Aussie Finch Forum

well if one or two of them do have diseases, I would want to keep them contained right? I can't wash every leaf of every plant in the aviary to rid myself of some infectious poop or something.
and plus I would also have to make sure ALL the birds are healthy to start with, right? it's exactly the same thing. If I put an infected bird in an aviary along with non-infected birds, then it's exactly the same as putting an affected bird in with an existing collection.

No worries Just thought you had other birds weasled away you weren't telling us about thought I'd caught you

well I'm glad you don't know yet about my chats.
Oh darn.

Jay im sure you could just treat them all in the one aviary and you would be ok mate. Are you gonna use moxidectin as a air sac mite\wormer also?

I plan to use moxidectin as a general wormer, and put a drop or two of ivermectin on the gouldians like I was taught
might also get some spark. Is it just mine or are tri parrots in general less bouncy then red faces? when mine thinks I'm not looking he sits at the entrance to his chosen nestbox and just looks around. my red faces would be jumping and going a zillion M/ph at that point

I rekon Jay's got the right idea. Make sure they are wormed, ect. before going in the aviary and minimise the risk of introducing any infections into the aviary environment.

Jayburd if I had to restart my aviary again I would definately go the route you plan and quarantine all new additons to the environment. 3 years down the line am I only experiencing the backlash of my initial mistakes. Coccidiosis and Protozoan diseases are a pain in the ... to ever get rid of once they are in.

MadHatter wrote:I rekon Jay's got the right idea. Make sure they are wormed, ect. before going in the aviary and minimise the risk of introducing any infections into the aviary environment.

Couldn't agree more, keep the aviary clean of diseases prevents heart ache further down the line

thanks guys

Yes well done Jay,

When you're starting with a brand new complex, it is definitely worth quarantining all new birds before placing them in the aviary.- it's much easier to clean and disinfect a quarantine cage than a new aviary!!

Also, why are you using moxidectin in water and ivermectin topically? The in-water moxidectin will also take care of any air sac mites. If you want to be sure, then use the moxidectin topically as well after you've finished the in-water dosing ( unless it's the one with praziquantel). I'm just trying to minimise the number of drugs you need to have. Ivermectin is closely related to moxidectin but has no advantages over it.