Interesting Medical Site....

[Mrs.Birdy]

...I found this interesting/useful. Thought it might answer some of your questions. Go to:

http://www.petmedicinechest.com/avian/Default.asp

[JSimko]

It is interesting, however extreme caution is recommended. It sound like all they want to do dope up the birds instead of addressing the problem. An example is when I was younger a doctor put me on ridolen (I am not sure if this is the correct spelling), however I felt like a lab rat. I walked around like a zombie on that stuff. The point is that it did not help anything, I was still hyper but had no coordination. The cause of my problems was that I kept getting teased by all of the other kids I went to school with and had no will to learn anything. If I could come up with a good enough law suit I would sue every doctor that that put me on medication for malpractice. Two of the needless medications (poisons) stunted my growth. I had no need for medications in high school, because no one teased me. So what I am trying to say is we need to treat the cause not the symptoms. It sounds like they want to test new medicines and want our birds as their lab rats.

[Mrs.Birdy]

Sorry, I may disagree with you. The site promotes natural/herbal healing and better health practices for birds. I didn't notice anything about chemical medicine/drugs. Did I miss something?

Natural is probably the best way to go with birds. There are so many things that are toxic to them.

[pionuspasion]

It's true, I always try to find a natural remedy before succumbing to man-made meds, even for myself.