Chick dehydration in parrots
Other names: The chick is dried out
Symptoms
- Dry, red, wrinkled skin
- Scant droppings
- Lethargy
How it spreads
Not contagious.
Diagnosis
Skin and weight examination.
Treatment
Warm fluids at 38.8–41°C under veterinary supervision (maintenance 50–100 ml/kg/day).
Prevention
Nursery humidity >50% in the first days, formula with a water ratio suitable for the age.
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Crop stasis/sour crop
- Crop burn
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Stunting (failure to thrive)
- Splayed legs
- Beak deformities (scissor/protruding)
- Constricted toe syndrome