FINCHforum

Does anyone know what should I give them that is natural (not medicine) that would help with their watery droppings , they have it for quite some time now , first I thought it was just a little bit more water intake , or greens or w/e , then it continued and I stopped giving them greens , and it continued and I really dont know what to give them that would stop their watery droppings , thanks in advance.
PS. If you know a type of medicine tell me the type of it , not the name of the product , as most of the products you have where you live , here in this country people haven't event heard of them...

can you post a picture of the droppings.... is there feces in the droppings are is it just mush, liquid?

Could be cocci or a parasite Typically we recommend tri sulfa mixed with ronivet s 12% or ronex 12% (powders from both mixed in one part water). Tri sulfa will cover cocci, bacteria that is secondary. Ronex covers parasites, protozoa and canker. all birds in with these birds should be treated. Sorry I do not know of natural cures for these things and sometimes meds are needed.

Dose for two weeks, no baths during that time.... then follow up with a round of Baycox (rids any remaining issues with cocci)

The birds need to be examined... check the breastbone and the belly..if unsure what you are looking at you can pm me pictures... wet the feathers and push them completely off the belly and chest to the sides, neck to vent. If the lower belly is sunken in the birds need help quickly, they are not digesting well and are malnourished.

For now keep the diet dry..seed, dried egg food, millet... you can sprout if you do. No veggies or fresh boiled egg.

one question... are any of them stretching their necks out acting like they are trying to clear their throats, beak rubbing on perches or the cage?

Color of the watery droppings? Also when checking the lower belly look for the liver, if dark, enlarged.

Location????? if you do not have stores that carry the products you may be able to order them in.

cindy Sorry for not responding sooner , I really do not know how to catch her , the female does that , she kind of starts opening and closing her beak , kind of like trying to clear her throat , they both constantly rub their beaks on perches It differentiates from brown to green to yellow , although I am not sure if those are true colors because because it is hard to compare on the sand , and it is so so hard to catch them .. I made the cage poorly when it comes to catching the birds :/
The droppings have feces in them , but most of the time it looks watery when they poop them out at least , when I look at the poop it looks squishy though , maybe diarrhea ? It certainly does not look normal.
Thanks for your help , very much appreciated !

can you put white paper down over the sand or under perches.... couple of things can cause them to do that... are the feces a mushy almost school bus yellow... sort of mustard color? any dark green to black feces?

Trichomonas can cause beak wiping and neck stretching and open the mouth trying to clear the throat.

where are you located?

cindy I live in Serbia , I think i have put my location on the thingy ..
She doesent do it that often though the neck stretching , only in the morning .
Also her belly is normaly shaped a little bit bulky but that is because she has been eating her belly is yellow-ish colored and breast is purple/dark purple color .
Also what I have noticed is that her vent is a little bit bigger / swollen , kind of like she is ready to mate , which would explain how she forces the male to do the mating dance to her every morning , she started also bobbing her head like the male , making him do the same thing xD she wants to mate with the male i am 100 % that is also why i am hesitant to separate them and check their feces and such as they might mate soon and have eggs

you do not need to separate them just slide white paper under where they usually sit to catch the droppings

cindy The problem is that I have societies in the same cage , well I guess I will put a sheeth of paper down , and I will tell you how it goes.

cindy Here are the pictures of the feces :
















I took so many because I didnt know exactly how to take the pictures , with the phone LED light or the room lighting , because one light shows more details on the feces like feces color while the other shows the coloration of urates and urine .
Now I am not sure who pooped what because I have 4 birds in the cage , but I wanted to say that she does clear her throat but not that often , they both often rub their beak on the perch but they have done that for a long time now .
They generaly look well and not ill , the female in the morning gets puffed up , but in the morning hours it is a bit cold so I understand that , otherwise they are happy , chirping and what not .
Also would they begin to poop like that if they became ready to mate or something , because the female looks like she is ready to mate and keeps interacting with the male while he does the mating ritual.

also a few seeds that you can see I think they are from the food dish as they were eating , just a notice .

It might be a deficiency of sorts. I had a budgie who unfortunately died who had a vitamin A deficiency and her droppings looked very similar to yours, she also had breathing difficulties. I tried everything to stop her having diarrhoea, but unfortunately she passed before I noticed any difference. Do they have cuttlefish or vitamin block in their cage? It might help gain some of the nutrition she's lost from the watery stools. I hope your birdy gets better soon!

NightingaleSong they do have all the , cuttle bone , minerals , crushed egg shell from time to time .

have you done any preventative on them? This is not a diet issue....lots of urine too

she is breathing heavy as said either from bacterial infection, fatty liver(the cause for fatty liver) or internal parasites such as trichomonas, protozoa, parasites (not mites) or cocci.

Do you have ronex 12% or ronivet s 12% and tri sulfa? the bird is not digesting correctly.

Ronex or ronivet will take care of trichomonas, parasites, protozoa and tri sulfa takes care of bacteria and cocci

where are these birds kept outside?