Diseases of undulating parrots

All diseases of wavy parrots can be divided into four groups:

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  alimentary diseases (diseases caused by inappropriate content and feeding)
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  infectious diseases
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  parasites
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  injuries
  

Most often, parrot diseases are caused by inappropriate feeding and maintenance. Your parrot can get sick if you feedhis only one grain mixture, give him too much one kind of grain, overfeed him with vegetables, fruits and herbs. Also for the parrot, the drawback or excess of vitamins and minerals in the diet is harmful.

How to determine if your parrot is sick due to improper feeding and / or maintenance? It is worth turning to the veterinarian if the parrot has becomeThere is less or no food at all; sluggish, ruffled, sitting on the perch and hardly moving. Also a cause for concern are ruffled feathers, dull eyes, loose stools.

The most common non-communicable diseases of undulating parrots - This is a blockage of the intestines, diarrhea, vitamin deficiency, urine acid diathesis. All these diseases arise from an unbalanced diet.

Intestinal obstruction, for example, arises from an excess of fatty foods. To cure the parrot, you need to give him a few drops of castor oil from the pipette and add the finely chopped greens to the forage. Diarrhea comes from cold water and poor quality food. With diarrhea, you need to exclude from the diet of birds fruits and greens, give him a rice broth or porridge, boiled water with potassium permanganate.

When beriberi It is necessary to introduce into the diet of the parrot egg yolk, sprouted grains, carrots, greens, fish oil. Symptom urine acid diathesis - appearance of dry crusts yellowish-gray color near the beak. To avoid urine acid diathesis, you need to make sure that the diet of the parrot contains enough proteins, vitamins and minerals.

Infectious diseases of undulating parrots are extremely rare and difficult to treat. When symptoms of an infectious disease appear, you need to contact the veterinarian urgently! How to understand that your parrot has "picked up"infection? Symptoms of infectious diseases include discharge from the eyes, beak and wax; liquid green or yellow stool with an unpleasant odor; violation of coordination of movements; refusal of feed; increased thirst; apathy (the parrot can be easily picked up).

Do self-medication of infectious diseases! Only a veterinarian can prescribe the correct treatment, but even he will not give a 100% guarantee that your bird will recover.

Of parasites wavy parrots often suffer from ticks and downy feathers. Symptoms of a bird tick infection - grayish-white growths around the beak, eyes, wax, cloaca and paws. You can get rid of the mite with the help of special ointments, and the bird cage and accessories must be disinfected.

Signs of defeat by downy feathers - it is broken, visited or combined feathers. The affected bird is restless, shaken, itchy, poorly eats and sleeps, feathers are ruffled and lose luster. Special sprays help to get rid of these parasites.

To determine precisely whether your parasite has parasites, laboratory analysis will help. The defeat of the tick often occurs in a latent form and manifests itself in the event that the bird weakened immunity, and she can not cope with the disease on her own.

Injuries arise as a result of careless actionsowner or the bird itself. Budgies have wounds, fractures, wounds, tears and cuts. Trauma can usually be determined at a glance by the abnormal position of the damaged part of the body. Redness, blueness or bleeding can occur. Bleeding should be stopped with alcohol iodine or hydrogen peroxide, abrasions and bruises treat trauma-gel. After providing first aid, you must necessarily take the bird to the vet!

Symptoms of most diseases are quite common,and accurately determine, and even more so cure the disease at home is almost impossible. Therefore, any diseases of wavy parrots should be diagnosed and treated by a veterinarian! Your main task as a host is to notice the first symptoms of ailment in time, because the sooner you start treatment - the more chances your parrot will recover. And remember that proper feeding and maintenance is an excellent prevention of most diseases.