Best disease prevention & treatment for likely diseases to give new squab?

[hicsvntdracones]

Here is the overview, so it makes more sense. I had bought a squab from a live market as a pet, but it quickly became sick with watery droppings, sneezing, wheezing, bleeding nose, inability to walk/move, and it died just a few weeks after getting it, and that was while giving it a 4in1, and acv in the water plus nutritional yeast in food.. Suspect it was Coccidiosis, though Newcastle also fits all the symptoms and is undergoing an outbreak in southern california, and I am in San Francisco.

Thing is, she was a perfect pet, and I am going to try this again. So what should I do immediately to attempt to prevent that from happening again?

 

[CCUK]

I wouldn't buy a squab as a pet at all. It will be too young and needs it's parents to help it mature until it fledges. What type of Pigeon is it? If you want a pet pigeon you would be better off buying an older pair and letting them hatch there own eggs. Then you can try to handle them so they become accustomed to you. Some breeds are better with humans than others. But generally speaking they will need to be with at least one other bird. It sounds like the one you had may have had pmv. You can vaccinate against this but not under 1 month old.

 

[backyard pigeons]

I agree with above. Great ideas.

Don't do a squab, but you could do a sqeaker. One that is just weaned off of its parents for food. Any bird that you handle alot will become tame. Is this going to be an indoor pet? If so, @Serin should be able to help.

As far treating them when you get them, don't buy a sick bird. It sounds like your other was sick from the start. Look for a good seller with clean, spacious cages and healthy birds. Once you get them, add ACV to the water, and then alternate with garlic.

I hope this helps!

 

[Serin]

The king pigeons are raised as food in California and sold live at markets. You can definitely get a pet bird from there, but look for bright eyes, active movement and ideally get one which is weaned; it will be walking around, maybe pecking seed if they have food in the cages. People do get pet birds from the markets and it works as long as the bird is old enough - closer to a month in age.

Now, these birds are raised as food and not usually in nice conditions so you will have to really look for a healthy bird and pass over any and all that don't look in top condition - it may be hard, but ultimately it is not worth trying to save a sickly meat bird when there may be healthier birds to work with. Kings are one of the most tame breeds and make good pets, but are very large and require a lot of space and a jumbo dog crate as a minimum cage size.

 

[backyard pigeons]

The king pigeons are raised as food in California and sold live at markets. You can definitely get a pet bird from there, but look for bright eyes, active movement and ideally get one which is weaned; it will be walking around, maybe pecking seed if they have food in the cages. People do get pet birds from the markets and it works as long as the bird is old enough - closer to a month in age.

Now, these birds are raised as food and not usually in nice conditions so you will have to really look for a healthy bird and pass over any and all that don't look in top condition - it may be hard, but ultimately it is not worth trying to save a sickly meat bird when there may be healthier birds to work with. Kings are one of the most tame breeds and make good pets, but are very large and require a lot of space and a jumbo dog crate as a minimum cage size.