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Beste, ik had een vraag ivm met dun groene waterachtig mest tijdens de kweek?

Beste ik had vraagke ivm met dun groene waterachtig mest. Ik heb 10 koppels kweekduiven samen zitten, en koppeling en leg zijn goed verlopen, van 20 eitjes 19 jongen geboren. Nu onder sommige duiven vertonen waterachtig mest, en wat groenerig, wat zou dit eventueel kunnen zijn,want duiven zitten mooi rond niet mager,en hebben mooi witte neuzen,blinken mooi,en aan borstbeen zitten ze mooi rose tot zeer zuiver,maar toch. Ik ben beginnend liefhebber,en moet nog veel leren. Is dit normaal dat ze tijden kweek wat plat afgaan,en wat kan ik er eventueel doen? Graag had ik omtrend dit een reactie gehad aub? mvg peter en Nina(9jr)

question by: theuns peter

answer by: Karlo Van Rompaey

Beste,

Tijdens het azen van graanjongen drinken de duiven veel. Hierdoor kan het zijn dat de uitwerpselen aan de waterige kant zijn. Wanneer het echter diarree betreft die gepaard gaat met conditieverlies en/of andere ziektesymptomen (braken, gewichtsverlies, verminderde eetlust, enz…) moet je rekening houden dat er meer aan de hand is (wormen, paratyfus...) Verdergaand op jouw verhaal (waterige mest maar niet ziek) is het belangrijk om voldoende mineralen te verschaffen en enkele dagen electrolieten in het water te doen.
Voor de zekerheid laat je best een meststaal analyseren om een eventuele wormbesmetting uit te sluiten.

Sportieve groeten

Can you please tell me why my pigeons are having white watery droppings and then going light and dying?

hi, Can you please tell me why my pigeons are having white watery droppings and then going light and dying. It's only happening to some of them.. Will it happen to all of them if i dont cure it? Is there any thing i can do to stop this?...thanks for your support..

question by: timmy hennessy

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Madam/Sir,

It is advisable to let your birds be examined by an avian vet. Possibilities are paramyxovirus, paratyphus, endoparasites. Are your pigeons vaccinated/treated for paramyxo and/or paratyphus?

Kind regards

Hello. Nobody seems to know what this is. My pigeons have increased appetite the last 2 weeks?

Hello. Nobody seems to know what this is. My pigeons have increased appetite the last 2 weeks. Not every day but most days. Otherwise they are fine. They just behave as if they never got fed, clinging to the wire and eager to get back in to feed after 15 minutes flying. Some also peck on the ground outside the loft when it's time to come in. Please help. Thank you.

question by: Kieran

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Madam/Sir,

Perhaps it could be wise to let the birds be checked for endoparasites (worms).

Kind regards

Hi Sir about one year ago i bought a pigeons from Holland. It's in healthy condition but always has very watery droppings?

Hi Sir about one year ago i bought a pigeons from Holland. It was and it's still healthy and in excellent condition till now one year after. But during this whole year its droppings is green and very watery. I went to the vet to check this pigeons about 5 times. No signs of illness or some type of disease. But we still give the pigeon some type of intestinal balance ordered by the vet but still it's dropping is very very watery. The pigeons is in good health such as pink breast etc etc. I'm writing to you cause in my country there are no vets specializing in pigeons. My vet told me that it's maye be a metabolism problem or to change the feed such as avoid seeds and give him maize only or something else. What do you think pls?? Kind regards

question by: Franco

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Madam/Sir,

There could be a possibility the bird has had paramyxovirus when he was young. In that case there has been kidney damage and the bird always produces watery droppings. This doesn't give any problems for breeding.

There is also a possibility the bird is a paratyphus carrier, it means it carries the salmonella bacteria while seeming healthy. The bacteria could give chronic intestinal problems.

Also make sure the bird is free from parasites like worms and coccidiosis.

Kind regards

My young birds are detoriating, symtoms are losing weight and light green (fresh leave color) watery dropping?

My young birds are detoriating. Symtoms are losing weight and light green (fresh leave color) watery dropping, in some cases white watery ( like diliute milk) dropping. Please advice. I had given them antibiotic (amoxillin) for 5 days they were doing fine. One day it rained, temperature drops and all of sudden they started the dropping mentioned above. they are no more active, not flying to their perches and sitting on the floor. 2 died already.

question by: Adil Sohail Mughal

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Madam/Sir,

A diagnostic examination of the birds by a veterinarian is important. With the symptoms you describe, there are some possibilities. It is important to know if there is/was any vomiting, problems flying or nervous problem. From the info I have from you I think mainly of adenovirus, paratyphus, endoparasites, perhaps paramyxovirus, streptococcus or another infection. There is also a possibility the young birds are weakened by the circovirus so any infection can cause severe problems, as this virus takes away the pigeon's immunity.

Kind regards

I have a pigeon which has a very swollen abdomen and makes greenish droppings. What is this disease and how can I treat it?

Dear Sir I have a pigeon which has a very swollen abdomen and makes greenish droppings. What is this disease and how can I treat it? Very recently I had another pigeon which was making greenish droppings and quickly lost weight and after some days died - could it be the same disease? Best Regards George

question by: George Abela

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir,

It is probable it is the same disease. It would be wise for you to let your birds be examined clinically by an avian vet. The most probable causes from the info I got from you could be worms (capillaria), paratyphus, candidiasis,etc...

Kind regards

Wat te doen aan duiven die voortdurend pikken in de veren zonder dat er zich ongedierte in de veren bevindt en bovendien graatmager worden ?

Duiven die voortdurend pikken in de veren , zich de ganse dag opschudden en daarenboven graatmager worden zonder dat er zich ongedierte in de veren bevinden. Wat daaraan te doen? Wanneer men alles verwijdert , ontsmet en later opnieuw begint doet hetzelfde scenario zich voor. Zolang de duiven zich op het hok bevinden zijn er geen problemen. Die komen er pas wanneer ze op de grond scharrelen. Misschien zit daar het probleem. Wie kan me helpen het probleem op te lossen?

question by: Hendrik Stragier

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Beste,

Er is misschien een mogelijkheid dat u te maken hebt met rode vogelmijt. Dit is een kleine parasiet die af en toe bloed komt zuigen en zich daarna opnieuw in spleten en kieren in het hok of in de omgeving gaat verschuilen. Bij zeer erge infestaties kan het zelfs oorzaak zijn van sterfte wegens erge bloedarmoede. Het komt dikwijls voor in kippenhokken, maar kan evengoed bij duiven problemen geven. Raadpleeg uw dierenarts voor een adequate behandeling hiervoor, want dit is moeilijk weg te krijgen. Zowel de duiven als de omgeving moet grondig behandeld worden.

Naast dit kan het ook gaan om een samengaan van aandoeningen. Het lijkt me raadzaam om uw duiven grondig te laten onderzoeken door een duivenarts, zeker ook voor wormen en paratyphus. Dit zijn allen besmettingen die lang in de omgeving kunnen aanwezig blijven.

Vriendelijke groeten

I started losing roller hens, eating very well, drinking normal but losing weight. They die within 3-4 days.

I raise Rollers and Homers. I keep my extra birds in separate pens by sex (all female together and all males together). Problem, I started losing roller hens, eating very well, drinking normal but losing weight. They die within 3-4 days. I have seperated them from the rest but without luck. I don't have the funds are the access to a vet at this time. None of the homer hens have been affected. None of the male birds are affected. None of my other breeder birds which are in adjoing pens are affected. Pen size for the extra birds are 12ft x 12ft square. Breeder pens are 6ft x 12ft. Any ideas on the weight loss and dying problem.

question by: Bob Stephens

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir, I suspect an endoparasitic problem f.e. hairworms. If you let the birds' droppings be checked, this could be found. A good general diagnostic examination could clear out other causes. Kind regards

I have a yearling that has lost so much weight she is like a blade, I have treated for multiple infections?

I have a yearling that has lost so much weight she is like a blade. I have done for paramixovirus, Trichomoniasis, Ornithosis, Mycoplasmosis, E-coli, Endoparasites, Coccidiosis and she hasn't been poisoned. Plz any advice would be appreciated. Her Symptoms sound very similar to Salmonella infection or Streptococcus infection but she eats alot everytime I feed.

question by: Wesley Mercer

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir, It is indeed probable that the pigeon could be suffering from paratyphoid (salmonella infection). Streptococcus doesn't give typically weight loss. Although you treated for worms, it can be important to know if the product you used is active for hairworm infestation and the environment has been desinfected. If so, you probably should treat for Salmonella (Baytril or enrofloxacine) according advice from your veterinarian. Kind regards

Ik heb 2 duiven die geen enkel ei leggen alhoewel ze paren met een doffer. Wat kan ik hieraan doen?

Beste, Ik heb 2 duiven die geen enkel ei leggen alhoewel ze paren met een doffer. Wat kan ik hieraan doen?

question by: geert bonne

answer by: Dr Johan Van der Cruyssen

Beste, Alvorens we deze vraag kunnen beantwoorden zou ik graag wat meer gegevens weten over deze duiven. Zijn het nog jonge dieren? Is er reeds een onderzoek gebeurd bij een dierenarts op eventuele aanwezigheid van haarwormen of spoelwormen? Wanneer dit ok is kan er een eventuele onderliggende salmonellabesmetting aanwezig zijn. Hebben de duiven een of andere kuur gekregen te dicht bij de koppeling? Sommige geneesmiddelen kunnen ook ook een negatieve invloed hebben op de vruchtbaarheid. Wanneer dit allemaal ok is,kan je de duiven een kuur geven met vitamine E en essentiële vetzuren. De duiven kunnen ook onvruchtbaar zijn. Conclusie: laat de duiven misschien eerst onderzoeken bij een dierenarts. Wanneer blijkt dat de dieren gezond zijn kan je ze behandelen met vitamine E en essentiële vetzuren. Met vriendelijke groeten

My birds have been dying and had diarrhoea from an unknown disease?

Hi, I have myself a real dilemma, first my breeders about 5 weeks ago started having very bad diarrea so what I did was worm them with ascapilla whilst it was dark so they dont feed it to the young in the nest, then treated them for cocci canker with a 2in1 mix amprolium and rinadazol this kind of cured the dropping to solid again with the help of black minerals, then out of the blue thefirst two young I bred this year atleast 4 months old fluffed up one day and next day dead, this started a chain next squabs in the nest were getting abandoned by parents and just dying, then had an breeding hen fluff up and dead and a few other breeders some was drinking excessive water and when holding them all the water come out all yellow looking and smelling fowl and they died instantly. Some of the birds would be gasping for air near death only one after recovery had a slight neck problem, one other bird had neck shivers after this I lost a few yearling same thing fluffed up one day and dead the next. Sent the droppings to one vet who confirmed he found a bit of hair worm but nothing else - have contacted another but I don't have much faith in the vets I do not vaccinate for paramycso virus however have bought the vaccine now - one question also is do I vaccinate now even though the birds appear healthy as all the bad ones dead however still have wet droppings or wait a month until everthing clears up as a friend has said? Second question is some of the droppings are paramycso looking i.e. all water and small bit of green faceas but of the birds that was dying it was a yellow with no green at all and hardly any mass? I lost a few breeders aswell I am reluctant to try anything as don't want to further damage them some of the young also had less developed feathers if this helps? I am stuck as to what the problem was as can paramycso really cause instant death with no neck twisting and shall I vaccinate them now even though they are not fully well even though most of them look healthy??

question by: Bradford Rollers UK

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir, Some of the symptoms are indeed indicative for paramyxo virus. Nevertheless, as you mentioned yellow diarrhoea with birds before they die, I also suspect adenovirus type II. Yellow diarrhoea is a sign the liver is very badly harmed and that's the case with adenovirus type II. The virus even completely destroys the liver. With adenovirus II, there is 100% mortality, this means that if a bird gets sick it will certainly die. Luckely not all the birds get sick. It is not clear why one bird gets sick and the other not. The fact that sick birds also could survive on your loft, indicates adenovirus type II can't be the only problem. It is very possible that the watery dropping are caused by the hairworm infestation and/or paramyxo. The bad feathers could be an indication the young birds are also infected with circovirus. This virus attacks immune cells of the young bird (under 4 months old), this makes them vulnerable for all kinds of infections. It is a major problem this year in Belgium with a lot of deaths in young birds. They can die from ordinary infections like canker, but also from paratyphoid, adenovirus, etc... Certainly do not underestimate the hairworm infestation as it can also be cause of deaths. As for the vaccination for paramyxo, it is advisable to also do this as soon as possible. Kind regards

Hi, I have 3 stock birds which went sick. They are having very liqiud faeces which smell very bad. Baytril doesn't help.

Hi, I have 3 stock birds which went sick. They are having very liqiud faeces which smell very bad. they are on a Baytril course since 5 days with no effect at all. I have separate the birds from others. They also drink more than usual and they have lost pectoral muscle mass aswell. All the time they are puffed up without any glint in their eyes. I think it is a bad situation. No faecel smeares have been done yet and no other tests. What could be the disease and treatment please? I have also given the birds 3 drops of baytril directly in the mouth last monday with little or no effect. Any suggestions please? Thanks. Joe.

question by: Joseph Scicluna

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir, You should consult a vet as soon as possible. There are some possibilities for the symptoms. One of the possibilities certainly could be paramyxovirus, in which case your other birds also could be in danger. Other possibilities are parasites, adenovirus type II, yeast infection, etc. Kind regards

Hello all at pigeon paradise, I'm hoping you can help we have been having problems with our birds for some time now?

Hello all at pigeon paradise, I'm hoping you can help we have been having problems with our birds for some time now. The birds look well but they have realy dark blue-red throats. They were diagnosed with salmonella, E. coli with a high cocci and canker count. They were treated for all the problems. They were also treated for 14 days with batril then injected with chevivac-s. The birds were sneezing, scratching and the odd old bird has had a strange rattle on their chests but have no outward sign's i.e greasy wattle, wet eyes. There is also a creamy coloured mucus in some of the birds wind pipes. They were treated for 5 days with Longstim made by medpet.sa which has Tylan and Amoxicillin as the active ingriedent with some affect but some of the birds have the rattle and there is still the red throat and cream coloured slime in the wind pipe. I have had tests done since with only a light hair worm infestation detected. Please could you shed some light to where i'm going wrong. yours hopefully stu.

question by: stu black

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir, You have been having a lot of problems indeed. First of all, get rid of the hair worm infestation as soon as possible, as hair worms are harmful and can be deadly in case of high infestations. For the respiratory problems, perhaps you could let your veterinarian take throat samples and those samples be checked for bacteria and certainly also yeasts (candida). If possible an antibiogram can also be interesting if indicative according to your vet (depends on the swab result), because an antibiogram can make clear which medication can be effective. There is also a possibility herpes virus causes (some of) the symptoms in which case you cannot give medication for it and have to wait untill the birds recover. It could be helpful to get rid of birds that show signs and aren't very important to you. Giving the birds tea, probiotics and vitamins for a longer period could also be of help. Kind regards

My young birds have watery droppings, look dull, their crop is full of water, some have tilted heads.

Dear Sir; Recently my young birds are having the following symptoms; 1- Do not want to train. 2- Looks dull. 3- their crop seems full of water which is yellow and smell very bad. 4- 1 or 2 days then dead. 5- Clear wattery droppings. 6- Some of them that didn't die have tilted heads but I beleive it is not paramyxo virus but I am not sure. In my place we do not have any facility to check pigeon droppings (no vets to diagonis pigeon problems). I Had to kill 20 of my 23 young birds to eleminate the problem. Please advise what we should do if we face disease knowing we cannot check the droppings and what was the disease ??

question by: Ahmed El Adawy

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Sir, The symptoms clearly are indicative for paramyxovirus. Possibly other diseases like canker are complexing the problem. So I would advise you to certainly vaccinate the birds for paramyxo and in your case vaccinate them twice with 3 or 4 weeks in between. It is good to vaccinate your young birds as early as possible. At the same time preventive measures can be taken for canker, worms and paratyphus if you are not able to let your pigeons be checked. Kind regards

I have had a recurring problem with some of my birds while breeding over the past couple of seasons.

I have had a recurring problem with some of my birds over the past couple of seasons. When rearing youngsters everything is fine until they reach approximately 14 days old, the parent birds then loose condition, become listless and pump the youngsters with an excessive amount of water leading to foul smellling wet nests. As they are being filled with mainly water the young are continually looking fed therefore compounding the problem with the parent birds.

question by: Helen Quinn

answer by: Dr Karlo Van Rompaey

Dear Madam/Sir,

The symptoms you describe can have different causes. This could be Trichomonas, coccidiose, worms, paratyphus or nutritional imbalance. I advise you to let your pigeons be examined by your veterinarian and let pose an exact diagnosis from some samples. He can start the most advisable treatment.

Beste,

De symptomen die je beschrijft kunnen verschillende oorzaken hebben. Hierbij moet je o.a. rekening houden met Trichomonas, coccidiose, wormen, paratyfus of voedingsstoornissen. Ik raad u aan om uw duiven te laten onderzoeken zodat uw dierenarts aan de hand van enkele stalen een juiste diagnose kan stellen. Hij kan dan ook de aangewezen behandeling opstarten.

Welk medicijn kan ik aanwenden tegen lintwormen?

Welk medicijn kan ik aanwenden tegen lintwormen?
Hoe, hoeveel en hoelang moet ik het toedienen?

question by: Firmin Derom

answer by: Dr Ruben Lanckriet

Beste,

Een mogelijke therapie voor lintwormen, is droncit. Een éénmalige toediening zou voldoende moeten zijn.

Raadpleeg uw duivenarts voor juiste doseringen en advies ter preventie.

Vriendelijke groeten

Why are my stock pigeons pecking their droppings?

Why are my stock pigeons pecking their droppings? What is wrong?

question by: g@t paisley

answer by: Dr Ruben Lanckriet

Sometimes pigeons just do this out of stress or because they are bored (some pigeons tend to drink too much).
In any case it is not a bad idea to let the birds being checked for parasites, especially intestinal worm infestations.

My birds lost validity, thin, and features. Could you tell what is the cause initially?

I lost some good stocks in the past 2 years, all are hens. look dull and loose. What surprised me is their tail feathers were all found broken halfway!! There are no dices in the feathers!!! We could not figure out what caused their main tail feathers broken!! Ever since the birds suffer from bad health condition, unwilling to mate, we provide with vitamines, but no help and they eventually died of respiratroy and digestion deseases.
But could you tell what is the cause initially of the broken tail feathers??

question by: Richard Lee

answer by: Dr Ruben Lanckriet

Dear Richard,
It is advisable to let your birds be examined thoroughly for all kind of infestations especially for paratyphoid, worms, ectoparasites, other bacterial problems, viral problems,... Perhaps an autopsy of some infected birds could be of use. I suspect a severe intestinal problem (causing a bad digestion of essential amino acids) perhaps in combination with circovirus could be the initial cause of the feather problems but further examination is advisable.

Some of my pigeosn are losing weight and have a deep keel. What is the best treatment?

I have vaccinated all my youngsters for paramyxovirus at weaning, and the pigeons were in excellent health. But I am noticing when the youngsters are about 2-3months old they start losing weight and most of them have a deep keel. Meanwhile the youngsters look very healthy but when handling you can feel that deep keel. The astonishing part is that I have two separate lofts and I split every pair in separate lofts, the youngsters in one loft have lost weight while others kept a good body like when they were about 1-2 months old. Do you think it could be a bacterial infection such as E coli that could be affecting the weight of the youngsters in that particular loft? If so what would be the best possible treatment?

question by: Bertram Debono

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

There are some possible diseases that can cause these symptoms. First of all, did you let the birds check for worms? If you don't have the possibility to check the droppings I would do a treatment for worms. Secondly paratyphoid could also be the problem. In that case, a good antibiotic and vaccination program could be of effect. Other diseases are possible but unlikely with the information I have now

After vaccinating for paramyxovirus and salmonella, my pigeons are getting sick. What is my problem?

I hope you can help me with my problem.........
I vaccinated my pigeons on November 25-08, for Paramyxovirus 1 and Salmonella Typhimurium Bacterin and thats when all my problems started, now it`s December 9-08. When I was vaccinating the pigeons, as I was putting the birds back in the loft and I found a 2000 male pigeon DEAD in the basket, I just thought that I might`ve hit a nerve, now a couple of day`s later I found about 4 hens and a male that could not fly up to the lower perches, the strange thing is that 2 of the hens a 98 and a 99 are both sisters of the 2000 male, now the 08 male is a son of the 98 hen and the 07 and the 08 are grand daughters of the 98 hen so I though that it was something to do with the bloodline. Now a couple of day`s later I started noticing some watering droppings green and yellow, I thought that they had PARATYPHOID ( SALMONELLA ) infection, so I started treating with ENROFLOXYN on December 4-08, now it`s December 9-08 and althought I have seen some improvemente there is not a major improvemente, as the 98 and 99 hen have lost a lot of weight and the 99 hen was eating very little as of today, and the droppings in most of the sections have gotten a lot worst. The pigeons have no lumps on the wings or the legs as I handle them all and the research that I did on the internet at the ALBERTA CLASSIC web-site mention that if it is PARATYPHOID that there should be some lumps on the wings or legs. Also I came up with the conclusion that it might be STREPTOCOCUS gallolyticus as per the research that I did it sounds that the symptoms that my pigeons have are more simular to the ones discribed on the articule that I read of the STREPTOCOCUS. Thank you very much, any information that you can share with me as to my problem would be much appreciated as I am very frustraded and I feel if I don`t resolve this problem soon I am risking losing these OLD pigeons that are very VALUABLE to me.

question by: Paul Tavares

answer by: Johan Van der Cruyssen

Before you vaccinate against Salmonella you must be sure there is no Salmonella on your loft.You can give a blind cure against Salmonella before the vaccination. Better is to send the droppings (gathered during 5 days) to a laboratory. They will do a bacterial culture .If this test is negative you may vaccinate.When you have carriers on your loft and you vaccinate against Salmonella you can have some serious vaccination reactions.I don’t advise to give paramyxovaccination and paratyphusvaccination at the same time. Pigeons with Salmonella don’t always have lumps on the wings or legs. Symptoms of streptococcosis in pigeons are often quite similar to the symptoms of paratyphus.The best you can do is to contact a pigeon veterinarian. He can check if your pigeons are affected with streptococcosis. Streptococci bacteria are not sensible for enrofloxacin. Amoxicillin or ampicillin are first choice for treating this disease. Ask your veterinarian to check also for worms. They also can be responsible for loosing weight and for problems with the droppings.

Can you give some tips and advice how to condition my pigeons?

Can you give me some tips and advice how to condition my pigeons? Our race season will start in October.

question by: Roderick P.

answer by: Pascal Lanneau

The most important tip is perfect health.
Make sure you pigeons are in top condition, and this means perfect health.
You can be sure your pigeons are in perfect health by some examinations:
**Swab of the crop, searching for tricho
**Dropping analysis
parasites: coccidiosis, wurms
bacteria: salmonella (paratyhus),...
**Swab of the eye, searching for chlamydia
**General impression of the bird: lice, respiratory problems, muscles, swollen wings,...
If you do this frequently, your pigeons will be in perfect health, which means also perfect condition.
Don't give too much medicines, give only medication when necessary, when the pigeons are ill, and you have the right diagnosis, in this way, you won't have problems after a while with resistance,...
To help to stimulate the condition, you can give some vitamines from time to time,
I hope these tips can help you a bit.

What's the treatment agains dark purple blue breast flesh?

I hope that you can help me. Recently i inspected my young bird team and was quite alarmed to see that their breast flesh was very dark purply blue. My old birds are fed on the same food but have normalcoloured flesh. My birds have not been raced in 2007 as they were not bred until May time. I have been training them now for a few weeks but they seem very backward and i have experienced a couple of bad training flights. They have been treated for ornithiosis tricho and bacterial problems as i felt something was wrong with them. What can i give them. I have already put them on depurative food and herb tea.

question by: Mike

answer by: Ruben Lanckriet

The blue flesh is indeed a bad sign. There can be several causes for this. I would need some more information on appetite, droppings, medical history and feed supplementing. The birds should also be examined by a vet for worms,coccidiosis, etc.

Did I put my pigeons out of form by curing during the racing season

I gave my pigeons a two day cure of ivermactin for worms 7 days ago. We had a race this week and my pigeons came late.
Did I put them out of form?

question by: Anthony Micallef

answer by: Carlo Gyselbrecht

The best is to do the cure not during the race-season; I think indeed a cure with ivermectin affects the condition

What can I do when my pigeons are going light or have a wet eye?

If you don’t mind I have some question regarding my pigeons, our race season will start in Oct.
1. When my bird back to my loft on the training I encounter that one bird has a one eye cold / wet eyes. What is the cure for this type of problem?
2. What is the best to do when the pigeons are going light?
3. What are the best to motivate the pigeons?

question by: Roderick

answer by: Vincent Schroeder

1)The 2 bests products for that are: Doxycycline other Baytril.
When you give such a product by one cold eye problems you have to give that minimum 10 days.
You have to be sure also that your pigeons are not infected with canker because canker is about by 90 % present by such a problem.
2)When the pigeons are going light, the best is consult a Vet to control the current diseases (Canker-coccidiosis-worms...).
When the Vet don't find any disease and that your pigeons are very light, the best is sacrify a pigeon to make an analysis in a good labo.
When you find the cause of the problem than it's easy to give the just treatment.
3)For the long distance races I don't believe in motivation.
On my own loft, my best prestations (1st internat. Bordeaux, 2nd nat. Montauban...) are always with pigeons who are basketted very quiet.
From 100 km until 400 km, you can use some motivation but not at the beginning of the season.

Mijn duiven stoppen met eten, en de spijsvertering stopt. Welke ziekte is dat en wat kan ik er aan doen?

Vorig jaar kwam het steeds voor dat duiven spontaan stopten met eten.
Bij het uitlaten (de rest van de duiven trainen gewoon ongeveer een uur of tot ik ze binnen roep) komen ze na paar minuten allen terugkomen gaan snel naar binnen maar niet eten. Ook komt het voor dat ze nog gewoon meevliegen maar bij het binnenkomen op hun plekje gaan zitten en niet mee-eten. Het gekke is dat ze er dan nog helemaal gezond uitzien maar na een paar dagen gaan ze zienderogen achteruit.
De gehele spijsvertering schijnt dan te zijn gestopt. Na een paar dagen komt er alleen nog groen water uit.
Het is volgens mij besmettelijk omdat het steeds maar een of twee duiven betreft en ze elkaar opvolgen. Het resultaat is dat ze er aan dood gaan of ik moet er zelf een einde aan maken.
Al 40 jaar heb ik duiven maar dit verschijnsel is pas de laatste twee jaar.
Ik dacht er af te zijn, vorig jaar zijn er meer dan 50 voornamelijk jonge duiven aan dood gegaan, maar nu steekt het opnieuw de kop op. Vorig jaar begon het ineens in juli en dan nu in eind september.
Vorig jaar heb ik er niets aan gedaan in de hoop dat het eenmalig was en om de sterkere duiven over te houden.
Kunt u mij zeggen wat dit eventueel voor ziekte kan zijn, en belangrijker nog wat ik er aan moet doen.

question by: Piet

answer by: Pascal Lanneau

Het is niet eenvoudig om aan de hand van uw verhaal alleen een duidelijke diagnose te kunnen stellen, maar als ik het goed heb begrepen zijn het voornamelijk de jonge duiven die hieraan ten onder gaan.
Een mogelijkheid die zeker indachtig moet worden gehouden is circovirose, die de weerstand van de jongen zal gaan aantasten, waardoor de jongen nog extra vatbaarder zijn voor allerlei secundaire infecties zoals Coli, wormen, adenovirose enz....
Zelfs andere ziekten die schijnbaar niet onmiddellijk levensbedreigend zijn, zoals tricho etc, kunnen samen met de aanwezigheid van circovirose een groot probleem vormen.
Indien het circovirose zou zijn, dan is het voornamelijk van belang de dieren zo goed mogelijk te behandelen tegen de secundaire ziektes die eventueel aanwezig zouden kunnen zijn, want tegen het circovirus is op dit moment nog geen wonderproduct beschikbaar.
Een juiste diagnose stellen is echter moelijk enkel en alleen afgaande op de anamnese, ik zou u aanraden een dierenarts te contacteren en eventueel een autopsie te laten uitvoeren zodat u de juiste oorzaak kent van uw probleem, en de nodige zorgen kan toedienen.

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