1. Common parasitic diseases of parrots
1. Feather lice parasitic disease.
Feather louse is a common parasitic disease in birds. Feather louse mainly depends on the feathers of parrots to survive, and eat the feathers and epidermis of parasitic parrots to maintain life. When the parasitic feather lice on the parrot reaches a certain number, it will cause great harm to the parrot, and even lead to the death of the parrot. The parasitic feather lice on the parrot will cause frequent feather pecking, which is used to relieve itching. However, many novice breeders will mistake this behavior of parrots for feather pecking, but in fact parrots are infected with feather lice.
Treatment: Spray the feathers of infected parrots with a 5% dilution of trichlorfon, or wipe the feathers of parrots with a cotton cloth dipped in the medicine.
Drug usage and dosage: Dissolve a regular trichlorfon tablet in about 60ml of water to prepare a 5% solution of trichlorfon.
2. Mite infection: Mites are also a common parasitic disease of parrots, which can be parasitic on various parts of the parrot’s body. Mites parasitic on the body of parrots, mainly by sucking the blood of parrots to maintain life.
Symptoms of parrot infection with mites:
a, the parrot’s mouth and toes will gradually become thick gray-white, which will cause parrot anemia after absorbing a large amount of parrot’s blood , this symptom occurs.
B. The feather growth rate of parrots is slowed, especially in infected young birds, whose feathers may not change much for several weeks.
C. The feathers of the infected parrot become dull and fall off easily. The feathers of the parrot under normal circumstances are relatively bright. If the feather of the parrot is found to be dull and rough, it should be considered Is the parrot suffering from this kind of disease?
Treatment: Use medical white petrolatum to smear the infected part of the parrot. This treatment mainly smothers the mites and their larvae inside by isolating oxygen. In addition, 5% concentration of trichlorfon solution can also be used to expel mites, but if the young bird is infected, it is recommended to take a clean white cotton cloth and immerse it in the trichlorfon solution, and then use the white cotton cloth to wipe the young bird’s This will prevent young birds from catching a cold with the trichlorfon solution spray.
Second, to prevent the recurrence of parasitic diseases in parrots
The After the parasites are removed, the breeder also needs to pay attention to disinfection and sterilization of the birdhouse, because most parasites will leave a lot of eggs in the living environment of the host, and most of the parasite eggs will reproduce very quickly after hatching. Quick, if you do not pay attention to complete expelling, it is easy to cause re-infection. Therefore, while giving the parrot medicine to expel parasites, it is also necessary to pay attention to cleaning and disinfecting the bird cage and the surrounding environment. For example, the bird cage can be exposed to the sun, and other immovable items need to be thoroughly disinfected with disinfectant.
Our introduction to the common parasitic diseases of parrots and the corresponding treatment methods is here, I hope it can help you.
