Hi,
You may have seen my pics of this poor dove before, but a suggestion has been made that I try a feed supplement. Does anyone have a suggestion as what should work, or even if this is something that might help?
He feeds mainly from the bird table
Sarah
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Hi Sarah,
Have you thought of a quick phone call to your vet? He must treat domestic caged and aviary birds from time to time.
Cheers, Linda.
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No, I hadn't, the vet like the doctors I try to avoid at all cost. (Costs being the operative word) I could give it a try though
Hi Bramble
Poor little thing. I have no idea sorry, but I have been looking on the net for you and come up with www.avianweb.com/mites This site does suggest a treatment you could use but I would probably check either with the staff at RSPB or perhaps your local vet.
Good luck. It is awful seeing them suffer hope it improves soon.
Chez
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Hi Sarah, I would give them a ring. I know they would give helpful advice at our vets, and as you can't take the dove to the surgery, and there is no need for a call out, there probably won't be a charge for the advice. I do know that you need a mortgage just to cross the threshold these days!!
Thanks guys, will get onto it in the morning.
Hi Sarah yes please give vet a ring,think most vets treat wild animals free,think it might even be in there code of practice if that is what it is called,certainly our vets gave advice over the phone free.Suppose it unlikely but might not be much wrong with it as we had a similar one years ago could not even fly and seemed to just lost a lot of feathers,after a while in the greenhouse during late autumn with food and water it flew off perfectly fit.
Unfortunately, no treatment can be administered to birds in the wild, because it is impossible to ensure adequate dose for the infected individuals and prevent healthy birds picking up the medicine. Some drugs that will cure one species can be lethal to others.
Once a bird is so ill that it can easily be caught, it is usually beyond recovery, and the kindest thing may be to put it to sleep. If in doubt, contact a local vet or RSPCA inspector (0300 1234 999)
While many vets are happy to treat wild birds without a charge, it is worth checking this before taking the bird to a vet.
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Thanks LRB. this bird is nowhere near at the stage where he can be caught. He is feeding well and flying in and out of my garden to do this. I will keep and eye out for him and let nature take its course. Hopefully he will recover. I certainly would not like to harm healthy birds in order to save this one.
thanks for the advice