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I have a serbian high flyer with a small wart like bump on the side of its beak which is soft when you touch it and it is skin color?
Dear Sir,
From what you tell me this could probably be a benign tumor, so it will probably harmless for the bird.
Kind regards
After vaccination i found that one of my hens neck area is becoming one hard tumor type thing?
Dear Madam/Sir,
This side-effect can occur from different kinds of vaccinations, especially with oil adjuvans vaccines. It's important to vaccinate these vaccines at room temperature (and not cold). Some birds (and even some strains of birds) seem to be more sensitive for this side-effect. When the lump gets really big, it can be removed surgically, but in a lot of cases the lump in time just diminishes in size and grows out. If it's a stock bird there are normally no problems for breeding. For racing it can be a handicap, so it is important to vaccinate racing pigeons early enough.
Kind regards
Bij controle van de duiven stelde ik vast dat er bij 7 tot 8 duiven een ontsteking van de krop voorkomt met uitwendige wonden?
Beste,
Om eerlijk te zijn, kan ik me niet goed voorstellen wat u beschrijft. Een open wonde waarbij het eten in de krop zichtbaar is, zien we bij kwetsuren die veroorzaakt worden wanneer duiven tegen hoogspanningskabels vliegen. Deze wonden moeten gehecht worden.
Ik vermoed echter dat u kale plekken ter hoogte van de krop en keel beschrijft als ‘open wonden’. In dat geval wordt dit veroorzaakt door schurftmijten of door scherpe randen van de voederbakjes.
Om uitsluitsel te geven is duidelijkere informatie en een onderzoek van de duiven noodzakelijk.
Sportieve groeten,
Karlo Van Rompaey
My bird is swollen like a balloon and seems to have air under his skin?
Dear Sir,
The cause of these symptoms is an air sack rupture. Because of this, air is pumped between the skin and underlying tissues. It doesn't mean at all the pigeon is sick but he can get some trouble in his normal movements. This also doesn't seem to hurt for the bird. When the bird is flying it is possible he pumps more air under his skin and therefore gets even more pumped up (litterally). It is possible to let some air out by putting a needle between the skin and underlying tissue. The symptoms will disappear when the internal rupture is healed and closed but it can sometimes happen that the rupture opens again during the race. Normally after two months or more it shouldn't open again.
Kind regards
Can you please let me know the treatment for pox? In my country pigeon pox vaccine is not available.
Hello,
Unfortunately pigeons affected with Poxvirus cannot be cured. You have to treat the breeding pigeons for trichomoniasis,coccidiosis and worms. Pigeons infestated with those parasites have a weakened immunity and are not able to eliminate a beginning poxinfestation.
I don’t know if it is possible to place some mosquitonets to keep the mosquitos out of your loft. Those parasites are the vectors of the poxinfestation.
Kind regards
What is the cause & solution to the the problem of birds developing a bare spot on the center of the breast ?
Bare spot on the center of the breast are with 90 % caused by a mecanical problem (feeders, drinkers...). You see it a lot with yearlings because the feathers of the yearlings are not so "strong" as the feathers of old birds. So you can see the problem by yearlings and nothing by the old birds. You have to search a mecanical cause to these problems.
With 10 % you can have a "parasitical" problem and the best to try is inject 0.1 ml Ivermectine in the neck of the pigeon.
Kind regards
some of my birds have started to get little skin tags or cyst like lumps along the breast and keel bone
Dear Sir,
You don't have to be concerned. These little lumps are typical fat lumps (probably cholesterol cristallisation) . They appear with youngsters or yearlings and disappear after a while. They are rarely seen in older birds. It has no effect whatsoever on performance or condition.
Kind regards
In several lofts with Tippler pigeons in my city, the upper beak becomes longer than normal and turns up like the beak of an eagle?
Dear Madam/Sir,
I have seen this a couple of times, mostly with pigeons that have had an injury on that place or that had this beak problem from youngster. In that case it could be a genetic problem. If a lot of birds of the same bloodline are having that problem I would consider this genetic option. Another possibility could perhaps be circovirus, as this is sometimes associated with feather or perhaps beak problems, but this is only a hypothesis.
Kind regards
beste dr, ik heb een duivin die tussen haar stuit en haar staart een bolling heeft, wat kan ik daar aan doen ?
Beste,
Zoiets zou ik moeten zelf kunnen onderzoeken om een echt sluitend antwoord te geven. Er is een mogelijkheid dat het hier een zwelling van de uropygiale klier betreft. Dit is een grote talgklier aan de stuit van vogels die een vetachtige stof uitscheidt. Het helpt de pluimen in goede conditie te houden. Soms kan er een verstopping optreden met een zwelling op die plaats als gevolg. Dit kan ook met een voedingstekort te maken hebben (vnl vitaminen en essentiële vetzuren). Men kan deze zwelling oplossen door de gezwollen klier leeg te duwen en voldoende vitaminen en essentiële vetzuren te geven.
Het kan natuurlijk ook een ander soort zwelling zijn die door een dierenarts accuraat kan beoordeeld worden.
Sportieve groeten
My pigeon has a pale yellow wart in its left eye. Please tell me what it is and the treatment?
I have a bird on 15 day youngsters. He has a yellow lump size of a pea on the side of his keel?
Some of my pigeons have black lumps on their necks and backs?
Dear Sir,
The black lumps are caused by a pox virus. This virus is not the pigeon pox virus itself but it resembles it. Mostly the lumps don't cause much problems. After a couple of weeks they just dry out and fall off. If they are traumatised they can cause some severe bleeding though. In such cases you can put a ligature around the lump. It will dry out and fall off. The virus itself doesn't cause other problems.
Kind regards
I have a bird that flew straight into an obstacle in the loft. it had a immediate swelling. - What should I treat
When a bird gets an abscess it becomes very quickly a caseous hard mass. I think you better contact a pigeon veterinarian (if possible) who can remove the mass. The mass will not disappear on his own. The abscess is usually well circumscribed. Afterwards you can give antibiotics and vitamins for recovery.
What's the treatment agains dark purple blue breast flesh?
Why are the muscles dark, and how can I treat it?
1. Lack of oxygen
2. Food that is to rich
3. To much exercises
4. .....
The lack of oxygen can be due to the loft that is not good ventilated, so there is not enough oxygen in the air of the loft.
Or it can be due to the pigeons theirselves. When they have respiratory problems, they can't take enough fresh oxygen in their body, and so the muscles will be more dark than they should be.
It is very imported to know the cause of being blue in the muscles, once you know that you can do something on it.
Giving regularly some thea based on naturel plants like Colombine, Naturaline and so, are also very good to develop a more pinky muscle.
Mijn jonge duif zakt soms door zijn poten, maar is voor de rest gezond.
Why is my pigeons skin blue gray and flaky?
My pigeon moves out of balance and looks like he is shocked.
If the medication was administered two months ago that won't be the reason. There is a possibility that he has an infection with paramyxo, paratyfus or an other bacteria that can infect central nervous tissue. It is also possible that he has had a trauma (hit his neck or head hard against something) and that is why he is behaving like that. I would advise you to give him an injection for paramyxo and treat him for 10 days with Baytril 2ml/liter.