It is possible to treat them, but they are going to get it again. You need to just let nature take its course. If you have caged birds you can manage then more directly, but wild birds are wild, and constantly exposed to these things.
Dr B
May 19, 2010
What can I do to stop this happening again? by: Linda
Christina, I had problems with the Coccidia making my little Nigerian Dwarf goats sick, and the Avian vet may be right in that there's nothing you can do. What we did for the goats was to get them feed laced with something to help keep the parasite from them. There was also stuff to put in water, but the little female kept getting infected again and again. We finally had to sell the goats to someone else to get them off the infested ground. The Coccidia live in the dirt, and YOU CANNOT GET RID OF THEM in the dirt. Your new white dove needs to be kept inside the house and taken to the vet to be checked for and treated for the parasites as they will also kill it as well.
The problem here is that the meds used for the goats would kill the birds, though there should be something that could be added to the drinking water. Go and talk with another Avian vet, and make sure you are going to an Avian vet as a dog and cat vet is not licensed to treat birds and will not help you at all. They will tell you there is nothing they can do, and there has to be SOMETHING you could put in water. The problem being, as long as the parasites are in the ground, the birds will probably continue to be infected. FIND ANOTHER AVIAN VET SOMEWHERE IN DRIVING DISTANCE OR ONE YOU CAN CALL AND ASK ABOUT PREVENTATIVES FOR these parasites.
Otherwise, your birds will all die as these parasites are deadly and birds and farm animals can become infected with them. I would assume any animal on the infested ground could get them.DO NOT GO BAREFOOT ON THIS GROUND!
Let us know what the new vet has to say about all this as I totally understand your fear. Your fears are real, and I hope new vet comes up with something besides NOTHING!!!
