One of my young pigeon looked a bit unwell. I checked its throat for canker. And i noticed the end of its tongue was pale yellowish green colour.Instead of the normal pinky red colour. Can you help. Thanks in advance.

Dear Dr, I am an experience pigeon fanicer and over the last few years I have notice a problem developing in my loft as well as others. Bird look well, have no appetite and swell up in the neck/throat when eating, food empties normally. My vet has advised me this is e.coli in the throat and can't be cured. His advise is to use citric acid, but this only help marginly. Have experimented with low grade antibiotic, probiotic, disinfectants (Virkon S) etc. Can you help please. Thanks John

On first glance, my birds look very healthy, their feathers are shiny, they are lively in the loft, eat and drink normally, and molt very well. However, I am a detailed observer of my birds and see them making a chewing movement as if there is something in their mouth or they have post nasal drip. I also observe that their breathing is a bit more laborious than normal. Upon inspection of the beak, there is no abnormality visible; no masses, no mucus in their throats or noses. Their ceres are white. Simply I cannot see any abnormalities. Over the last two months I have treated with Berimax , Doxycycline (7days) + Baytril (10days), and more recently with Moxydectrin (two courses). While the doxy+baytril improved the droppings significantly in the few birds that had some loose droppings, the chewing and laborious breathing remained. I have send samples from 6 birds to Research Associates Laboratoria in Dallas TX. All test came back negative for: adenovirus, Chlamydia, exotic new castle disease virus, pigeon herpes, pigeon circo virus and salmonella. Subsequently the birds tested negative for trichomonas and mycoplasma. Some birds tested marginally positive for e coli on tracheal swipes, and a few had hyperemic larynx. Other cultures remained negative. Birds were treated for e coli with Baytril (as per biogram). Several birds tested positive (one +) for an unkwown yeast, but candida and other pathogenic fungi were not found. Long story short, for a few months now, the birds have this uncomfertable chewing movement as reflection of an irritation in their mouths. Please advise on suggestions for diagnosis and or treatment approach. Thank you in advance

Please assist as i dont know what to use to treat yellow spots in the throat of my pigeons. It look like swollen (white/yellow) needle prics. Cant get these birds in propper condition.

Good night I'm a pigeon fancier in Portugal, I m serious problem with my pigeons. I'm tired of trying to resolve the problem by asking a number of fanciers and still can not expediently resolve. In my loft I have no air currents, I have no moisture, the air also to encounter not saturated, the pigeons are healthy. The problem I have in pigeons is as follows: My pigeons have always sputum in the throat, and I can not eliminate it. I've tried to various forms, but can not. I am asking your help to see if I can tell what should I do to eliminate this phlegm throat pigeons. Since already thank you very much. Greetings A. Santos

I have a problem with some of the racing pigeons in my loft. The problem is a white spot on the tonsil that sits on the floor of the windpipe. It's a raised white line at the entrance of the windpipe on the third tonsil. When pigeons in the loft have this condition, the losses are very heavy. Can you identify this disease and advise me of the appropriate medication to give the birds to eradicate this disease from my loft? I have tried doxycyclin - it keeps it at bay for a few weeks, but then it returns. I live in Western Australia and we have no avian vets here - we only have local vets which are mainly treating cats and dogs.