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| Martin Smith |
I have a 3 month old cinnamon/pearl cockatiel, hatched and raised by my
current pair, who up until a month ago was quite healthy, flying
(learning)and sitting. He then developed an inflamed/swollen vent
(possible heavy landing) and I thought he was going to snuff it, I
managed to nurse him along for a while and he seemed to be getting
better and was starting to get the use of his legs back. When I was
cleaning him the other week I noticed the feathers on his back right
side under his wings back down to his tail were white and quill like and
came away with minor tugging, this has now spread to the left side of
his back as well. He appears to be quite bright and flies around
however he still cannot use his legs correctly yet.
I have been reading up on PBFD etc, however he has never been in contact
with any other birds than his parents although this is a possible route
of infection.
TIA.
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| Kim/Dreamspinner3 |
Sounds like it is time for a visit to a avian vet.
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:17:52 +0000, Martin Smith
<martin.smith903@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>I have a 3 month old cinnamon/pearl cockatiel, hatched and raised by my
>current pair, who up until a month ago was quite healthy, flying
>(learning)and sitting. He then developed an inflamed/swollen vent
>(possible heavy landing) and I thought he was going to snuff it, I
>managed to nurse him along for a while and he seemed to be getting
>better and was starting to get the use of his legs back. When I was
>cleaning him the other week I noticed the feathers on his back right
>side under his wings back down to his tail were white and quill like and
>came away with minor tugging, this has now spread to the left side of
>his back as well. He appears to be quite bright and flies around
>however he still cannot use his legs correctly yet.
>
>
>I have been reading up on PBFD etc, however he has never been in contact
>with any other birds than his parents although this is a possible route
>of infection.
>
>TIA.
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| Katra |
Martin Smith wrote:
>
> I have a 3 month old cinnamon/pearl cockatiel, hatched and raised by my
> current pair, who up until a month ago was quite healthy, flying
> (learning)and sitting. He then developed an inflamed/swollen vent
> (possible heavy landing) and I thought he was going to snuff it, I
> managed to nurse him along for a while and he seemed to be getting
> better and was starting to get the use of his legs back. When I was
> cleaning him the other week I noticed the feathers on his back right
> side under his wings back down to his tail were white and quill like and
> came away with minor tugging, this has now spread to the left side of
> his back as well. He appears to be quite bright and flies around
> however he still cannot use his legs correctly yet.
>
> I have been reading up on PBFD etc, however he has never been in contact
> with any other birds than his parents although this is a possible route
> of infection.
>
> TIA.
> --
> Martian:
Sounds like a nutritional problem...
What are you feeding?
K.
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