fluff86
Walking the driveway
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Yep... I might not ever be able to keep birds because they do not live for very long in my home.
I don't use any toxins such as household cleaners, air fresheners or burn incense. I don't smoke or use non stick cookware.
When I got Zebra finches, one died a month later and I didn't think much of it until another one got sick and died, then a 3rd one got sick and died and so on. Chicks wouldn't thrive most died. I had success with 3 fledglings but they have become sick all the zebra finches started to itch non stop for a long time, Some more died, they all have ruff dull plumage and sleep a lot with there heads tucked I treated them with S76 ivermectin that did nothing. I also used food grade diatomaceous earth for nest boxes and to put on the floor of the aviary... no changes birds continued to itch excessively. I also tried anti-parasite spray, that did nothing and birds were still itching falling ill and dying.
I checked there droppings as it runny and watery sometimes yellow and creamy which would suggest worms or bacterial infection in the intestines and that I need a wormer that can treat tape worms. The birds are still itching and still sleeping with there heads tucked.
Nobody else has ever had these issues, only me from what I can find on the web. The whole situation has been utterly depressing and frustrating. I worked so hard building the aviary collecting and buying materials, I thought I was going to have my own bit of paradise where I could relax and watch my birds and escape the stresses of life but instead I get misery death and despair.
I'm making this my last attempt to keep zebra finches. If the wormer doesn't work, that is me done with finches. The only other thing that could be killing my birds is neighboring toxins from other apartments and if its not that then its a mystery.
I don't use any toxins such as household cleaners, air fresheners or burn incense. I don't smoke or use non stick cookware.
When I got Zebra finches, one died a month later and I didn't think much of it until another one got sick and died, then a 3rd one got sick and died and so on. Chicks wouldn't thrive most died. I had success with 3 fledglings but they have become sick all the zebra finches started to itch non stop for a long time, Some more died, they all have ruff dull plumage and sleep a lot with there heads tucked I treated them with S76 ivermectin that did nothing. I also used food grade diatomaceous earth for nest boxes and to put on the floor of the aviary... no changes birds continued to itch excessively. I also tried anti-parasite spray, that did nothing and birds were still itching falling ill and dying.
I checked there droppings as it runny and watery sometimes yellow and creamy which would suggest worms or bacterial infection in the intestines and that I need a wormer that can treat tape worms. The birds are still itching and still sleeping with there heads tucked.
Nobody else has ever had these issues, only me from what I can find on the web. The whole situation has been utterly depressing and frustrating. I worked so hard building the aviary collecting and buying materials, I thought I was going to have my own bit of paradise where I could relax and watch my birds and escape the stresses of life but instead I get misery death and despair.
I'm making this my last attempt to keep zebra finches. If the wormer doesn't work, that is me done with finches. The only other thing that could be killing my birds is neighboring toxins from other apartments and if its not that then its a mystery.
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