HEALTH

We just lost a female canary that we had for almost a year. She laid one egg in June that never hatched. She seemed fine after that but around the middle of July we noticed that she was losing feathers around her neck. Brought her to the people we bought her from, (they sell only birds and have a very good reputation for quality and knowledge) they found an infection on the skin on her neck. They put a salve on and gave me a powder to add to the water for her to drink. She seemed to do better, she ate, drank and bathed, but feathers never regrew. We again brought her to the bird dealer in September because she started staying at the bottom of the cage. Her skin had cleared up and they couldn't give us a reason for her listlessness. Several days later she died. We kept her in a cage with three other canaries and they seem to be fine. Any ideas of what could have happened. Thank you, Ira & Rita