Not a good year

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:13 pm

Beautiful little white chested gouldian joined the list this morning...on the floor gasping, and dead within the hour in a hospital cage.This was a very active little bird begging furiously off the hen...never thought I would lose this one.6 weeks out the nest.

tinysparrow · Post by **tinysparrow** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:23 pm

Paul, I am so sorry that these things are happening to you and your birds right now

I hope that things will get better soon.

DanteD716 · Post by **DanteD716** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:36 pm

poohbear wrote: Thanks folks.,..I shall be disinfecting the whole area bit by bit...not easy it's a large area.Fingers crossed.

Keep us posted and praying for you!

If we were closer we would be by to help!

fabulousfinch · Post by **fabulousfinch** » Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:14 pm

Paul,

You might take a look at this link:
http://www.pet-informed-veterinary-advi ... trich-what

Canker can manifest itself as a respiratory problem (see the symptoms section) and it can spread easily once it gets into an aviary.

Just another idea.

Bill

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:10 am

Ta for that...there are so many possibilities.I'll try a general disinfectant for starters...baby fawn diamond firetail just left the nest this morning...I think there are two others in the nest....Fingers crossed.

Keeping an abandoned quails nest company....there are many of these.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:50 pm

What a beautiful young one

I hope that you can get to the bottom of these problems and raise many more like this one

Post by **Sally** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:54 am

Paul, do you have access to a company that can do tests for you? Similar to this one: www.avianbiotech.com. If so, perhaps you could get one or two of those babies tested and see if they can pinpoint what you are dealing with.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:39 am

Sally wrote: Paul, do you have access to a company that can do tests for you? Similar to this one: http://www.avianbiotech.com. If so, perhaps you could get one or two of those babies tested and see if they can pinpoint what you are dealing with.

I shall be following that up Sally....ta!

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:31 am

Paul, the fawn diamond is adorable! I hope the rest of the babies do well for you and you find out what is running through your aviary.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:04 pm

Fawn diamond firetail and his brother now off the floor and in the high branches...both look fine.Hope they stay that way.
I'm ready to sweep out and disinfect the birdroom floor and walls but have to wait for some young 'uns to leave their nests first.Plus the quail have decided to sit tight in the middle of the floor on 9 eggs.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:21 pm

They look great Paul, good luck. Hope all goes well and you suffer no more losses.

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:56 pm

What a beautiful sight!
best of luck

Post by **Sally** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:20 pm

They do look wonderful! Hope this is the end of all your troubles.

poohbear wrote: Plus the quail have decided to sit tight in themiddle of the floor on 9 eggs.

Typical birds, always doing something inconvenient.

lovemyfinch · Post by **lovemyfinch** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:06 pm

They look amazing

annague · Post by **annague** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:50 pm

Paul, so sorry to hear of your troubles.

This is probably something that you already do but sometimes I dust my nests with a bird-safe powder that is supposed to help with insects -- it is mostly inert. I then put a small amount of grass or nesting material on top. Every year, when I replace or clean nests I re-dust them before I put them back in and it has seemed to help (although I do have a regular miticide program, too).

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