Prince Toasty Buns
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The question is: Especially regarding contagious and deadly bird diseases like Beak & Feather etc. : Should birdkeepers worry or be concerned, when they take in their pet bird, about it catching a disease from airborne dander/feather dust or etc. while their bird is in the office, waiting room, exam room, or elsewhere??
For those members who may say, yes there is a risk but minimal or probably minimal, I ask you: Would you as a human go yourself or take a family member into a doctor's office if you knew that a person with a contagious disease was just in there? We know airplanes are one of the worst places to catch a sickness or serious disease yet people still fly, sometimes without even thinking about this at all or giving it much regard.
Just curious as to what you all think about this subject, I don't intend to upset anyone. Maybe members here, who will be going in to see an avian vet soon (or whenever), will ask this question and post their vet's response here. I know I am curiuous what all the responses will be, is anyone else.
I guess the only alternative, when one actually needs the services of an avian vet, is to call up and ask what the charge is for coming to one's home to do an exam or take blood/fecal samples etc.?
I think it is a good idea for everyone to learn how to clip wings (if they must), how to clip toe-nails and how to administer IM shots and Sub-Q injections and all the other minor procedures that some people take their birds to the vet for. Why risk your bird catching something in a vet's office if you really don't have to? Food for thought.
For those members who may say, yes there is a risk but minimal or probably minimal, I ask you: Would you as a human go yourself or take a family member into a doctor's office if you knew that a person with a contagious disease was just in there? We know airplanes are one of the worst places to catch a sickness or serious disease yet people still fly, sometimes without even thinking about this at all or giving it much regard.
Just curious as to what you all think about this subject, I don't intend to upset anyone. Maybe members here, who will be going in to see an avian vet soon (or whenever), will ask this question and post their vet's response here. I know I am curiuous what all the responses will be, is anyone else.
I guess the only alternative, when one actually needs the services of an avian vet, is to call up and ask what the charge is for coming to one's home to do an exam or take blood/fecal samples etc.?
I think it is a good idea for everyone to learn how to clip wings (if they must), how to clip toe-nails and how to administer IM shots and Sub-Q injections and all the other minor procedures that some people take their birds to the vet for. Why risk your bird catching something in a vet's office if you really don't have to? Food for thought.