Disease birds in poultry are almost always infected, but birds in nature live in a cleaner environment and are more resistant to disease. Birds have viral diseases, bacterial diseases, poisoning diseases and nutritional metabolism diseases, etc., to find and diagnose these diseases, not only need professional veterinary medicine clinical diagnosis technology, but also need laboratory testing and technical support, these far away ordinary pet bird breeding enthusiasts can do, but for some pet birds in the daily feeding process, the more common internal and surgical diseases, prevention and treatment is not too difficult.
Therefore, in this section, let's take a look at the symptoms and prevention methods of common internal and surgical diseases in pet birds.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the symptoms and prevention methods of common surgical diseases in pet birds</h1>
1. Fracture
Pet birds are prone to fractures of legs and wings, some birds fractures are caused by their impatience, mostly in unactroduced birds, some are because of cages, cages and other equipment is not suitable, or because of rough training and management methods, calcium deficiency, osteoporosis and other reasons.
symptoms:
When a bird is fractured, there is a fracture end and a constant separation, if the fracture end is broken, the wing or leg at the end of the fracture is close to the skin, the end of the segment is sagging, such as a wing fracture, the bird cannot fly, when the leg is fractured, the bird stands on one leg or jumps on one foot, the affected limb is hanging and cannot walk on the ground, the fracture site is swollen, and the subcutaneous bleeding.
Prevention and control methods:
After the bird fracture is found, the bird is caught, the fracture site is examined, the fracture site is generally close to the joint, gently press the fracture site to make it recover, and then make a splint with a piece of wood or bamboo to fix and bandage the affected area;
If the skin is punctured and bleeding, it is necessary to disinfect the wound, and after treatment, the injured bird is put back into the cage, the habitat wood is removed, placed in a secluded place to recuperate, try not to alarm it, and usually use a shroud to reduce its activity;
After the bone feeding is very important, feed to increase some animal feed, appropriate supplementation of vitamin D and calcium, you can feed the birds some Yunnan baiyao, add water to add material when the action should be light, while allowing the birds to moderately bask in the sun, generally speaking, about half a month can heal.
2. Toe and foot boils (jie) swelling
Toe and toe swelling is a common skin disease of the feet and toes of pet birds, which occurs because the toes and feet are infected after mosquito bites or injuries.
Birds will grow small pustules or broken water on the skin of the toes and feet after the onset of the disease, the bird will continue to use the beak and claws to peck the affected area, in severe cases, the affected area will flow out of thick blood or sticky yellow water, further development will affect the bird's standing, while producing anorexia, body temperature and other symptoms.
It is mainly to remove the sharp objects in the bird cage and on the perching wood that are easy to injure the feet and toes of the birds, strengthen the hygiene and disinfection of the cages and bird bodies, regularly clean and replace the cages, clear the feces on the feet and toes of the birds, and gently scrub the dirt that has dried on the toes for a long time with gauze dipped in water;
Avoid mosquito bites, and when there are more mosquitoes in the summer, cover the cage at night;
For birds with pustules on their toes, use a detoxifying needle to break the pustules, squeeze out thick water, squeeze until the bleeding water flows, wash them with salted warm boiling water, then dry them with alcohol cotton balls, and finally apply a layer of erythromycin ointment;
Usually, if the feet and toes of the bird are scratched, the bird should be coated with purple potion in time to prevent infection.
Third, pecking
Pet bird pecking habits include feather pecking, pecking, and toe pecking, mostly stubborn self-pecking and mutual pecking.
Precipitating causes:
1. Nutritional reasons
The feed is missing certain amino acids (such as methionine, cystine), table salt, other inorganic salts (such as calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, iron, zinc, etc.), vitamins (especially vitamin B);
2, Parasitic stimulation
Irritation by ectoparasites can make bird feathers dirty and unclean and malnourished;
3. The number of birds raised in a bird cage or aviary is too large, the density is too large, the movement is insufficient, the light is too strong or the temperature is too high.
Putting some grit in the birdcage or aviary so that the bird can take a regular sand bath, adding some toys to the bird, ensuring adequate nutrition, avoiding single feed feeding, and strengthening the bird walking, all of which help to reduce and eliminate the bird's pecking habits.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the symptoms and prevention methods of common internal diseases in pet birds</h1>
First, a cold
Colds are the most susceptible diseases of pet birds, and at the turn of the seasons, sharp changes in temperature, being attacked by cold currents, raining and cold, bathing temperatures are low, and bacterial infections are all prone to bird colds.
Sick birds are mentally weak, inactive, standing on shelves, disheveled feathers, watery thin fluid flowing out of their nostrils, and in severe cases, they are blocked by viscous nasal fluid and breathe with their mouths open, accompanied by coughs, and they are still wheezing after closing their eyes.
After the bird falls ill, put the bird cage in a sheltered and warm place, keep the indoor temperature stable, and do not suddenly heat and cold;
In terms of feeding, the powder increases the proportion of eggs, the granules increase the proportion of hemp seeds, suzi or sunflower seeds, the sulfadiazine is mixed into the feed to feed, the dosage is 0.1%-0.2%, even feeding for 3 days, you can also add 0.2% of the cold pass to the drinking water, feed for 3-5 days, or directly give the birds to drink double ring oral liquid.
If the nostrils of the sick bird are not open or there is too much secretion around it, you can use a cotton swab to dip the mucus in the nostrils, wipe off the surrounding secretions, and then use 1% ephedrine solution or vegetable oil to drip the nose to make the bird breathe smoothly.
2. Enteritis
The causes of ornithitis are manifold, including feed factors, seasonal changes, climate mutations, cold, bacterial or viral infections, etc., but the main reason is because birds eat unclean, spoiled feed, drink dirty water, and the seasonality of enteritis in birds is also relatively strong, especially in the summer, the weather is hot, rainy and wet, the feed is easy to deteriorate, and this is also a high incidence of enteritis.
Sick birds are manifested as mental restraint, loss of appetite, general weakness, drinking a lot of water, increased body temperature, often lying still in the cage, shrinking all over the body, loose feathers, watery stool, observing the anus will find contaminated with thin feces, and in severe cases, feces are mucous or bloody.
Instead of feeding moldy and spoiled feed, add 1% oxytetracycline to drinking water every week in summer to let the birds drink freely.
Compound diobacterium net is often used for bird gastrointestinal infections, because the dosage is small, the absorption rate in the digestive tract is low, so the safety is better than other sulfonamide drugs, can be mixed into the feed to feed, the dosage is 0.03%, 1-2 times a day, continuous feeding for 3-5 days;
Feed diseased birds easy to digest food, add 0.2% berberine (bo) base to drinking water, feed for 3-5 days, in severe cases, you can feed furazolidone, the concentration of the mixture is 0.03%-0.04%, 1-2 times a day, continuous feeding for 5 days.
If bloody stools occur, the feed can be added to the crane grass flakes, for birds dehydrated due to diarrhea need to be supplemented with sugar water and saline, add normal saline in 25% glucose water, inhaled with a syringe without a needle, driped from the bird's beak, 1-2 ml each time, 2 times a day, for 5 days.
3. Pneumonia
Pet bird pneumonia is mostly caused by bacteria, fungi and some pathogen infections, and birds are also prone to pneumonia in the case of aggravated colds.
Sick birds manifest themselves as mentally weak, loss of appetite or exhaustion, drinking water in large quantities, closing their eyes and not concentrating, or sticking their heads under their wings, loose feathers, inactivity, fear of cold, fondness of basking in the sun, increased body temperature, shortness of breath, wheezing, the body trembling with breathing, sometimes the whole body shrinks into a ball, and the mortality rate of the disease is very high.
Place the bird in a warm and sheltered place, so that it is cold and warm, the indoor temperature is maintained at 22-25 degrees, strengthen the feeding management and cleaning and hygiene, and when feeding daily, you can give more live insects that it loves to eat;
The treatment of bird pneumonia with Tylosin has a better effect, mixed feeding, the dosage is 0.05%-0.08%, 1-2 times a day, even feeding for 5 days, drinking water feeding, the dosage is 0.05%, continuous use for 3-5 days, you can also add gentamicin or kanamycin to the drinking water, 5-10 drops each time, 2 times a day, feeding for 5-7 days;
Severely ill birds also need to replenish bodily fluids, use a dropper or a syringe with a needle removed, and put glucose water into the mouth, 0.5 ml each time, 2-3 times a day, for 3-5 days.
Fourth, the sac accumulates food
Birds that feed on plant seeds or gravel are prone to this disease, especially young birds, mainly because of insufficient drinking water or coarse hard materials, dry powder to eat too much, especially young birds eat hay sticks, leaves, bedding, etc. will make the sac overfilled, stagnant or blocked, in addition, small amount of exercise, vitamin and inorganic salt deficiency, parasitic infections, etc. will also cause food accumulation.
Birds that have accumulated food have enlarged sacs, touch the sac with their hands to have hard lumps, birds stop eating after accumulating food, daze, drink a lot of water, fluffy feathers all over the body, stretch their necks and shake their heads, spit, shortness of breath, if the treatment is not in time there is a possibility of death.
To prevent pet birds from accumulating food, in the daily feeding process, to ensure adequate drinking water, while not feeding too much hard feed;
For birds that have accumulated food, after feeding yeast flakes, it will generally get better, if the condition is more serious, you can gently squeeze the sac with your hands, use a dropper to drop castor oil into the bird's mouth, and let the bird drink water, and stop feeding the bird, and then feed it after it gets better;
Or a thin rubber tube inserted into the sac, rinsed with 1% saline or 1.5% sodium hydrogen phosphate solution, if it still does not work, it requires surgical treatment, so that ordinary breeders can not do it, need to be sent to the pet hospital in time.
Xiaomei's message:
There is such a saying in the bird farming industry: major diseases do not need to be treated, and small diseases can be prevented. Although it is somewhat cruel to say, but think about it carefully, it is true that the bird really has some major diseases, not to mention such a small size, as far as the bird itself can carry it, just want to find a place to see the bird may not be able to find, this is the current stage of the development of domestic pet medical development is missing, I believe the future will be better and better. However, as far as the prevention and treatment of some minor diseases is concerned, individual bird keepers are able to do what they can, so I hope this article can bring some help to everyone!