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Post by ridrab on Dec 7, 2013 19:46:34 GMT
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Post by fayth on Dec 8, 2013 20:47:44 GMT
That is DEF. Scally Face buy the remedy
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Post by ridrab on Dec 9, 2013 0:46:40 GMT
Any homemade solutions to treat SF?
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Post by Sarah on Dec 9, 2013 1:05:45 GMT
Putting Vaseline/Neosporin on the affected areas will begin healing and prevent any further spreading, but you should use a medicine called ivermeticin to really insure that your birds are rid of the parasite.
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Post by ridrab on Dec 9, 2013 22:20:28 GMT
How can I get her to let me put Vaseline and the dosage ?
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Post by ridrab on Dec 9, 2013 22:21:39 GMT
Her brown beak is becoming whiter every day
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Post by dianapalmer on Dec 9, 2013 22:33:33 GMT
Well, to apply vaseline, you need to be able to hold her. You want to be sure not to compress her chest at all. You could look for a youtube video on treating scaly face. Or, you could tae her to a vet. Or, get the ivermectin.
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Post by ridrab on Dec 10, 2013 1:12:56 GMT
Thank you so much my budgie stepped on my finger then I put food when she crouched I applied a bit of Vaseline.
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Post by ridrab on Dec 10, 2013 22:21:55 GMT
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Post by Pammy on Dec 11, 2013 4:51:28 GMT
I have a question for those who know. My birds are all male, so I don't know.... When a female is going out of breeding condition, does her cere generally just gradually become less crusty, or does the crustiness peel off like what is happening to this poor baby?
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Post by Itsmejotoolazytosignin on Dec 30, 2013 19:31:41 GMT
Her cere is now withe with specks of purple. I treated scaly face with petroleum jelly daily and it seems to work ill post pics.
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Post by Sarah on Dec 31, 2013 19:23:28 GMT
Vaseline is not enough to kill the infection permanently unless you have applied it many times a day over several weeks and been extremely lucky. :/
As to your question Pammy, it depends from bird to bird and situation to situation. Usually, hens will kind of drift out of breeding condition. Crusty deposits will flake away, the cere will slowly turn more tan than brown, and eventually return to white. However, I have seen hens that went abruptly out of breeding condition too, practically over night because something went wrong. In cases like these, the whole top layer of the cere can flake off at once like an ugly nasty scab, leaving a white and sometimes irritated cere behind.
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Post by Pammy on Dec 31, 2013 22:28:03 GMT
Thanks for explaining this, Sarah. Now that I have girls, too, I need to know these things. Of course it is my desire to prevent my darlings from going into breeding condition at all, at least for now.
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Post by Bluebirds on Jan 1, 2014 5:34:50 GMT
I'm concerned about the living conditions she's in, If you treat it it will just come straight back from the little evil mites hiding it the nooks and crannies in the cage, make sure you give the cage a good scrub after treatment.
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