Cayenne pepper and now all blackhead symptoms are gone!

[casportpony]

Glad to hear it worked for you.  I was doing it, but have been a bit lax.  I need to start again.  This reinforces why.  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and I'd rather give them an all-natural unprocessed food than pump them full of drugs.  I don't understand why not everyone lives that way.

I do the cayenne, garlic, and cinnamon, oregano, and sage in their feed.  And ACV in their water and a crushed garlic clove.

We all do what works best for us.

-Kathy

 

[daxigait]

Do you guys feed all those spices all the time or just once a week or so?

 

[casportpony]

FYI, garlic is in the onion family and most vets will say that neither should be fed to birds.

-Kathy

 

[Lozuufy]

I just give cayenne to them if I notice them acting droopy at all

. I also heard that onions and garlic shouldn't be fed in too large amounts because of the potency or something like that, but some people use it and it works for them so I think allot depends on the situation/specific flock.

 

[casportpony]

I just give cayenne to them if I notice them acting droopy at all . I also heard that onions and garlic shouldn't be fed in too large amounts because of the potency or something like that, but some people use it and it works for them so I think allot depends on the situation/specific flock. 

It's said that any amount should not be fed due to the risk of hemolytic anemia.

-Kathy

 

[Lozuufy]

hmm, thanks for the info, will read into it

 

[casportpony]

http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/onions.html

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

hmm, thanks for the info, will read into it

I grow both and I don't worry if they eat a little, but why risk it by feeding it on purpose?

-Kathy

 

[Lozuufy]

thanks for the link

 

[casportpony]

thanks for the link

There's another one somewhere about a conure that someone fed gloves of garlic to.

-Kathy