stephb Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Hi, All, I wrote on Feb. 3rd regarding results of treating my parrots for depluming mites. IT didn't turn out as well as I first thought. Four days after 1st treatment, my severe macaw male [who had worn a collar for 14 years,] died. I think he swallowed some sulphur bath water. I had also put some sulphur mixed with vaseline and cream in a few spots. The concentration was too high, and I since then I have diluted it to less than 1:10 parts. I had a necropsy done and the vet assured me it couldn't be from the sulphur, as it is "non toxic". I proceded to give more sulphur baths and on my beloved greenwing macaws put the sulphur cream on too. They got quite a bit of cream because they had no body feathers. Four days later, they started to hemmorhage from their vents. Mercedes died the next morning as he was being prepared for artificial blood transfusion. His mate died 1 1/2 days later after a transfusion. It is doubtful they could be saved. I am still using sulphur cream, but am watching for loose stools before applying, and am filled with trepidation. Thought I should let everyone know. It may not be considered to be very safe, because it it difficult to figure out what the dose should be. P.S. Look online about cattle dying after eating overdose of sulphur, also other animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Sorry to hear it. Thanks for the warning. I'm treating one of my girls for this, with flowers of sulphur at the moment. I've just googled, and found **this**. Although it relates to diet as opposed to external application, it is worth bearing in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Would it be better to put the FOS into a bath for the chicken instead of in cream as I imagine that would be more concentrated? I've been meaning to redo my baldy girl but am not sure whether to do it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 That is what I have been doing, and so far so good. I treated a different hen last year in this way, and it was fine. I wonder if the problem is if they manage to ingest it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 That's what I was thinking. With a cream its clumpy and thick and more likely that they will try to get it off. I certainly saw Butch pecking away at it when I put it on her. I'll try in a bath I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucky h Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Oh no!This might explain why Sophia is poorly. I mixed sulphur with cream and rubbed it on the hens' bums rather than bathing them, because it's been quite cold here - I did this twice. Since then one of them, Sophia, has had diarrhoea and little appetite, and has been standing around looking sad. Does anyone know if there's anything I could give her to help her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
