Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!intercon!ooblick
From: ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Cockatiel feather picking
Message-ID: <26BF7BE7.1576@intercon.com>
Date: 8 Aug 90 02:41:42 GMT
References: <1990Aug6.230634.4064@agate.berkeley.edu> <26BE4AEA.C75@intercon.com> <1910@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
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In article <1910@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler) writes:
>> Spray the bird for mites even though the vet says there are none.  It
>> can't hurt.
>
>	I'm at a loss as to why you think it can't, especially when
>	you are not aware of the exact spray that's being used.  Some
>	sprays are propelled by propellants that can render the bird
>	unconscious is used too often/close.  
>
>	Even if the vet isn't an avian vet, it's a good probability
>	that she can detect something as simple as parasites.  But
>	then an experienced avian vet wouldn't jump into using an
>	Elizabethian collar first thing.

Unless the vet had the bird overnight and woke it up to check for feather
mites and/or lice, then the vet may well have missed a potential problem.

>>  Use the sprays found in most bird shops.

>	Use what your VET reccomends!

Use Rich Health (makers of Vionate) Scalex Mite and Lice Spray for Birds.

>> Also, start adding nekton S and nekton bio to the food.  
>
>	I don't agree with this advice.
>	There is such as thing as too much.  First off, you don't
>	know what type of feed Boris uses and what vitamins it
>	may or may not contain.  Some vitamins accumulate in fat
>	and can reach toxic levels which may do more harm than
>	good.  I've had great results with 1/2 tsp Nekton-BIO mixed 
>	with the daily feed and shaken (not stirred 8-).

No matter what food is being fed, Nekton S can't hurt if given in the
doses recommended on the package.  As for 1/2 tsp of Nekton BIO, that is
far too much, especially for one worried about toxicity.

Mikki Barry
Natural Intelligence Aviary