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Why the stool is watery
Posted: 26 May 2024, 03:38
by shinmarwan
A lot of my gouldian finchs have weird water stool like this pic
Is there any treatment for this?
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 26 May 2024, 10:44
by finchbreeder
What are you feeding them?
Where is their water sourced?
Need to try and find the cause in order to solve the problem.
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 26 May 2024, 14:19
by Craig52
That paper does seem to make dropping look worse than what they are as birds pooh and wee in one action.
But in saying that can you please tell us what you are feeding in particular do you feed lettuce
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 26 May 2024, 16:38
by finchbreeder
Good points Craig.
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 26 May 2024, 18:39
by shinmarwan
finchbreeder wrote: 26 May 2024, 10:44
What are you feeding them?
Where is their water sourced?
Need to try and find the cause in order to solve the problem.
Something wrong is happening and I don't know what is going on
I feed them :
Canary seeds
Panicum -setaria seeds
Various Sprouting seeds like pea,wheat,beans and corn
Boiled eggs with crunched bread
Parsley and lettuce
As for water I use tap water
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 27 May 2024, 10:17
by finchbreeder
Seed is fine though, adding an extra millett or 2 could not hurt.
You would be better to sprout their birdseed than those bigger seeds in my opinion.
Is there any chance the sprouted seed is getting sour? smell it to find out.
Boiled eggs are fine but not necessary - is the bread soft or hard?
Parsley is fine - stop the lettuce and subsititute cucumber and or brocolli.
I persume the tap water is OK for human consumption - if so then it should be fine for the birds.
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 27 May 2024, 11:46
by Craig52
That's so sad. Are they kept inside or in an outside aviary. Another problem is coccidious or if inside cooking fumes or insect spray and smoking.
It so hard to tell as you live in a different country. Hope you can get to the bottom of this with maybe getting a diagnosis from a veterinary practitioner so you can stop what is happening.
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 27 May 2024, 18:23
by shinmarwan
finchbreeder wrote: 27 May 2024, 10:17
Seed is fine though, adding an extra millett or 2 could not hurt.
You would be better to sprout their birdseed than those bigger seeds in my opinion.
Is there any chance the sprouted seed is getting sour? smell it to find out.
Boiled eggs are fine but not necessary - is the bread soft or hard?
Parsley is fine - stop the lettuce and subsititute cucumber and or brocolli.
I persume the tap water is OK for human consumption - if so then it should be fine for the birds.
I suspect the tap water since I use water filter for my drinking . Should I boil some filtered water and give it to them ?
The bread is hard
I stopped all vegetables and put only basic seeds for now
Gonna check the sprout seeds for maybe they are sour
Thank you though
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 27 May 2024, 18:26
by shinmarwan
Craig52 wrote: 27 May 2024, 11:46
That's so sad. Are they kept inside or in an outside aviary. Another problem is coccidious or if inside cooking fumes or insect spray and smoking.
It so hard to tell as you live in a different country. Hope you can get to the bottom of this with maybe getting a diagnosis from a veterinary practitioner so you can stop what is happening.
Thank you brother.
They are kept inside aviary.
Where do coccidiosis may come from ?
There is no cooking fume or smoking
Re: Why the stool is watery
Posted: 27 May 2024, 18:45
by Craig52
Coccidious is from continued contact with moist and wet areas on floors of aviaries but if inside aviaries that are kept clean and dry it shouldn't be a problem. I think you need to take the droppings and a deceased bird to the vet for diagnosis and treatment for any surviving birds
