Learning To Recognise The Early Symptoms Of Illness In a Bird


Otto, my male Musk Lorikeet. Swinging, eating flowers, upside down in the wind.

 

Recognising the early symptoms of illness in a bird can be extraordinarily difficult. Often when we realise a bird is sick, the small window to do something about it has already passed. To those who have discovered a love of birds, it’s a frustrating and scary thought.

 

When I last took my elderly Galah/Rosebreasted Cockatoo Cocky Boy to the vet, an observing vet student sat in ...

 

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