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Updated: 10/27/2009

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CATARACTS IN COCKATIEL

11/17/2008: Damien from Los Angeles, US writes: "cataracts for cockatiel

Our bird of 24 yrs has a grey film on one eye and a grey dot(cataract) on the other eye. She also has arthritis in both feet and walk not as smoothly as before but can walk. here feathers at the tail get damaged and at the side of her wings looke bare. Also, the little pajama feathers at her legs are no more. Any idea how I can go about this starting with cataracts? Would vitb6 pyridoxine help? i have already been to the vet and surgery is not recommended. Also any vitamins to prevent further damage and to live another 25 yrs?

Thanks yall
Damien"

FLAX SEED OIL AND APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

1 YEA

[YEA]  09/01/2006: Sylence from Portage La Prairie, MB Canada writes: "I was given two budgies. One has no feathers under his wings, the other budgie has feathers and they are both in the same cage. Does anyone have a home remendy that would help this little budgie?"

Ted from Bangkok, Thailand replies: "Dear Sylence: There are several causes either vitamins or metal poisoning. The bird may suffer from a vitamin B deficiency which relates to mostly pantothenic acid, inositol or choline barbitrate. If the skin is a problem that resulted in lost of feathers it might be niaicinamide. Usually bird seeds are quite nutritious, but exception does occur if the seed has been heated to a high temperature or overprocessed such that all vitamins are destroyed.

It is noted that the drinking container should be plastic and non metalic. The birds find metals quite toxic to their system. Certain birds might be sensitive to a vitamin deficiency differently so this may explain why one is o.k. and another is not. The other possibility is that one of the birds have been chewing on the cage and it is high in toxic metals. So the best way to deal with it is to let the bird stay in a cage free from metals and certain lead based or metal based paints."

WORMS IN BUDGIES

1 QUESTION

[QUESTION]  10/27/2009: Maxome from Perth, West Australia writes: "Hello I wonder if anyone has a natural cure for thin spaghetti type worms that my three budgies seem to have picked up somehow. I have treated them twice now with Lovitt's Whistler bird wormer 1ml to each 10ml of water and it seems to help but less than a week later I find the dried thin spaghetti looking worms at the bottom of the cage.

The budgies are given clean water and fresh seed each day as well as some greens a few times a week. Their cage is cleaned regularly of any droppings etc.

Many thanks.
Maxome"

 

 

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