1. What medicine do parrots take for a cold?
It is recommended to choose a bird-specific medicine for parrot cold treatment. First of all, if the symptoms of parrot cold are not very serious, you can use 0.1ML of noromycin orally to feed it every day. 2 times, continuous feeding for 5 to 7 days.
You can also use 2~4mg oxytetracycline, grind it into powder, add it to 25% concentration of 1ML glucose water, orally feed it, 0.1ML at a time, 2 times a day, for 5~7 days.
Secondly, if you can’t buy special medicine for birds to treat parrots, you can also use ofloxacin, azithromycin or children’s cold medicine to help parrots relieve cold symptoms, but you must pay attention to a small amount.
In addition, it should be noted that the temperature of the living environment of the sick bird should be raised, and the secretions around the nostrils of the sick bird should be cleaned with cotton in time to ensure that the parrot can breathe smoothly. You can also feed the parrot some electrolytes and glucose to restore physical fitness.
Second, how to prevent parrots from catching a cold?
For bird diseases such as parrot colds, prevention is far more effective than cure.
1. Pay attention to environmental hygiene
Poor living environment hygiene is one of the main reasons for parrots to get sick. Parrot feces and feathers will breed a lot of parakeets in a humid environment. Bacteria, in order to ensure the health of parrots, their cages and contact items should be cleaned and disinfected frequently.
2. Pay attention to dietary safety
The parrot’s diet should be mainly millet, millet and other foods. Do not feed fruits and vegetables too frequently, otherwise it may cause the parrot to have diarrhea. If you want to feed vegetables and fruits to parrots, it should be mainly raw food, and it needs to be cleaned in advance.
3. Ensure that the temperature is suitable
Although most species of parrots have certain cold resistance, they cannot withstand frequent high and low temperature differences. If the outdoor temperature in winter is low When pet owners often let the parrot go back and forth between outdoor and indoor activities, it is easy for the parrot to lose its ability to self-regulate its body temperature and catch a cold. Therefore, pet owners should let the parrot live in a relatively stable temperature environment, and at least keep it above 5 °C.
