Cold stress in adult birds and chicks in canaries and finches
Other names: Cold، The chicks got cold
Symptoms
- Fluffed-up appearance and sleeping on the floor
- Cold chicks that do not beg for food
- Fledglings die on cold nights
How it spreads
Not contagious.
Diagnosis
Conditions.
Treatment
Warm the bird gradually (brooder 29-32°C) and return the chick to the nest if the mother is good. (All under veterinary supervision.)
Prevention
A thermostat heater in the room of sensitive species (star finch, cordon bleu, owl finch), closing drafts, and do not take chicks out in the cold.
Season
December-February (the night may drop to 5°C or lower)
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Egg binding
- Chronic egg laying
- Egg yolk peritonitis
- Cloacal prolapse
- Feather plucking
- Overgrown claws and beak
- Heatstroke / heat stress
- Teflon fume poisoning