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Aspergillosis - fungus infection of the respiratory system.
Bacteria - some bacteria cause disease (pathogenic) but most are harmless. When a strain of bacteria is strong enough to change the normal balance then it becomes a disease.
Bleeding - Birds have little blood volume. It is important to stop bleeding quickly. Yunnan Paiyao is a chinese herb that stops bleeding. Flour or conrstarch work well, too. You can use kwik stop on toenails, but not on beaks, eyes, or open wounds. Apply pressure to the follicles of blood feathers.
Burns - Aloe Vera, St John's Wort
Broken Bones - herb: comfrey homeopathic: symphytum
Brown's Hypertrophy - indicated by a change in budgie's cere color
Cataracts - Homeopathic Calc. fluor or .tissue salt Calc. fluor.6x instead, eucalyptus honey
Choanal Atresia - missing or malfunctioning choanal slit
Circulation - ginger, hawthorn, garlic
Colloidal Silver - natural antibiotic. use internally or externally. Poor quality will cause skin to turn grey.
Crop Problems - Air in Crop, Slow Crop
Diabetes - Nopal, Chromium
Digestive tract injury - Slippery Elm, marshmallow, aloe,
Digestion, poor - food enzymes (lactase, cellulase, protease, lipase) probiotics, cayenne
Droppings - diagnostic tool for health problems
Egg Laying - prolapse, fertility, antifertility
Fatty tumors - psyllium hulls, milk thistle, garlic, chickweedFeather plucking Feather-Plucking /Zinc Poisoning
Feather picking - different causes require different treatments. (Causes: nutrition, metal poisoning, parasites, stress etc)
Feather/skin - milk thistle, burdock, red clover, horsetail, dulse, trace minerals, red african palm oil. MSM Thyroid related: bladderwrack or kelp
Female stimulant - dong quoi, red raspberry, black cohosh, soy
Fluid retention - dandelion
Foot Stomping - Cockatiels Cockatiel's - foot stomping
Fungus/yeast - Garlic, pau d'arco, pro-biotics, GSE
Gentian Violet - purple stain for treating yeast topically.
Giardia - see parasites, GSE
Gout - Cherries, strawberries, celery juice and seed
GSE Remedy - antibiotic, antifungal. Acts as a broad-spectrum antibiotic so must use probiotics during and after use.
Heart - Hawthorn berry, CoQ10, Vitamin E
Inflammation - Bromelein, boswellia, white willow (like aspirin)
Insect Bites - Homeopathic: apis
Iron Storage / Overload Disease
Kidneys - Dandelion helps to flush and detoxify kidneys. Bladder infections can be treated with cranberry.
Lactulose - Amazon-1/2cc in 8 0z., tiels 1/4cc, babies (being medicated, slow crop,etc) 1 drop per feeding./ precaution- loose droppings - reduce the amount of Lactulose. "We routinely use a milk thistle extract added to chronulac (lactulose) for almost any sick bird we think has some type of liver disease. Scott McD D.V.M.
Liver / fatty liver- Milk thistle, Natureade's Aloe Detox, Lactulose, Dandelion, diet changes.
Male stimulant - yohimbe, saw palmetto
Metal Toxicity -
Mites - external parasites
Nerve damage - Brewer's yeast, soy lecithin, St. John's wort,
Parasites - garlic, pumpkin seed, probiotics, GSE, black walnut
Poisoning - Activated charcoal
Polyurea - increased water in droppings. can be caused by diabetes, increased water consumption, or consuming large amounts of juicy fruits.
PFBD - See major avian diseases
PDD - Proventricular Dilatation Disease See major avian diseases. PDD misdiagnosis? PDD / PDS St. John's Wort, digestive enzymes, astragalus, probiotics, garlic, propulsid. Use together
Probiotics - lactobacillus, bifidus, etc. Bacteria found in yogurt or capsules that help to repopulate a digestive tract depleted of microflora by antibiotics or stress.
Prolapse - White oak bark externally, Homeopathic Calc. fluor
Psittacosis - See major avian diseases
Regurgitation - Vomiting. The symptom of regurgitation can be found in the following conditions/diseases:
- BFD (budgerigar fledgeling disease);
- bacterial infection;
- candidiasis (yeast);
- crop impaction; hormone stimulation;
- PDD (proventricular dilatation disease);
- tumors of crop or esophagus;
- Nutritional secondary hyperparthyroidism;
- Pacheco's disease;
- oral or digestive tract pappilomatosis;
- parasites (worms or protozoa);
- toxins (food toxins, fertilizer, insecticides, various household environmental toxins, water)
Red Palm Oil - 1/4 tsp or 15 drops of Red African Palm oil daily for an African Grey sized (Congo) bird. It is rich in Vit. A, one of the richest sources of Beta Carotene and some Vit E. all necessary for supple smooth skin. Read more about Red Palm Oil under Essential Fatty Acids Discussion.
Reproduction - female: dong quai, black cohosh, red raspberry leaves male: saw palmetto,
Respiratory - Numerous types...see below.
Respiratory allergic - burdock, golden seal, capsicum
Respiratory fungal - see Aspergillosis
Respiratory congesion / inflammation - Mullein, fenugreek, boneset, slippery elm
Respiratory bacerial infection - echinacia, garlic, astragalus,
Sarcocystis - See major avian diseases
Slow Crop - Main causes include
- unsanitary conditions,
- brooder too cold,
- formula too cold,
- bacterial and/or yeast infections, and
- contaminated formula.
Cause must be determined prior to treatment. Bacteria and yeast responds well to garlic, echinacea, probiotics, and digestive enzymes added to formula, if caught early enough. Brooder temp must also be increased.
Seizures and strokes- nervous system disorder from a variety of causes including: antibiotic or antifungal drugs, head truauma, clots, bacterial toxins, viral disease.
Sinusitis - Upper Respiratory: use garlic and echinacea
Skin, dry - Red Palm Oil Aloe, pure juice
Toe-tapping - No conclusive cause. Speculation includes excess vitamin/mineral supplementation. Most likely related to diet.
Thyroid - Bladderwrack, Kelp
Toxic system - One ounce Aloe Detox per 3 ounces of water, dandelion, milk thistle, burdock,
Tumors (budgies) - fatty tumors: psyllium hulls, milk thistle, garlic, chickweed
Urinary system - marshmallow, horsetail, cornsilk, uva ursi,
Urine - normal is clear. volume depends on diet. increased in diabetes because of increased water consumption.
Uric acid (serum) Uric Acid - Vit C w/bioflavinoids
Urinary Tract infection - cranberry for acid tract
Vaccinations - Controversial: may cause immune system and other health problems as long and short-term side-effects.
Virus - (cold) elderberry, cat's claw, (hot) echinacea & garlic
Wounds, bleeding - TOPICAL: calendula, capsicum, plantain, white oak, yarrow, yunan paio
Wounds, shallow - TOPICAL: aloe, arnica, calendula, comfrey, goldenseal, plantain, St. john's wort
Wounds, deep - TOPICAL:white oak, calendula, lobelia, yarrow*
Wound, infected - TOPICAL: lobelia, plantain, slippery elm
Wounds, venom - TOPICAL: arnica, lobelia, tea tree oil, white oak, yarrow
X-rays and vet visits - Bach rescue remedy for stress plus appropriate homeopathics and spirulina for radiation
Yeast - GSE, Garlic, probiotics, eliminate sugar from diet
Yellow - Cockatiel turning yellow (case studies)
Zinc Toxicity - EDTA drug reaction, homeopathics, charocoal, psillium, aloe detox
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