what's on owl finch's nostril??

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what's on owl finch's nostril??

Post by rancho2 » Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:09 pm

thoughts on what this might be?
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Re: what's on owl finch's nostril??

Post by cindy » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:32 pm

looks sort of like a dried mucus plug... I sent the picture off to a friend, she may be able to recommend what to do for her. Looks like feathers are missing around that area.

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Re: what's on owl finch's nostril??

Post by cindy » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:54 am

She said it looks like an impacted sinus and a vet is needed to clean it out and start the bird on antibiotics.

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Re: what's on owl finch's nostril??

Post by rancho2 » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:59 am

thx cindy, good grief :(

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