Avian Vets

[casportpony]

Anyways please allow a member to make a suggestion with screaming at them they can’t give that advice because they aren’t a vet...

Do you know how many times people have said this to me? Over the years I have been given so much grief for suggesting tube feeding, treating sinus infections, blackhead, E.coli, coccidiosis, broken legs, broken wings, wounds, egg binding, penis prolapses, etc.

We all know a vet is the best option but is normally not a viable option...

I agree.

If you think a suggested treatment is bad just state your alternative.

Again, I agree.

 

[duluthralphie]

But we all know different.

Blasphemy!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[duluthralphie]

We actually have a few vets near me that will treat chickens, one of them is more qualified and she's an "exotic pets vet", something to consider searching for when people are looking for a vet near them. I've never actually gone to any of them though, I usually go for home treatment and I've been extremely successful so far...

So...the real reason I'm responding...forgive my ignorance, but...what is a Dux???? View attachment 1999577?

A subversive little water rat with feathers that’s only goal in life is destroying humankind.

 

[CatWhisperer]

How many people have free dogs and cats? Just because an animal is initially inexpensive doesn’t make it worth less in the long run to some people. It just depends on its value as a pet to its owner.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

A subversive little water rat with feathers that’s only goal in life is destroying humankind.

LOL! Note taken! And here I was considering hatching some little water rats for my garden.

 

[SueT]

If I was young, I'd consider going to school to become a chicken vet. From my time on BYC, I've concluded that such a doctor would be in great demand.....just neutering roosters would be half my income!

 

[casportpony]

just neutering roosters would be half my income!

 

[duluthralphie]

How many people have free dogs and cats? Just because an animal is initially inexpensive doesn’t make it worth less in the long run to some people. It just depends on its value as a pet to its owner.

I agree... but just because I love a guppy I paid 7 cents for does not mean I will spend hundreds of dollars in it...

You might, which is fine. I guess all I am trying to say is let people make their own choice and don’t shame them or lay a ton of guilt on if they decide to let nature run it’s course.

In this area finding a Vet that accepts clients and knows poultry is impossible. Many of the people on here know more about birds than the small animal vets around me.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

From what I can see on threads here, there are not a lot of Avian Vets available anywhere.

I believe this is strictly the results of economics. Both on the part of us as bird owners and the Vets need and desire to be compensated.

No matter how much we might love our birds they are still just poultry. Most have a dollar value of under 20 bucks.

Not many are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a 10 dollar animal.

We happen to have quite a few avian vets in our state, however, they will not treat our birds. They are in the employ of the large poultry raising corporations or work for the government to prevent the spread of diseases.

The most common treatment for a sick bird is ring its neck before it can infect other birds. This is a very viable treatment for flick health, I know some here that practice this and have very healthy flocks because of it.

I write this long boring essay like introduction to ask that we not jump on others for suggesting a cure to whatever the ailment is.

Telling a thread OP to just take a bird to a vet and others trying to help to they should not make a suggestion because they are not a vet is not helpful. The people giving the advice know that, the bird owner knows that.

The facts are most vets only have a cursory understanding of poultry diseases. Most people can not afford to spend hundreds of dollars on a 10 dollar bird..

We all know a vet is the best option but is normally not a viable option...

If you think a suggested treatment is bad just state your alternative.

My standard treatment for valuable poultry (chickens and turkeys) is to offer up a dux as a sacrifice... some might think this a worthless treatment but it makes me feel better.....


Also when a person suggests a drug or antibiotic we all know it is off label treatment...

again the economics is against us, no drug company is going to spend millions getting a drug approved for poultry when they can never get a return on that money.

We are forced to improvise. So we do..

For example, bumblefoot... my treatment for bumblefoot is leave it alone the bird will either get better or die... I have tried other treatments and found the bird either gets better or dies.

Anyways please allow a member to make a suggestion with screaming at them they can’t give that advice because they aren’t a vet...

Have a great day. And if you want to sacrifice a dux send me a text for instructions.... sometimes you must sacrifice a few dozen to get it right...

Thank you for writing your essay. It is true we all need to be cognizant of each other. Some BYC friends have a lot of experience with the problems other friends are experiencing. I know I would ask for help on BYC anytime.

I do have an Avian Vet about 50 minutes from where I live. I don't know if he would see my chicken or if I could afford for him to. I have contacted him via phone and the internet. He at least talks to me.

You are super with your writing!!!