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Birds take sun-bath,water-bath and dust-bath to get clean,health and rid themselves of the parasites.
sun-bath,water-bath and the most important for the birds dust bath ...
these 3 conditions indispensable conditions for the birds.
espicially for the goldfinches ;dust-bath indispensable condition because of prevent Going Light...
birds need D-vitamin espiciaaly D3 vitamin ..
so they need sun,sunbath..
after sunbath,waterbath,dustbath they preen and so they remove dirt and parasites from their feathers.

dust-sandbath:



sunbath:





water-bath:


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All very true

Hi Batuhan and welcome to the forum if you haven't already been welcomed.

I agree that all 3 forms of bathing are important.

However, i don't understand your statement:

batuhan wrote:dust-bath indispensable condition because of prevent Going Light...

How does dust bathing prevent "going light"?
Going light is not a disease itself- it is merely a clinical sign of several diseases which can cause weight loss over a long period of time.
What do you base your statement on?

Kind regards

Myzo

Hmmm how would one see to them having a dust bath if in a suspended aviary or a aviary without a earth floor ?

Shallow bowl of clean sand would probably do the trick, at least it would give them the option i think my quails would die without their daily dust bath silly things

Agreed. Take any bowl suitable for a water bowl and half fill with sand. I quite often see my quails sprawled out in the sand looking more than a little dead, only to suddenly sit up from their warm sunbake and sand/dust bath and look at me like I'm the one doing weird things...

Myzomela wrote:Hi Batuhan and welcome to the forum if you haven't already been welcomed.

I agree that all 3 forms of bathing are important.

However, i don't understand your statement:

batuhan wrote:dust-bath indispensable condition because of prevent Going Light...

How does dust bathing prevent "going light"?
Going light is not a disease itself- it is merely a clinical sign of several diseases which can cause weight loss over a long period of time.
What do you base your statement on?

Kind regards

Myzo

How does dust bathing prevent "going light"?
you are right with your question.

I mean :
at least-minimum we have to do someting for them.
we must/must not:

1-we must follow the nature as much as we can..
if the largest cage is nature,they need larger cage than they have at present.

2-we musn't touch them(never)
we must use net or transfer must be from cage to cage

3-goldfinches like bath very much in the wild.
we must present sun-bath,water-bath,dust-bath every day
4-unless the birds get sick we musn't give drugs BUT IF the birds are sick;

5-going light is the most killer dease in goldfinches(batuhan)
''Amphotericin B is the only drug so far that has proven effective against the disease''.
source: Megabacteria in Budgies - A Review of the Literature
By Claire Talltree, MSW

6-goldfnches are not like other birds
we musn't touch them,disturb them,to keep an eye on their nest.(never keep an eye on their nest espicially the hen is in it)

7-we must present them :
sun-light,daylight,fresh air,fresh water.

8-in spring goldfinches like-enjoy;
milky seeds,insects,greens.

9-we musn't use heating system for goldfinches

batuhan

batuhan wrote:-going light is the most killer dease in goldfinches(batuhan)
''Amphotericin B is the only drug so far that has proven effective against the disease''.
source: Megabacteria in Budgies - A Review of the Literature
By Claire Talltree, MSW

So going light in goldfinches in your country is also caused by megabacteria/avian gastric yeast/ Macrorhabdus- whichever name you chose to call it.
In that case yes amphotericin is the drug of choice, although some other medications are showing promise.

I agree with your statements about providing the right environment for your birds and minimising stress.

Thanks for your reply.

Cheers
Myzo