Sick peacock

[Maron]

I'm begging you, help me, it's Christmas Eve, I came to my peacock, and here is such a view. I have amoxycilinum and doxycilinum, will any of them help him? It's Christmas Eve and it's hard for me to go to the vet.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

@casportpony ?

 

[casportpony]

What are his symptoms?

 

[Maron]

A friend said it was mycoplasma, I managed to find a vet and gave me linco-spectin. I just don't know what to give to the other birds that don't have symptoms. I have doxycilinum but read that this potent antibiotic inhibits the growth of bones and young birds...

 

[casportpony]

I would not treat birds unless they are sick.

 

[Maron]

At the moment it is hard for me to say, but since they were in the same room with a sick peacock, and in addition they pecked him...

 

[KsKingBee]

Isolate your sick bird and observe the rest. If you can confirm Mycoplasma consider culling him to save the rest of the birds but only after confirming that is what it is. It is very hard to treat and the bird will never be totally without it and will pass it along to the chicks and other birds in contact with him even after he stops showing symptoms.

 

[Maron]

But what will it do for me? He caught it from somewhere, anyone can catch it, besides, I would never kill him, even if it wasn't a green peafowl... The peacock fell ill as soon as the temperature dropped, he must have had this bacterium earlier, the rest of the peacocks may also have more resistance just...
The guy I bought it from heals his birds for this disease, so when you buy birds, too they could theoretically be infected.
When buying birds, I'm not able to tell what a given bird has after all... I have read that many birds suffer from it in winter, when their immunity is reduced.
It's a pity that there aren't as many vaccines for birds as for people...

 

[KsKingBee]

The question is do you want to be like that guy that treats the symptoms and sells sick birds or do what it takes to eradicate it from your flock? This is not an easy dilemma to face. Large breeders, myself included, know that one sick bird can ruin your reputation as a quality breeder, and the only way to combat the spread is to eradicate the infected birds. Once we have gotten rid of any infected birds we try to maintain a closed flock. We only buy from state-tested flocks and we still quarantine any new birds for a month or two for evaluation before introducing them into the flock.

 

[Maron]

I don't know how it's with you, in my country most of these peacocks come from Germany and the country has no control over amateur poultry farming. Many times I bought birds with streptococcus and staphylococcus in the trachea by accident, now when I buy some new birds I give amoxicilinum right away.