Parrot “Eye”Symptoms & Treatment
One , parrot “eye-catching”symptoms
The disease is mainly transmitted by contact, in addition, healthy parrots can also be infected after contact with the diet of sick parrots. Imported birds and birds purchased from other places are relatively easy to suffer from this disease, and the disease has an incubation period of 1 to 3 weeks.
Parrot “eye-catching” symptoms include: the diseased bird’s eye circles are wet, tears in the eyes, photophobia, swelling of the eyelids, etc., and may also be accompanied by redness of the eyes, edema of the whites of the eyes, and closed eyes. Symptoms such as more “white meat” appear on the inside. In severe cases, the bird’s upper and lower eyelids may stick together, preventing the parrot’s eyes from opening. In the later stage of the disease, the sick bird gradually becomes lethargic, and eats less or not, diarrhea, weight loss, dehydration, and finally systemic failure and death.
Second, the treatment of parrot “eye-catching”
the The mortality rate of the disease is high, and early treatment is particularly critical. Most of the sick birds that receive treatment early can be cured, and most of the sick birds that receive treatment at a later stage cannot be cured.
1. Local treatment: first use 1%~2% boric acid solution or normal saline to flush the eyes of the sick bird, and then drop chloramphenicol, tetracycline, oxytetracycline, etc. into the eyes of the sick bird Eye ointment or eye drops
, drop 6 to 7 times a day, this can play a better effect. Pay attention to insist on giving the sick bird eye drops for 2 to 3 weeks. Even if the sick bird has disappeared after 3 to 5 days of drug treatment, the drug cannot be stopped, because the sick bird will be difficult to cure if it recurs after stopping the drug.
Parrots “eye-catching” need early treatment and frequent treatment. If you can insist on giving the sick bird the first eye drops every 2 hours, and make sure to drop the eye drops into the eyes of the sick bird, the disease will be affected. The bird’s cure rate will be greatly improved. However, the mortality rate of this disease is high, and treatment is difficult, so prevention should be the main focus of this disease.
2. Systemic treatment: If the condition of the sick bird is serious, the owner needs to use one of the drugs, such as tetracycline, Zengxiaoliansulfonic tablet and Pioneeromycin, mixed into the drinking water to feed the sick bird. Each time, 1/4 of the tablet was ground into powder and mixed into drinking water to feed the sick birds, once a day, and adhere to the medication for 5 to 7 days.
During the period, the owner should pay attention to clean the breeding environment of the sick birds and ensure that the diet of the sick birds is clean.
Three. Prevention methods
1. Be careful not to buy sick birds and suspicious birds, and you need to pay attention to the isolation and observation of newly purchased birds a month.
2. Keep the air circulation in the bird cage.
3. Once a sick bird is found, immediately isolate the sick bird, and at the same time, observe the migration of the birds adjacent to the sick bird. If there is infection, the above treatment methods should be used for treatment.
This is the end of our introduction to the symptoms and treatment methods of parrots’ “eye-catching”. I hope this sharing can help you.
