Canary is excessively eating

dfbosco · Post by **dfbosco** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:20 pm

Hello everyone, I have a 2 yr old male canary who is excessively eating. He stays at his feeding dish all day and doesn't stop eating. I've tried giving him fruits and veggies but he refuses to eat any. I originally thought he had ASM because he showed all the symptoms of it but after treating him with Iverlux, the only difference in him is that he wasn't as sluggish as usual. The excessive eating got worse after I treated him with the Iverlux. This has been going on for about 2 months now. Does anyone know what it might be?

ac12 · Post by **ac12** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:30 pm

Maybe a parasite problem.
The worm or parasite is consuming the nutrients that the bird needs, so the bird has to eat more.

Couple of the treatments are:
- WormAway
- Baycox

Chichireeo · Post by **Chichireeo** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:28 pm

Obesity? Have you examined the bird for fat deposits under the skin? Fat birds become sluggish and then it's a vicious cycle.

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:29 pm

If it is parasites and you do not have Baycox but have Ronex 12% you can safely double the powder to 1 times the water. If you have ronex 6% then 4 times the powder to 1 times the water.

purplejasminevn · Post by **purplejasminevn** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:43 pm

dfbosco wrote: Hello everyone, I have a 2 yr old male canary who is excessively eating. He stays at his feeding dish all day and doesn't stop eating. I've tried giving him fruits and veggies but he refuses to eat any. I originally thought he had ASM because he showed all the symptoms of it but after treating him with Iverlux, the only difference in him is that he wasn't as sluggish as usual. The excessive eating got worse after I treated him with the Iverlux. This has been going on for about 2 months now. Does anyone know what it might be?

What kind of food you feed him? I have canaries and I do feed them the special canary
They really work for my canaries both way. Please let me know more details - Q

CandoAviary · Post by **CandoAviary** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:30 pm

I am a big fan of Dean's site.... I have it bookmarked and it is on a list with a couple others that go to every customer that I sell a canary too. I believe a proper fed and housed canary will make a healthy canary

Many times birds will suffer from what is called 'wasting diesease'. In itself it is not a disease but a symptom of many possible problems. A classic symptom is birds eat (or act like they are eating) continuously but are thin.
More on this subject
http://www.ladygouldianfinch.com/featur ... glight.php

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