Still sick gouldians...almost at wits end

[Cath1068]

Thank you everyone so much for your help. After work yesterday I bought alot of bottled purified water. They drank it right away. I didnt call laraine yet but I did order these meds

Trimethaprim Sulfa - for teatment of coccidiosis
Probiotics powder
Tetratex - mostly to have it on hand.

I do plan to still call her today and chat with her about my water and the birds.

[Cath1068]

Sorry for double post couldnt find the edit button. As I was turning on my bird lights this morning I heard my WB hen sneezing. It looks to me like she and possibly the others arent over any infection caused by the ASM. I decided to start them on a round of amoxitex as they really do have all the symptoms listed on my jar from Laraine. I sure hope that this better water with meds helps......

[cindy]

You may also ask her about Wormaway also. They can get secondary infections from parasites, so you may be right in treting the again.

Ask her if once you get the Trimethaprim Sulfa if she feels you should start that after the amoxitex (I would treat for the full length of time stated on the container) Hopefully with the change of water and the meds your birds will do better.

[Cath1068]

Just an update, I did swap out their water for purified bottled water ( RO water ) and they are on day 4 of amoxi. They seem much more chipper and active and I havent heard my wb sneeze. I ordered my other stuff from laraine on friday and it arrived on saturday ! WOWZA that was fast and I applaud Laraine. I also moved my male red factor out of the flight to his own cage so I can get them into condition and him singing. All he kinda does is chirp and everything I read said that if he was housed with a hen he may not sing. I am hoping I can get them breeding so I can use the money from their chicks to get a red mosaic pair.....

[DanteD716]

Red mosaics are beautiful. my uncle had Euro imports frrom Spain, two pairs. Really nice colors