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26th September 2009, 12:22 AM
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My new pigeons are sick... Need Advice!!!!I am new to the forum. I have new pigeons, the new quilds have some sort of disease. They have some sort of white thing growing in their trought. It looks like it grows and then the little pigeons die. I have had 2 and both of them died.
All advice, mediaction or treatment would be appreciated. 
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26th September 2009, 01:13 AM
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It is most probably canker.
Stop breeding, remove all eggs and treat birds for following: Canker - medicine is Spartrix Coccidiosis - medicine is Appertex Worms - medicine is Praziquantel Repeat treatment after 14 days.
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#3
26th September 2009, 01:33 AM
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Hi
There's an illness known as 'canker' (trichomoniasis) which causes yellowish cheesy looking growth at back of mouth and in throat. If birds treated in time it can be dealt with, but if it blocks throat and they cannot swallow food they will die. Pls see pic at end of this post. If it's more like white dots, it could be a yeast infection. That's just a couple of possibilities but not the only ones. Canker can be treated with Spartrix, which is available from pigeon supply places (Foys, Siegels or local pigeon supplier in US, Boddy and Ridewood in UK). Tablets can be crushed and mixed with water if the throat is too blocked for a solid tablet. Bad cases can need extra meds - we use Metronidazole (Flagyl - also available as Dimetronidazole) but we have to get it on vet pescription (in UK). Yeast can be treated with Nystatin, which we also have to get on prescription. What you can get depends prob on where you are. Also, not sure if you are talking birds a few weeks old or babies in the nest. If it turns out to be canker, better dose the parents too even if they seem OK. Canker (which was treated with Spartrix and Metronidazole and cleared up)
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#4
26th September 2009, 11:56 PM
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Im in New Zealand, Its hard to finds something like Spartrix... But Ill try to find from other people who have pigeons..
Much appreciated.....
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#5
27th September 2009, 03:13 AM
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Try these contact:
Beak and Claw Hawkes Bay, New Zealand http://www.beakandclaw.com 021 065 1681 or Vitapower 120 Putiki Drive PO Box 448 Wanganui New Zealand +64 6 349 1005 If they don't have medications, at least you can ask them where to purchase. anything based on Dimetridazole, Metronidazole, Secnidazole, Carnidazole will do for canker.
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