Sick pigeon flock.

[LamarshFish]

Oh my, that is a nightmare, I am sorry to hear. I hope for the best.

 

[biophiliac]

How are your pigeons (and other birds) doing?

 

[jak2002003]

How are your pigeons (and other birds) doing?

Thank you for you interest.

I lost all my chickens... except 1 rooster. He was sick, but he recovered fully. He has adopted us and the dogs as his new flock and now follows us about, running to greet us when we get home, and sitting on the doorstep wanting to come into the house! I am going to wait a month or 2 before finding a girlfriend for him.. and see if the disease has gone.

I lost about one third of my pigeon flock. I am down to 9 birds. They were all ill, but now most have recovered. The head shaking has mostly stopped and they are back to eating and drinking well.

Only 2 of them are still sick. One is acting OK, but its the only one still shaking its head. The other I gave intensive care to... it was very skinny and weak and could not fly. I force fed it and gave it anti biotic and B vitamins by mouth several times a day over the week. It seemed to get better, then suddenly one day went down hill and was almost collapsed and gasping for breath. I thought it would die. But amazingly it pulled through and a few days later its really improved and now eating on its own. Before it did not have the strength to stand up for long and could not fly.. Yesterday it flew across the room and really put up a fight when I tried to pick it up. I think it going to be OK.

They all still have watery poops. The weather is hot.. so I know they are drinking a lot.. maybe that is the reason. Also kidney damage maybe? Any idea how to improve this?

After the antibiotic treatment is finished... (end of the week), I will try to get some pro biotic. As I said in other posts the chance of me getting any bird medication is low. Do you know if I can use human pro biotic?

The virus outbreak was very serious. It spread over all Chiang Mai in the end. Farms lost a lot of birds, chickens and quails. There is a very obvious absence of village chickens. There were very common before, pecking about on the road sides and running across the road. In the mornings there would be the sound of many roosters crowing. Now they have mostly all gone. There are still a few about, and I suppose they are the resistant ones.. which will pass on the genes to their young.

 

[biophiliac]

I'm glad to hear you have saved some of your birds! And sorry about the epidemic which wiped out so many.
You may be far away but we share a love and interest in birds and I have learned alot from your contributions to the forum.

Regards, Carol

 

[biophiliac]

Forgot to add, Yes I believe pro biotics sold for human use would be fine for birds.