could be the end of the road

i got yb sickness in the yb loft again i had this two years back and it wiped most of my yb birds out,i gave them all there is to give and will see what happens if it end up like last time and lost most of the ybs it will be the end of the game for me i will get rid of whats left and burn the loft. cant be starting all over again, i was thinking of packing up before i moved back here but thought i bring them with me but now this and if it do go the same way as before its the end of he road for me

havent heard of anyone getting youngbird sickness this late in season are you sure this is the problem could it not be something else

well i seen a vet and he said that is what it is mate.so i treated for that and everything else the vet said wont do any harm to treat for everything.it not looking good mate lol.well i had anough now not had much luck with them for the past two years so if this go tits up its the end of the game for me i had anough buddy cant be botherd anymore.i got to much other things going on in my life these days to have pigeons adding to the stress so will play it by ear for now but i think its all over now ,

very sorry to hear that mate, hope all turns out well for you, I wouldn't be to hasty, I've packed in twice saying that was final only to start again, once its in your blood pigeons are hard to shake off, and costs a fortune to start again from scratch, Good luck anyway

realy sorry to hear this mate try not to let it get you down to much mate and keep your chin up like pete said once it in ya blood mate it there for good and it costs a fortune to restart the good stronger birds will pull through for ya mate let us know on the progress on the birds mate

yeah i know what you are saying lads and i agree tottaly but i will play it by ear and see what happens

hi mark, sorry to hear of the illness with your birds...........im of the same oinion as ian re yb sickness, never heard of it at this time of year....a lot of fanciers automatically say they have yb sickness if their ybs are off colour or have loose droppings and its not allways the case, what are the synptums ? my ybs had what most thought was yb sickness early in the season and it turned out to be a bacterial infection in the digestive system, which made them unable to digest their food properly and also on occasions be sick............also what vet did you see, as most normal vets dont have a clue about birds.

lol this was a vet from the UEA a teacher of all anaimals my friends son is on the course.he is a professor lol.any how they on treatment i am real gutterd at the mo i will let ya know how it go they got a dead one they doing a pm on tomorrow so will know more then.

DAVID wrote:

hi mark, sorry to hear of the illness with your birds...........im of the same oinion as ian re yb sickness, never heard of it at this time of year....a lot of fanciers automatically say they have yb sickness if their ybs are off colour or have loose droppings and its not allways the case, what are the synptums ? my ybs had what most thought was yb sickness early in the season and it turned out to be a bacterial infection in the digestive system, which made them unable to digest their food properly and also on occasions be sick............also what vet did you see, as most normal vets dont have a clue about birds.

got to agree david, very unlikely to be y/b sickness this time of year, and like you say unless he's a avain vet he probably aint got a clue, even then is they are not familular with pigeons not always right. also a avain vet wouldn't tell you to treat for everything. dont treat unessecary, sounds like he's guessing proffesor or not

what symptums are they showing mark.....?

right lads just had a call from the vet he said its a case of a bacteria the bird that died didnt die from that it had a growth on its intestings he said thats somthing no one could have done anything about not canker.he said just give them para stop or what ever i wish ti use he said it will pass in time

hope they make a speedy recovery then mark...................

thats realy good news mate hope they get over it quikly mate

yes good luck,let us know

hi ray, havnt seen much of you on lately..................

Thats a shame if your going to give up.

Hope they make a fast recovery

yeah they be ok know what it is now nad can get them sorted i feel better now

notykinlofts wrote:

yeah they be ok know what it is now nad can get them sorted i feel better now

Bet you are really pleased

so what is it you are going to treat them for mark, what has he prescribed ?

he didnt he told me it be cheeper to go to my local pigeon feed suplyer and get somthing from there it will be cheeper.im of today and see what they got

i got some tablets from murray and mills in leeds which i gave one per day for three days.........also gave "magic" in the water which is for good bacteria, birds were fine within a week.