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These are my current 4 gouldian babies that are currently being fostered by society finches. Today when i took the photo i noticed the one on the left has a reddish crop, is there something i can do to save him?
thanks.

I would watch closely, so if he doesn't make it you can remove him from the nest.....You don't want to upset the parents too much, as they may abandon the other babies....If it is indeed an infection, there is not much you can do, and likely the baby had issues before....Sometimes for whatever reason nature runs it's course and we just have to stand and watch....Good luck, maybe it isn't an infection and he may just be fine....Keep us posted!

I also noticed that it appears at least in the picture that one side of the crop is full, is the other side not filling?

I'm not used to seeing these large crops anyway, as you just don't have that with the waxbills, but what strikes me is that I'm not seeing a lot of seeds in the crop, like I usually see in photos of Gouldian babies. It looks like a lot of air, except for the smaller baby on the bottom.

he's back to normal now i think medistatin worked well. I have another problem tho, been posting it on different forums but nobody was able to help so far. I have 2 gouldian pairs both in same cage and been doing this clickiing noise for long, so irritating. i tried S76, Scatt, Amoxitex and even medistatin(cos i thought it might be from high humidity) but still no change. Apart from the clicking noises they are still active, sing and both pairs had babies. Another there's perfect silence in the house and i go next to their cage i can here the soft clicks... if someone can help i really appreciate it.

Thanks

If you already treated for ASM (scatt) I would say possibly you have a respiratory infection going on. The trick is going to be finding out by what so you can treat accordingly.
Here's a link that may be helpful:
http://ladygouldian.com/node/171

Good luck