Trichomonas in parrots
Other names: Trichomonas، Canker
Symptoms
- Increased saliva and regurgitation
- Difficulty swallowing, loss of appetite and weight
- Difficulty breathing
- In budgies often without visible plaques
How it spreads
Directly from parents to chicks by feeding, or contaminated water and food (for example from pigeons).
Diagnosis
A warm saline slide from a mouth/crop swab to see the motile parasite.
Treatment
Carnidazole, ronidazole or metronidazole under veterinary supervision.
Prevention
Separate parrots from pigeons, clean the waterers daily.
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Giardia
- Roundworms (ascarids)
- Capillaria worms (hairworms)
- Tapeworms
- Scaly face and leg mite (Knemidocoptes)
- Air sac mites
- Red mite (bird mite)
- Coccidia and Cryptosporidium