Depends. If it's something that the bird will live with fine after treatment, and treatment won't prolong suffering, I'll treat. I would take a go at impacted crop or sour crop or vent gleet. If it didn't respond in a couple days, I'd kill the bird. I will give antibiotics if I feel it is worth it. I will treat a wound if I feel it will heal well and quickly.
If a bird is ripped up pretty badly, even if I think I could get it to heal, I'm going to euthanize it. I won't have one in a cage for weeks for that.
If an impacted crop won't move after tube feeding fluids a couple time, I'll euthanize. I am pretty careful to avoid risk factors for impacted crop though, and have not yet had one. Same with sour crop.
If a bird has ascites (water belly), she's going ASAP. There's no hope.
If a bird has an egg break inside her, unless Tylan will do the trick, she's gonna go too.
As bad as it sounds, it also depends on the bird. I would go farther for my three breeders, as I need them still. The mutt layers are slated to go this fall anyway.
If a bird is ripped up pretty badly, even if I think I could get it to heal, I'm going to euthanize it. I won't have one in a cage for weeks for that.
If an impacted crop won't move after tube feeding fluids a couple time, I'll euthanize. I am pretty careful to avoid risk factors for impacted crop though, and have not yet had one. Same with sour crop.
If a bird has ascites (water belly), she's going ASAP. There's no hope.
If a bird has an egg break inside her, unless Tylan will do the trick, she's gonna go too.
As bad as it sounds, it also depends on the bird. I would go farther for my three breeders, as I need them still. The mutt layers are slated to go this fall anyway.
