Hi guys. I have recently lost my feathered friend to a viral disease. The vet suspects PDD, although the final test come back negative, but the vet did say they struggled to get the amount of blood from Oxo for the comprehensive tests, and that a negative for PDD doesnt mean he didnt have it. The vet said he had other indicators of a Viral disease, some Viral infection markers in his blood, an inflammed and slow digestive system and enlarged Liver.
I just wanted to know of any tips to prevent diseases in birds as unfortunately, this is my second bird I have lost to a disease. I have had both birds from two different private breeders, and both birds have passed around the two and a half year mark, having been previously well, happy and lively.
Oxo was on a 50/50 seed pellet mix when he lost his battle, but didnt really try pellets. I tried crushing these and leaving them on a conuter top, as he liked to pick breadcrumbs up, but hed still ignore the pellet crumbs. He ate veg frequently, but wasnt a hugh fan of fruit and would only tend to destroy it for a bit. I never give him any supplements, and his treats were Millet (about 2 sticks a week) and a cockatiel treat bar that would be on his play stand, he'd only eat about one a month of these. His 'bad' food was the occassional crisp, a drink of cold tea and went crazy for soup whenever I had a bowl. None of these were to excess, and he'd literally have a few licks of the spoon when i'd finished. There was never any air freshners, candles or smelly stuff in the house (except for a room diffuser upstairs in a closed off bedrooom). I did use a teflon ridgemonkey pan around once a month, that was unforunately used around Oxo until feedback here prompted me to bin the pan (maybe too late). He got excercise everyday, and liked in particular to chew the tassles off my hoodies (dont know if this was bad behaviour on my part letting him).
Oxo never come into direct contact with other birds, although me and my children do alot. The kids are avid lovers of all birds, so most weekends we would visit Martin Mere bird reserve and hand feed a large variety of birds, although we ALWAYS used the hand sanitizer provided by the place. We would also visit a friends house with Hens and various petting zoos where we would handle chicks/hens/ducks, again, I'd like to say all hygeine rules were followed, washing on entry and exit of these places.
I'm not ready for a new bird friend yet, but the joy they bring me and my family dicatates that we will have a new feathered family member in the future, but I cannot do this until I have corrected whatever I may have done wrong. I have binned all of Oxos cage, playstands, Toys and food and treats in case they were contaminated.
Thanks and I look forward to any advice or links
I just wanted to know of any tips to prevent diseases in birds as unfortunately, this is my second bird I have lost to a disease. I have had both birds from two different private breeders, and both birds have passed around the two and a half year mark, having been previously well, happy and lively.
Oxo was on a 50/50 seed pellet mix when he lost his battle, but didnt really try pellets. I tried crushing these and leaving them on a conuter top, as he liked to pick breadcrumbs up, but hed still ignore the pellet crumbs. He ate veg frequently, but wasnt a hugh fan of fruit and would only tend to destroy it for a bit. I never give him any supplements, and his treats were Millet (about 2 sticks a week) and a cockatiel treat bar that would be on his play stand, he'd only eat about one a month of these. His 'bad' food was the occassional crisp, a drink of cold tea and went crazy for soup whenever I had a bowl. None of these were to excess, and he'd literally have a few licks of the spoon when i'd finished. There was never any air freshners, candles or smelly stuff in the house (except for a room diffuser upstairs in a closed off bedrooom). I did use a teflon ridgemonkey pan around once a month, that was unforunately used around Oxo until feedback here prompted me to bin the pan (maybe too late). He got excercise everyday, and liked in particular to chew the tassles off my hoodies (dont know if this was bad behaviour on my part letting him).
Oxo never come into direct contact with other birds, although me and my children do alot. The kids are avid lovers of all birds, so most weekends we would visit Martin Mere bird reserve and hand feed a large variety of birds, although we ALWAYS used the hand sanitizer provided by the place. We would also visit a friends house with Hens and various petting zoos where we would handle chicks/hens/ducks, again, I'd like to say all hygeine rules were followed, washing on entry and exit of these places.
I'm not ready for a new bird friend yet, but the joy they bring me and my family dicatates that we will have a new feathered family member in the future, but I cannot do this until I have corrected whatever I may have done wrong. I have binned all of Oxos cage, playstands, Toys and food and treats in case they were contaminated.
Thanks and I look forward to any advice or links