeks ago on another site .many tried diffrent products ,and some left alone. all said it cleared up within 2 or 3 days .if its the same thing , how long have yours had it ??

 

Andy, not the same thing with the eye problem on the other site the eye is puffed but dry. It's been a problem in my federation this year.

[Guest big slim]

This has been a big problem with ybs this year. We had it. I believe it is ornithosis which is caused by chlamidia. It spreads slowly so just when you think its gone another few will show signs. It will clear up itself without treatment but it takes a while. As we got it during racing I treated with doxy T which did the trick. Hope this helps.

[eastcoaster]

This has been a big problem with ybs this year. We had it. I believe it is ornithosis which is caused by chlamidia. It spreads slowly so just when you think its gone another few will show signs. It will clear up itself without treatment but it takes a while. As we got it during racing I treated with doxy T which did the trick. Hope this helps.

Spot on , I have it here and am treating with something from Henk Deweert , they told me it is rife from the birmingham area to the north , it is a chlamidia infection that cannot be cured but goes of its own accord. the stuff i got was to help them through it . looks worse than it is .

[ovy1255]

guys in the n/east treat birds with cream used for conjunktivitise [spelling sh i te]

[Guest Owen]

It sounds like ornithosis to me. I would be willing to bet that your loft is a major cause of the problem. If I am right even if you treat them now they will suffer with this problem again and it is likely that the ones that do not show the syptoms have an underlying problem.

I reckon that it is a carpenter you need not a Vet.

[aye ready]

This has been a big problem with ybs this year. We had it. I believe it is ornithosis which is caused by chlamidia. It spreads slowly so just when you think its gone another few will show signs. It will clear up itself without treatment but it takes a while. As we got it during racing I treated with doxy T which did the trick. Hope this helps.

 

i had this problem after the young bird season finished with about 6/7 birds out of 40 housed in the section,it started off with 2 birds and over a period of 2/3 days it affected another 5,a quick email sent to rod adams soon put my mind at ease and his reply was "martin this is a widespread problem this year and it is basically an infectious conjunctivitus with or without chlamydia infection,treatment consists of topical antibiotic eyedrops and a course of doxycycline(ornicure)",the eyedrops he advised that i obtained contained chloramphenicol(available in a cream aswell which i'm sure i read in another post that the lads in the north east were using)anyway managed to get the eyedrops from a chemist which were produced by optrex and after 4 days with a single drop in each eye the symptoms were completely gone,anyway hope this helps anyone thats encountering this problem

[REDCHEQHEN]

It sounds like ornithosis to me. I would be willing to bet that your loft is a major cause of the problem. If I am right even if you treat them now they will suffer with this problem again and it is likely that the ones that do not show the syptoms have an underlying problem.

I reckon that it is a carpenter you need not a Vet.

 

 

It's caught in the basket Owen

Nothing to do with loft conditions

[Guest Owen]

redcheqhen

you are right when you say that this disease is highly contagious and can get picked up in the basket. However, we don't know yet if it is ornithosis we are dealing with. It would take a Vet to work that one out. I have seen plenty of pigeons with respiratory problems over the years and to be honest most of them are caused by people not understanding the sort of conditions that pigeons need to live a healthy life. The route cause of the vast majority of these problems is the fact that the lofts are awful. Many people imagine that lofts that are pleasing to the eye and have excellent facilities built into them to suit the owners makes them good lofts. An example from the poultry hobby may explain my case a bit better. There are loads of chicken houses for sale made from narrow tongue and grooved boards and they look really smart. However they are havens for red mite which is probably the biggest health problem that chicken get. That and respiratory problems. The people who buy these things do it by human standards and do not understand what works for the chicken who have to live in these terrible things. It is the same principle with pigeon housing. To win pigeon races the birds have to have the most suitable housing which has to be kept clinically clean which is different from the clean we need as humans. Pigeons need sunshine not as a luxury but as a necessity and they must have clean air at a level far about the needs of mammals like us. There are other things that would be helpful to the pigeons like the design of the nest boxes and perches but the two really essential things are fresh clean air without draughts and sunshine. If pigeons are lucky enough to receive these essential elements there is a very good chance that their constitutions will be strong enough to fight off the infections that lie in wait for them in the racing crates. One of the big problems for the modern Pigeon Fanciers are the high level of losses they face every year. And when I peer into the crates taking the pigeons to the races I can see a lot of birds that are there are just not fit enough to cope with the stresses of racing and I am sure that many of them go down.

So to restate my point regarding the original question. "It is a carpenter that is needed not a Vet". And if I am wrong in my assumptions then I am sure that after the Carpenter has worked his magic this loft will improve it,s health standards for the birds and turn in far better results in the future.