crimson
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- Senegal-Martini,1 pineapple conure~ Kahlua,1 GCC~ Flare, spl/b, 4 Lovebirds Halo,Tye-Die,Luna,Violet,8 Cockatiels,Num Num&Tundra,8-Ball&Angus,Magnet&Sunkist,Pearl, Blush, 1 gouldian finch, 7 canaries
I breed gouldian finches. I find them so breathtaking.
not very often do we get to see inside a bird after an illness. I just wanted to share with you the damage air sac mites can cause, not just in gouldians but in all birds. Not so much with the larger parrots, but more the smaller type birds.
Unfortunately, I lost two of my males to air sac mites a few months back
I've never had them EVER!, and these two males came from different breeders, never came in contact with one another, and died, a day apart from each other....maybe a coincidence, but I don't think so.
both female mates are fine.
Anyways, I cried for two days, one was very special to me, I named him Spaz.
he was a gorgeous green back, red face, white chest with a yellow belly.
Pumpkin was a beautiful orange face green back, I only had him a month!
I figured one or both came in with them, and laid dormant inside them.
Neither of them appeared sick when I purchased them, but never ever will I return to those breeders again.
...and these guys were reputable!!
when I had the necropsy done on both my males, Links Road Animal Clinic, in Toronto sent me the pictures of the air sac mites they found inside both of the birds.
Apparently air sac mites cause ulcers as well...which would make sense, not only do they clog the trachea inside a bird by multiplying, they also feed off them from the inside, making them bleed internally.
I had treated them and quarantined them when I brought them home, but treatment should have been repeated and I forgot....a mistake I will never make again.
here are some pics of the air sac mites they found:
Trachealmites-1_zpsadf42fa0.jpg Photo by bmckellar735 | Photobucket
I can't seem to load the other picture....sorry
not very often do we get to see inside a bird after an illness. I just wanted to share with you the damage air sac mites can cause, not just in gouldians but in all birds. Not so much with the larger parrots, but more the smaller type birds.
Unfortunately, I lost two of my males to air sac mites a few months back
I've never had them EVER!, and these two males came from different breeders, never came in contact with one another, and died, a day apart from each other....maybe a coincidence, but I don't think so.
both female mates are fine.
Anyways, I cried for two days, one was very special to me, I named him Spaz.
he was a gorgeous green back, red face, white chest with a yellow belly.
Pumpkin was a beautiful orange face green back, I only had him a month!
I figured one or both came in with them, and laid dormant inside them.
Neither of them appeared sick when I purchased them, but never ever will I return to those breeders again.
...and these guys were reputable!!when I had the necropsy done on both my males, Links Road Animal Clinic, in Toronto sent me the pictures of the air sac mites they found inside both of the birds.
Apparently air sac mites cause ulcers as well...which would make sense, not only do they clog the trachea inside a bird by multiplying, they also feed off them from the inside, making them bleed internally.
I had treated them and quarantined them when I brought them home, but treatment should have been repeated and I forgot....a mistake I will never make again.
here are some pics of the air sac mites they found:
Trachealmites-1_zpsadf42fa0.jpg Photo by bmckellar735 | Photobucket
I can't seem to load the other picture....sorry
