My 5 1/2 month old Cuckoo Maran has had a big pecking problem on her back side and tail, so I've been paying her extra attention by putting neoporin on it and Pick-no-more to keep the bad birds from pecking her.
She's such a sweet sweet bird. Always wanting to be held and petted. Well yesterday when I was petting her I noticed she was purring like a cat in short spurts when I was stroking her. I would stop and then I heard what i thought was a bit of wheezing. This morning when I went out she did the same thing, but no wheezing, just purring when i pet her and then even a bit more after I had stopped.
We've had Meraks on our farm so I'm concerned she has lesions growing on her lungs from meraks or a respiratory disease (we've never had that before) Tell me I'm just a paranoid chicken mother. I love them so much I hate it when they have gotten sick and died
Aside from that, she's perky healthy, bright red comb-in the last week, no eggs yet tho.
I'd love your thoughts, thanks so much
She's such a sweet sweet bird. Always wanting to be held and petted. Well yesterday when I was petting her I noticed she was purring like a cat in short spurts when I was stroking her. I would stop and then I heard what i thought was a bit of wheezing. This morning when I went out she did the same thing, but no wheezing, just purring when i pet her and then even a bit more after I had stopped.
We've had Meraks on our farm so I'm concerned she has lesions growing on her lungs from meraks or a respiratory disease (we've never had that before) Tell me I'm just a paranoid chicken mother. I love them so much I hate it when they have gotten sick and died
Aside from that, she's perky healthy, bright red comb-in the last week, no eggs yet tho.
I'd love your thoughts, thanks so much
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