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From: rdmiller@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ruth D Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: INDOOR: Chlamydiosis in lovebirds
Summary: 4 lovebirds positive for chlamydia
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.214641.28649@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 91 21:46:41 GMT
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Well, the verdict came in last week and Cinnabar has chlamydiosis.
We are actually relieved, as it explains a great deal.  We suspect,
as inept new bird owners, that the 3 male birds we have lost over
the last 4 yrs all died of this bug, and that the original pair
we got, of which we still have the female, came with the disease.
Why do we have to learn at the expense of innocent lives??  Anyway,
we've been given raspberry-flavored liquid tetracycline-derivative
to force down the gullets of four very uncooperative, fierce little
"love"birds daily for 45 days.  Already Tangier and Sepia are afraid
of me, when they used to take millet and celery from my hand...
Does anyone have experience with a bird _with_ the disease?  How
long should it take for the sick one, Cinnabar, to be mostly well?
He's still not himself--very sensitive to even mild stress (a "chill"
means a temp below 75 F).

A note of thanks for the replies from my previous post, esp Mikki.

Ruth