mysterious lumps

[kenny]

hi all,
i have just been on a site for bengies and there is a young lad on there who is losing all his bengies by the same method and he cant find the answer,he says that all of his bengies have appeared to get a lump on their necks a bit like an over sized crop and after a while they die he has even taken one to the vets and they had no idea and has asked the vet for a post mortem but hasnt had the results back he is appealing for answers before he loses the lot i have not come across this myself but have any of you had this problem or anything like it i think he is desperate or he wouldnt be talking to a vet .the only thing i can think of is interbreeding apart from that i am lost any ideas

ken

[Waxbillman]

i am lost for ideas too, sounds very strange to me.

matthew

[kenny]

hi matt i just wish he could have put some pictures up as this is the first i have heard of anything like that and i have been breeding them a long time,i am not being big headed there i was just trying to show that i think in that time if it was something that occured all the time you would think i would have seen something like it by now,maybe garry might know when he comes on


ken

[bigal47]

Hi one and all
The lumps that seem to be in question where are they on the birds and when do they appear??
I ask this as this in some breeds of canary can be a problem if the diet is not right during molting times and if the breeder has been repeatly double buffing the birds so that feather condition has become to soft and the lumps are feather lumps. I do not know if this is a problem that can appear in other breeds of birds .
Allan

[kenny]

hi allan

i have no idea what they look like or anything i just happened to browse on to the bengalese society website and this young chap was appealing to everyone on the website and it had been on there 3 days without even a dont know what it is reply so i yhought someone on here might know i haven`t seen it myself but he described it as like the crop was over full and sticking out beyond the feathers?

ken

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Kenny,

This is a long shot mate, but maybe it is connected to diet? If the seed, eggfood, greenfood etc is contaminated with something?? maybe this could cause an expansion of air in the crop, but the real reason for the Birds dying could be that they are digesting contaminated food??

Another theory could be that the Birds crops are oversized by over eating due to Intestinal Worms, the Birds may be feeding more than enough but any nutrients are taken by the Worms??

Paul.:?

[kenny]

hi paul

i shall go back on to the site and see if the young lad has had any answers from his so called mates on his site to see if he has had anymore fatalities and see if any of the info from here might help

ken

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Ken,

Good luck mate, I hope this young guy finds a cure very soon!!

Please let us know how he gets on, or better still could you please post a link to the thread.

Paul.:wink:

[kenny]

hi paul

it seems to be an oversite on my part the post i was reading was from 2004 so i dont think there will be any left now but the site is www.nbfa.co.uk (http://www.nbfa.co.uk) its a site mainly for bengies i got so carried away trying to find an answer i didnt look at the date things must be slow on there if the posts are that old .anyway take alok yuorself and see what you think

ken

[kenny]

hi all

have solved this riddle at last its been driving me crazy for months,it turns out according to klaus immelman,it is through interbreeding ie breeding to close a bit like feather cysts in budgies hurray i say! who cares you lot say ha ha :grin: :grin:

ken