When I lose a bird in one of my pens I usually put that whole pen on terrimycin or tetracycline, available at my local feed store for 2 or 3 days. Is that a good idea?
If that approach has been working out for you you’ve been really lucky; either that or you had an isolated loss without a widespread infection from one of the more contageous pathogens (bugs). When you get a prescription from a doctor for medicine for yourself you are always directed to “take them until they’re gone”. The reason for that is that even after you feel better, the illness for your body, though weakening, is still present in your tissues and available to reinfect. The objective of the full dose is to rid your body completely of that pathogen before it can become resistant to that drug. The exact same thing holds true for your birds and you’re likely to pay a heavy price for abusing their antibiotics. If you must, due to economics or the unavailability of a veterinarian use over the counter antibiotics, then by all means read the package to find out how long that product should be administered. You should find that most will recommend at least 5 or 10 days of treatment to as
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