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HEALTH 1 Air Sac Mite
HEALTH 2 Star gazing and Twirling
EGG BINDING
HEALTH 4
Parasites
This is a condition and not a desease.It can be bought on through
1 Lack of Calcium
2 Excessive egg laying/breeding
3 Poor Husbandry
4 Temperature
5 Small or immature Hen
CONTACT
SYMPTOMS
Bird perches fluffed up.There could be a lack of droppings and a swollen abdomen.
TREATMENT
This needs to happen straight away.Remove to Hospital cage.Increase the heat and humidity and increase the calcium intake.The passage of the egg can be assisted with the use of vegetable oil.
Here is a link to a site with a plan for a Hospital cage
JAVAFINCH
PREVENTION
Prevention is better than cure.
Always supply boiled egg shells,grit,cuttlebone and oyster shells.
If indoors use full spectrum lights or if possible unfilter sunlight.
I also add a calcium additive to my birds water.