Casper (99) was off his feed on Friday. I noticed his mouth was very white (and extremely thin) on Saturday so he was pulled to a hospital cage. He was not eating and vomiting the formula I tube fed him. On Monday he was getting cold and I put him on extra heat and ordered fluids. The fluids arrived on Tuesday but he had already expired.
Since I found a lot of coccida in his fecal, I am suspecting that was a secondary infection. There are no external injuries or parasites, no worms. All other birds seem fine. I plan to necropsy him this weekend. Hopefully, it will give me a clue. I suspect something congenital, YBS or poison (lots of apartment buildings in the area and I'm sure they use it as pest control).
Marty is now 225g. Still tube feeding him once a day, 20cc.
An all white homer seen on the roof of the church at Ventura and Beverly Glen living with the feral flock. I have feeling it is one of my lost birds. I am going to try and read the band through a spotting scope.
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