If your bird does get a bacterial infection, it can usually be treated with an antibiotic. These antibiotics could be in the form of oral antibiotics or drops. Improper diets will need to be slowly corrected, and vitamin supplementation will be needed if a vitamin deficiency is suspected.
What can I give my bird for bacterial infection?
Treatment for avian bacterial infections involves antibiotics like azithromycin, amoxicillin and clavulanate, cephalexin, and doxycycline, to name a few of the options available.
How do I know if my bird has a bacterial infection?
Common symptoms in most bacterial diseases include listlessness, weight loss and loss of appetite. More specifically, stomach infections show digestive symptoms, such as a lack of appetite, and diarrhea.
What is the best antibiotic for birds?
Doxycycline is the treatment of choice and is given orally or by injection for 45 days.
Can birds recover from infection?
"Most juvenile and weanling parrots infected with polyomavirus die quickly with no clinical signs." Budgerigars that recover from the infection are often left with abnormal feathers (Budgerigar French Molt). Birds that recover likely remain carriers and can shed the virus despite showing no signs of illness.
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