[pigifan]

I found a website with an extensive list of medicines with appropriate doses for pigeon diseases.

http://www.pigeoncote.com/vet/formulary/formulary.html

 

[Pawbla]

If that list is correct, I bet it'll be very useful! Especially for people like me that do not have every med available, so alternatives are very appreciated.

 

[pigifan]

I don't know if the medications suggested are the most appropriate but I liked the site because it has all the dosages.

I think the dosages must be correct. But I suspect when it mentions per bird it refers to the average (well-fed) racing pigeon.

For instance, I checked the official Baytril site and the recommended dose (oral) is 10 - 20 mg per Kg.
So for a 500 g pigeon it is 5 - 10 mg.

However, an emaciated feral does not weigh 500 g so the doses could be on the high side.

Having said that, I think I have read that regarding Baytril, even administering 5 or 6 six times the recommended dose produces no adverse reactions.

 

[Pawbla]

I read that other products don't (like Emtryl I think?) when I was researching some product that my aunt said I could give the birds for cocci.

It'd be great if they had the dosage per kg, or we could calculate so based on the fact that these dosages are for a 500g pigeon.
Right?

 

[Msfreebird]

I don't know if the medications suggested are the most appropriate but I liked the site because it has all the dosages.

I think the dosages must be correct. But I suspect when it mentions per bird it refers to the average (well-fed) racing pigeon.

For instance, I checked the official Baytril site and the recommended dose (oral) is 10 - 20 mg per Kg.
So for a 500 g pigeon it is 5 - 10 mg.

However, an emaciated feral does not weigh 500 g so the doses could be on the high side.

Having said that, I think I have read that regarding Baytril, even administering 5 or 6 six times the recommended dose produces no adverse reactions.

When it has a range like that, smaller dose is for smaller birds or emaciated birds. Larger dose is for larger birds OR severe cases.

 

[Charis]

We can help you figure out a dose based upon the Pigeon's weight, Pawbla.

 

[Pawbla]

Luckily you can, because if not my birds would have ended up with the wrong doses, hehe. Thanks to you all, my birds are alive x3.

 

[Msfreebird]

It explains the dosage ranges in the first few paragraphs of the medical formulary.