Spotting and Diagnosing illness in finches.

[finchbob]

I noticed one of my hecks didn't look to be in too good condition, she was down low in the aviary and didn't seem to bothered about flying away from me, so I took her in and put her in a hospital cage, she looked a bit fluffed up with wings down. A day later she looked even worse, so I looked into illnesses and the only thing I could come up with was she was egg-bound, so I put her in some humid and warn conditions, the following morning I found her in critical condition, she looked to be having a seizure or something, kept tilting her head back and fourth. She slowly passed away and died in my hand.

I'm still not sure what was wrong with her, if she was egg-bound, the treatment didn't help, so maybe it was something else. Any ideas?

Also, is there any good websites to help with diagnosing and treating common illness in finches?

[FeatherHarp]

Here is one helpful site that I know of....

http://www.finchniche.com/f-sick.mgi

[nixity]

This is one of my favorites:

www.finchfiles.com

[L in Ontario]

Here's a link to Avian Diseases -

http://www.fairestfinches.com/articles/ ... /95975.htm