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trichomoniasis?

  • 01-03-2009 6:04pm
    #1
    littlebug
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    There's a sick chaffinch in my garden. From what I have read he looks like he has the symptoms of trichomoniasis :( I've washed and disinfected all the feeders and just put one small peanut feeder and nyjer seed feeder back up. Should I remove them all? Is there anything else I should do?
    Poor bird... I feel awful.. and responsible:(


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  • #2
    gerky
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    Sorry to hear that,
    If it is trichomoniasis then its generally recommended to take down all feeders and leave watering area's dry for a few weeks also clean & disinfect all feeders/drinkers with disinfectant that is not harmful to birds.

    It would also be helpful to ring or email birdwatch Ireland to inform them and help them monitor disease spread in Ireland, contact details 01-2819878 info@birdwatchireland.ie
    Here is some information on it.

    Outbreaks can happen to even the most vigilant, the best you can do now is to minimise any spreading of the disease and get back in to full swing in a few weeks.


  • #3
    littlebug
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    Thanks for that Gerky, I hadn't spotted that on the birdwatchireland site. I've thrown some of the the plastic feeders out as there were some bits of seed stuck that I couldn't dislodge. I'll drop an email to BWI in the morning. I spotted him sitting in the kids sand table which is just full of water at the minute so I'll empty and disinfect that. The main thing that makes me think he has trichomoniasis is that I think he had a little lump on his neck. I thought I was imagining it but then my daughter mentioned it too. I expect he'll either die in the night from the illness or the neighbours cat will have found him.


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