Cold at a parrot: how to treat

Cold at a parrot: how to treat

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Any owner of a domestic parrot would like to save the favourite from diseases. But, unfortunately, it is not always possible, especially in cold season - parrots are so sensitive to overcooling and drafts. Of course, first of all at emergence of symptoms of a disease it is necessary to address the veterinarian. Remember that as at birds a fast metabolism, diseases at them progress too quickly. Time cannot be lost. How it is possible to help a bird, so far you wait for the doctor?

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Instruction

1. The first symptoms of the fact that your parrot is sick it is decrease of the activity and lack of appetite at him. Emergence of allocations from the nasal courses or a diarrhea - especially an occasion to prick up the ears. A disturbing symptom is the speeded-up, whistling, faltering breath. It is very good if you for a long time know a bird and features of her behavior. If the timid and wildish bird suddenly became tame and tender - it the occasion will prick up the ears, perhaps, the parrot needs the help. Watching your favourite, try to be out of the field of his sight, not to concern him.

2. The sick bird first of all should be placed in heat. If the parrot was held in the open open-air cage, in the beginning move it in the room with room temperature. Only in several hours temperature can be increased approximately to 30 °C. Provide to a bird a quiet situation in the room.

3. If you use an electric lamp for heating, do not put a cage too close to it. The parrot has to have an opportunity to choose distance, comfortable for it, from the heating device. You monitor its movements on a cage: depending on whether he tries will approach the heater or it is removed from it as it is possible further, choose optimum location of a cage in the room.

4. Create for a parrot in a cage a shadow source, having covered a part of a cage with a rag. Perhaps, in a shadow he will feel more comfortably. If through any time after the beginning of heating the health at a bird worsened, feathery is removed from a lamp, pants, opening a beak, hides in a shadow - better to switch off a lamp.

5. Provide to a bird good nutrition, using high-calorie fresh forages: for recovery your favourite will need a lot of energy, and the appetite at it is reduced. For increase in immunity the parrot can add a citrus to a diet. Birds are not recommended to give medicines without consultation of the doctor. Independently made diagnosis can be wrong, symptoms of cold can be in many respects similar to symptoms of other diseases.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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