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African Grey Feather loosing

by Ahmed Minawy
(Alexandria, Egypt)

Hello,
I know you clearly mentioned only if the case is not emergency, however I need an advice from a specialist.

I live in Egypt and i have a African Grey parrot for four years, unfortunately their is no qualified or specialized vets in this field in Egypt and my bird is seriously ill. So plssssss help me to help the bird or to cure it..
The story started one month ago when i noticed that the bird is loosing feather from its chest (he did not pull out its feathers or pluck it). I asked a vet, who gave me a medicine called closol, but after a few days and after i gave the bird a shower i found a red spot as if the bird did scratch this place. A few days later i noticed that the bird is drinking HUGE amounts of water and then discovered that water is coming out from this place, today any thing the bird is drinking or eating comes out from this place.
There are no vets to help me locally so pls tell me why did this happen to him and what to do at your earliest convenience...

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African Grey Feather loosing

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Mar 17, 2008
 Bird with hole in crop
by: The Vet

It sounds like there is a crop fistula, which means a hole in the crop that penetrates to the outside of the body. If this is true, there is no home treatment that you can give.

This a surgical case and needs to be treated immediately. The only thing that I am aware of that will cause this is crop burn. Crop burns come from feeding hand feeding formula that is too hot. Any food that is too hot will do this, but most birds will not eat food willingly that is so hot that it burns the crop. Is this bird being hand fed or has he anything that is hot?

If not, then it is another type of injury. If it started as feather damaging behaviors, it could be self mutilation.

Get help now; go someplace that has experience with birds. Your bird’s life is in jeopardy.

Dr B

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