Common Problems And How To Treat

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Common Problems And How To Treat

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Problem	Possible reasons	Suggested solutions
Poor breeding
Clear eggs	Poor nutrition Birds not in condition Infections Water problems	Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /CalciBoost/ProBoost SuperMax/ Gold label Feast, Aviagra Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoostSuperMax/Potent Brew, Ronivet-S Saniclens/ in the drinking water
Dead-in-shell or chick deaths MITES on Birds	Poor nutrition Poor hygiene Infection in hens Lice & mites	Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3/CalciBoost Nest hygiene - Enviroclens to clean with. Water/soaked seed - Saniclens Potent Brew, Treat with Ronivet-S Avian Insect Liquidator every 30 days
Hens abandoning chicks	Sick chicks Inadequate nutrition	Saniclens/ Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /Ronivet-S Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew
Poor chick growth	Inadequate digestive function leading to low energy level in chicks Inadequate feeding by parents	Three options Potent Brew , vitamins,Ronivet-S Potent Brew and Survive (if bird is sick). Guardian Angel or Energize in drinking water Foster chicks to other parents (parent birds may improve with experience)
Birds not in condition	Inadequate diet Water problems	Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 /ProBoost SuperMax/Potent Brew/ Flourish. Ronivet-S Change drinking water source and use Saniclens
Poorly growing chicks .	Infection Poor gut function Inadequate nutrition (home made HRF) Wrong energy level HRF Too low % solids in HRF Wrong brooder temperature	Potent Brew or BioPlus and/or Flourish. Ronivet-S Visit vet quickly or call us Potent Brew or BioPlus and/or Flourish and Survive Change to commercial hand rearing formula and add Formula Plus, or AviGain Get correct type Mix HRF well each time it is taken from the bowl. Add less water to HRF Chicks huddled together/lethargic - too cold. Chicks panting, dehydrated - too hot
Deformed chicks	Poor nutrition Other problems	Add CalciBoost to HRF Food Visit vet
Crop not emptying or crop filling with air	Too high % solids in HRF Infection	Mix the HRF well each time it is used. Use more water in food add Potent Brew Potent Brew, Medistatin, or visit vet quickly
Convulsions, falling off perches, tremors, fits, head stretching or other "nervous conditions"	Nutritional deficiencies Disease	CalciBoost and Daily Essentials1, 2 or 3 Visit vet
Diarrhoea	Gut infection, Stress Worms	Potent Brew/Guardian Angel/ Survive/Potent Brew, treat with Coccivet Worm out gel
Eye/respiratory infections		Colloidal Silver, Doxyvet, Terramycin for eyes Baytril, Amtyl, Enroxil for respiratory
Vomiting	Trichomoniasis	Visit vet or try Ronivet-S
Going light (young birds) or black spot in chicks	Coccidiosis (not in parrot type birds. Megabacteria Other	Gold Label Feast and/or Flourish. Ronivet-S Gold label Feast eggfood and/or Flourish. Guardian Angel/ Megabac-S, visit vet
Feather plucking	Stress Lice & Mites	Potent Brew, CalciBoost, Daily Essentials3 (or Feather-Up) Use Avian Insect Liquidator every 30 days
Lice & Mites	External parasites Air sac mite and scaly face	Use Avian insect liquidator every 30 days Use Scatt, or Ivermectin Solution in water
Respiratory problems	Bacterial, fungal, viral or parasite infections	Wheeze-Eeze, Medistatin, Guardian Angel, Amtyl and Ronivet-s, Baytril, or Enroxil, Scatt
Lethargic, fluffed up, may have fits or loose balance, sitting on bottom of cage. Egg binding in hens.	Inadequate dietary calcium.	CalciBoost direct to the beak (2 drops per canary, 4 per budgie, 6 per cockatiel, 1/2 ml per grey parrot. Repeat after 2 hours. Put under heat If egg-binding is suspected, see a vet if egg is not laid after 2 oral doses of CalciBoost. It may take up to 3 days for young birds to recover.