Excessive breeding stress in canaries and finches
Other names: The female is worn out from the eggs
Symptoms
- The female weakens and molts poorly
- Thin-shelled eggs and weak chicks
- Egg binding
How it spreads
Not contagious.
Diagnosis
History.
Treatment
Stop breeding; rest and nutrition. (All under veterinary supervision.)
Prevention
A maximum of 2-3 clutches a year depending on the species (finchinfo), and separating the pairs after the season.
Season
End of the season
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
- Cold stress in adult birds and chicks