Does anyone know if Vet Rx is really

[gritsar]

campho phenique (sp?). I bought a bottle of it today to try on my roo's sore feet and it sures smell like the campho that I remember not so fondly from my childhood? My mom thought campho phenique was a miracle cure-all.

 

[RedHead]

I think it's chicken Vick's lol which does have campho phenique in it, though I haven't checked my Vet RX bottle yet, I'm gonna google it though lol
Vet RX is Made with 3.3% (v-v) alcohol U.S.P. The mixture contains Canada balsam, camphor, oil origanum, oil rosemary, blended in a corn oil base.
http://www.drugs.com/vet/vetrx-caged-bird-remedy.html

 

[gritsar]

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So, it's the camphor I'm smelling. I'll never forget that smell!

 

[dlhunicorn]

http://dlhunicorn.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=toxicologydisease&action=display&num=1248421734

I won't let camphor near my birds.

 

[powerline]

I saw the post you put up. If Camphor was toxic to birds, people would not be using it after over 100 years.