Hissing

[tielkeets04]

lol , oh well I'v called it a he for a year now , it can stay that way till it lays eggs
tanya

[AussieBirds]

That's what i did with mine Tanya, called it he until she laid an egg ;D She also spins completly around on her perch and then does a half pike with gayner off the perch and lands in the bottem of her cage, she is a real clown ;D

John

[tielkeets04]

yeh john there a laugh all right , I think my sides will split some days
if this birds behaviour isnt funny enough , he's lernt to talk
the other day some one was at the door I didnt know they were
there and every time they knocked on the screen door he ran over and said hellow to them till he got sick of it
then he yelled at them " stop that right now "
by the time I got to the door the poor woman was laughing so much she couldnt tell me what she wanted
tanya

[nova]

ROFL what a crack up. I can see why the lady was laughing so hard.

[kim1]

Coccidicossis does affect humans , but it is rare, the pet shop has told you to use sulphadim as it used to be standard practise to treat all birds that have been anywhere near this horrid disease with sulphadim. Now they treat it with antibiotics (Docycycline?) I use psittavet but have only ever used it once, when I was given 2 cocketiels that had this disease. I've seen what it can do, and I hate to go against everyone else, but if you don't want to have your bird tested for it by the vet (cost is around $70) I would be putting it on a 45 day course of psittavet. It can spead like wild fire throuh any other birds, or it may lay dormant in the bird and come out when it is stressed. I know I will probebly be told off for this opinion, but if it was my bird I would not take any chances. Take a sample of it's dropings and have it tested, it just isn't worth the risk. Also sometimes you can see lice if you spread the birds wing out and check under it where the feater meets the skin, this is easier on light coloured birds but I have seen it on darker birds with a magnifying glass, but it is a 2 person job.

[AussieBirds]

Hi Kim
No one on this forum will ever tell you off for expressing an opinion especially one that is presented as well as yours. Some of the members may not agree with what you say but we respect your right to say it. We may put forward different views but you can take it from me you wont get told off.

John

[kim1]

Thanks John, I am sometimes a bit nervous about expressing my opinions, but I feel stongly about this one as the cocketiels I was given came from a breeder who, whilst she had a good rep, failed to mention that she had birds die from this, and because she had not had any more die for 3 weeks did not treat her birds, The birds she gave me carried the disease and became sick after 2 days with me, also infecting my georgess male cocketiel Tilly, it cost me over $280 to find out what was wrong and by the time I got the tests back both the birds she gave me died and Tilly was almost dead, I had to crop needle him with antibiotics for a week before I was sure he would live and then I treated all my birds for 45 days. The breeder in question did apologise and treat her birds as well, but it just made me feel that it is better to be cautios with this particular nasty.

[jill]

Congratulations on your new lorry Nova..I always get a well being check by an avian vet with mine..My first Alexander baby tested positive with clamydia, I'd only had him a week..He was treated and is clear now , lucky he hadn't been out with my other birds, but I still had to treat all and sterilize everything. he has tests every 12 months now..I would have never known if I hadn't got him tested.. he showed no signs of illness, my second one had a mild crop infection, though she too looked in perfect health..