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From: mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR: Question about Cockatiel
Message-ID: <3551@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Date: 21 Dec 90 17:40:51 GMT
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Reply-To: mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Mike Mahler)
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	I've recently had a similar problem with my cockatiel.
	What I thought was diahrea was actually an increased 
	amount of unrine (pool of clear liquid with strings of
	solid fecal matter inside) in the droppings and not
	diahrea (green or brownish colored pool with no discernable
	form of stool or urates inside).

	Fecal culture came back negative after the bird had been
	on bactrin for 4 days and it was already starting to
	clear up.  It's hard to tell exactly what it was, but
	I changed the following things about her feeding:

	1) Curtailed the use of Nekton-S added to the food
	   (this went against my better judgement but it occured
	    to me that she might be expelling the "extra" 
	    vitamins that are normally excreted through urine),

	2) Switched from filtered tap to bottled water,

	3) Obtained fresh feed and pellets and discarded the current
	   batch (switched pellets at this time to Lafabre which she
	   seemed to like better),

	4) Added more fiberous vegetables and curtailed fruit.

	Was there an infection the culture didn't pick up and the
	bactrin supressed enough for her immune system to kill off?

	Yeah, it's hard to tell what it might have been considering
	all the changes I made in a short time but with these birds
	you don't have time to change something and then wait since
	they can be dead.

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