I. Symptoms of trichomoniasis in psittacosis
The symptoms of trichomoniasis in psittacosis Significant symptoms are: decreased appetite, fluffy feathers, listlessness, and stunned parrots. If you open the mouth of a sick bird, you will find a lot of light green or yellow mucus in its mouth, which can seriously affect the feeding of the sick bird. And Trichomonas will further damage the mucous membranes of the sick bird’s mouth, delay, crop, esophagus and other parts. When the infection is severe, the soft tissues of the sick bird’s nose, eye sockets, etc. will also become infected and show symptoms.
In addition, if the parrot trichomoniasis cannot be treated in time, the parasite infection will affect the liver of the sick bird, causing the liver of the sick bird to become swollen.
2. Treatment of trichomoniasis in parrots
Trichomoniasis in parrots can be transmitted through oral mucus, and most adult parrots have trichomoniasis in their bodies. Carrying trichomonas, so when parrots feed their chicks by rumination, they will transmit the disease to the chicks and cause the chicks to become sick. Therefore, pet owners usually focus on preventing the disease for parrots.
The prevention and control methods are as follows:
1. For adult parrots, they can be given medicines in advance for prevention before their breeding season, or immediately after the hatchlings hatch, separate the mother bird from the mother bird. chicks to prevent trichomonas infection of chicks.
2. In the process of raising parrots, breeders should pay attention to cleaning and sterilizing the bird cage in time. For example, 0.2% sodium hydroxide solution can be used to disinfect the bird cage to keep the environment of the bird cage clean and hygienic.
3. If the chicks are found to have symptoms of Trichomonas infection, the chicks can be treated with dimetronidazole or nitriazole in a timely manner, and dimetronidazole is mixed into an appropriate amount of drinking water according to the proportion of 0.05%. It can generally play a very good role in prevention and control when taken by young birds; or 1g of Nitrazol can be dissolved in 1L of drinking water for free drinking of sick birds, and the drug can be continuously treated for 6 days.
4. In addition, metronidazole can also effectively kill Trichomonas. The medication methods are as follows: select the appropriate proportion of the drug, feed it twice a day, and use it continuously for 7 to 10 days, but the disease has Some side effects may cause damage to the parrot’s liver, so during the treatment of sick birds, it is generally necessary to take medicines such as Liver Tailor and vitamin C for the sick birds at the same time.
This concludes our introduction to the symptoms and treatment of parrot trichomoniasis, hoping to help parrot breeders.
