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Dear Dr Rob, I currently have eight beautiful QUALITY LADYGZ of different mutations that I am preparing for the 2006 breeding season. I have had amazing results using your quarantine products and follow Laraine's article AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION RATHER THAN CURE (religiously) Last week I had a 3 mo old fledgling die for unknown reasons.

Hello, thank you for receiving my question. I just recently bought two Lady Gouldians they are just beautiful. I just notice that the male has a toe that is dead or looks like it is ready to come off. Most of his toes have look like they have corns or calluses. Female has the same thing but, not injury to any of her toes. The male eats well and drinks but I might see him at times sitting puff up.

I have lost several birds with the following pattern. At first I notice a scaley face and a loss of feathers around the neck and beak. Within a relatively short period of time, four to five weeks, they have wasted away. Just prior to death their waste discharge becomes white and within hours they die. I have had autopsies with no answers other than the liver dissolved.

Dear Dr. Rob, Let me begin by first telling you how much I enjoyed your books and your products. I recently switched to your products and health programmes and my finches have never been healthier or happier.

First, thank you for taking my question. Can the irritation from mites cause finches eyes to close up? Yesterday our two shaft tail finches came out of their nesting box (they have a couple eggs in there) and their eyes were closed tight. They were floundering around the cage completely blind.

Took my canary to vet on Friday for a respiratory problem. Vet found a fluid that kept building up on inside top beak. He thought this could be a sinus infection. Took culture found some bacteria in culture. Vet gave him a antibiotic shot and also treated him for air sac mites. He also gave me antibiotic in liquid form to treat him for 8 days. This all happened on Friday.

Dear Dr. Rob, my canary, who has been treated for suspected airsac mites, is coughing, has a nasal discharge, makes a gurgling sound at times, and occasionally I can hear the sound of his labored breathing two feet away. He is alert, active and eating.

I have two canary. When bought the both of them sing great now one does not sing . He open his mouth and move his tongue. He is on canary food, Harrison’s mash, song food and for molting. Anything else I need to do? Maria

I have a lady gouldian that once in a while has started to occasionally squat on his perch and is not himself. I gave him some Essential vitamins D3 with amino acids(one concentrated drop by mouth ea. day) as I have in the past lost finches that went balding from a lack of iodine in their diet.

I have a several lady gouldians. I bought 3 pair last year. Since last year I had one successful clutch. Of the 3 pair I started with I lost 1 female and all 3 males. I also lost all the males that were born. I am down to four females. The first one I lost I found dead and was never aware she was ill. The males I lost one at a time over several months.