Quarentine

[flrancho]

Admittedly, I've never quarentined new finches I've gotten before putting them in with the flight. Fortunately, I've never had any problems in doing this.

Anyway, its my understanding that quarentine should be about 4 weeks, but what does everyone treat their birds for/with while in quarentine. I'd imagine ASM would be one, but is there anything else?

[lovemyfinch]

I do keep my quarantine regime to a strict minimum not wanting to medicate a bird any more than absolutely necessary. The first thing I do whenever I get any new birds is give them Vitalize in their water (this being because any move can be stressful on any living creature). All birds are Scatted and dewormed, unless they come from a trusted source who has already treated them recently.

They are then kept separate from all of the rest of the flock for 4 weeks under observation. If all appear healthy and happy after this they get to join the rest.

[cindy]

I treat with Ronivet S or Ronex, probiotcs 2-3 days, then deworm, probiotics 2 to 3 days, cocci-care, probiotics 2-3 days. Mine are in quarantine in a quiet room off the main room for 3 to 4 weeks. It depends also where I get the birds from.

[ac12]

This is Laurain's original procedure, which I generally follow
http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/featur ... antine.php

This is her current procedure
http://www.ladygouldian.com/node/239

I use her old procedure because I have enough birds that I cannot afford to have any bugs get into the flock. I cannot $$$ afford to have a bug wipe them out, so the get the "full treatment."
I think my procedure runs about 48 days. The reason for this is due to juggling the schedule of the various medications, so no 2 meds are given on the same day, and there is 2 days between treatment of different meds.

Aside from this is the special treatment for societies.
They are put into extended quarantine to raise a gouldian chick from egg to weaning. Only after successfully raising a gouldian chick will they be moved into the flock. This is to test for C&C disease which is fatal to gouldian chicks, and which societies can be carriers of.

[6finchfriends]

Lauraine states that every Lady Gouldian in captivity has air sack mites. Is this true? Is ASM treatment done 100% of the time when you purchase Gouldians? Just wondering. I do plan on getting some but before I do I want to make sure i have everything needed for their quarantine when I do purchase a pair or two or three or....

[ac12]

Whether true or not, I treat for ASM as it isn't very difficult to do. And it is a LOT easier to treat a bird in quarantine than to have to treat the entire flock once ASM gets into the flock.

I used to use S76, but have switched to SCATT.
I originally selected S76 because I did not want to catch the birds and I felt more comfortable dosing via the water they drink. Now I am comfortable catching the birds and learned how to apply SCATT easier.

SCATT only has 2 applications 3 weeks apart. S76 is 2 days a week for 3 weeks. This makes S76 harder to juggle into a schedule of other meds.

On the other hand S76 is MUCH easier to administer to a flock, where you do not have to catch every single bird.

[debbie276]

I treat all incoming birds regardless of species for air sac mites during quarantine only. I use scatt and just put a drop on them when I transfer them to their quarantine cage. Using scatt you only need to treat once because it lasts 21 days in their system which is the life cycle of the mite. I do notice now that they are saying to retreat after 21 days once more to be sure which could easily be done while still in quarantine.
From everything I've read there is no preventative just a treatment. I don't retreat my birds again and haven't had a bird come down with ASM.