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Is your finch sick or not well? Find out why.
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mickw
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Joined: 08 Jun 2009, 19:49
Location: Port Macquarie, NSW
Location: Port Macquarie

In all bar one instance in the last year, my sick birds have responded to Coccidia treatment......the one exception was an egg bound bird which passed her egg within 15 minutes of being in the hospital cage!

It has been very wet here.............I used Sulphaquin and have just treated my whole flock. I lost one bird the other week, rang a Vet who said they could do a post mortem but had to be a fresh kill, no more than a few hours????/Does that sound right to you Myzo?
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Myzomela
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Joined: 24 Jan 2011, 18:44
Location: Melbourne Vic

Hi Mick,
The fresher the bird, the better the results you get.
Being so small, finches tend to decompose fairly quickly once they die.
If you can't get to the vet straight away it is best to wet the bird's feathers down with alcohol, methylated spirits or detergent water, wrap it in a wet paper towel, place it in a plastic bag & put it in the refrigerator- not the freezer. It will keep better this way.
Anything past 12 hours and the quality of the information you get from a dead bird deteriorates but it really depends on how well you can stop it from decomposing.
You still may get some useful info form a bird that is dead for longer eg you will find any worms or even cocci, but the bacterial population will have overgrown and will be difficult to interpret.
Research; evaluate;observe;act
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toothlessjaws
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Joined: 25 Apr 2009, 09:54
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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thanks for the help everyone. she's really picked up the last few days!
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