There is a saying that the radish is fast and does not wash the mud, and the people who patronize the place of Bird Village are all princes and grandchildren and dignitaries; The price of precious birds is also very expensive, Wu Laoba saw Yang Cuihua and Zhang Qi more than a dozen people walking in; Love is dismissive.

Yang Cuihua saw that Wu Laoba was ignoring them, so she secretly laughed in her heart, and said silently: "This old man is stubborn, I have to use some means to take him down today!" ”

Yang Cuihua said in her heart that she was not in a hurry to say that she wanted to buy birds, but turned around in front of the hanging bird cage, muttering to herself: "It's a pity that such a good bird is a sick bird!" ”

Yang Cuihua's self-talk has long been heard by Wu Laoba, and a few of these birds have been really sick recently.

Wu Laoba saw Yang Cuihua say that her bird was sick, and knew that she was an expert, so he followed her closely.

Yang Cuihua pretended not to see Wu Laoba, and still talked to herself; When he turned his head and saw him following him, he pretended to be shocked and smiled, and said, "Boss, have these birds had any adverse reactions recently!" ”

Wu Lao is in his eighties and sixties, and Yang Cuihua calls him his father-in-law, which is worth the money; Shou is worthy of his position.

Wu Laoba smiled awkwardly and stared at Yang Cuihua; Still asked in a contemptuous tone: "Doesn't the girl know birds!" ”

Yang Cuihua laughed loudly, walked around the bird cage a few times and said: "The ancestors of the slave family have raised pet birds for three generations, and not long ago, the little girl was recruited as a bird technician by the Xiangwang Mansion; Understand that bird, that's too pediatric! ”

Yang Cuihua said with a heartfelt word: "The slave family can't help but raise birds, and the diseases of birds can be seen at a glance!" ”

Wu Laoba heard Yang Cuihua say this, and hurriedly bowed and said: "The old man has met the true god today!" ”

Wu Laoba said with an excited expression: "Don't tell the girl, there are a few precious birds in the old decay that are really not quite right recently; But the old man didn't see anything wrong, and yesterday a few boys who bought birds saw this; All gone! ”

Yang Cuihua saw Wu Laoba jump into her lamp plate, and her expression became solemn; Holding a bird cage containing a green-winged macaw, he looked at it and said, "The problem is serious, tell me what symptoms the bird is showing up!" ”

Wu Laoba immediately oozed a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead, stretched out his calloused palm and wiped it: "Acting inactive, depressed, standing on the perch, body temperature rises, shortness of breath, watery or viscous nasal discharge, sneezing, coughing, conjunctival flushing, tearing, feathers standing upside, loss of appetite." ”

Yang Cuihua knew that this was a symptom of the bird's cold and flu, and she could see this symptom as soon as she came; There are also prevention and control methods: move the sick bird to a warm place to avoid wind, and increase the proportion of fishmeal or eggs in the pellet of hard birds; You can use cotton dipped in less water or white wine to gently wipe off the mucus on the nose of the sick bird to make it breathe smoothly, and add some honeysuckle, forsythia, mint, burdock and other herbs to the drinking water.

But Yang Cuihua didn't say it, but asked Wu Laoba to talk about other symptoms.

Wu Laoba frowned and said: "Other symptoms are malaise, lack of physical strength, flabby feathers, drooping wings, head sticking under the wings, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, frequent bowel movements, anus often stained with feces, feces are viscous or watery, feces are yellow-green or tan, and some will have blood in the stool; The body is getting thinner day by day! ”

Yang Cuihua said: "The two symptoms mentioned above are that the bird has a cold and has a problem with the intestines, and in layman's terms, it is not restrained!" ”

After a pause, he said solemnly: "For such symptoms, special attention should be paid to the cleanliness of feed and drinking water, and spoiled feed must not be fed, and drinking water should be replaced in time; Cages and bird gear should be washed frequently, kept clean and disinfected. Drinking water or feed with some Chinese herbs, such as cinnamon, cloves, pepper, atractylodes, tangerine peel, Huoxiang, Poria cocos, can play a role in dampness and spleen! ”

After Yang Cuihua finished the above words, she said thoughtfully: "The slave family just took a look at all your birds, and they are all precious birds; But there is a disease that is being transmitted among them, especially the two green-winged parrots and the red indigo and blue indigo chins, which may be transmitted to other birds by the carriers! ”

Yang Cuihua said that the four birds were sick and made another statement.

Judging whether there is something wrong with a bird is mainly observed from the following aspects:

(1) Physique: Birds with well-developed physiques have plump plumage, bright color, healthy skin, and bright eyes, giving people a solid and powerful, uniform and symmetrical feeling. Sick birds give people a sick feeling of emaciation, unkempt feathers, and lack of energy.

(2) Nutrition: A well-nourished bird with a round outline, a plump chest, elastic skin, shiny feathers, an oily beak, and bright eyes. Malnourished birds, exposed sternum, dry skin, lack of elasticity, loose feathers, not showy colors, etc. Malnutrition is often due to inadequate feed; or improper feed mixing; or dyspepsia, malabsorption, prolonged diarrhea or parasitic diseases, chronic wasting diseases, and other diseases. A variety of diseases can manifest changes in nutrition.

(3) Feathers: The feathers of healthy birds are shiny and shiny. When you have epilepsy, your feathers are unkempt and dull, and your whole body appears bloated. When there are parasites on the feathers or when there are deficiencies of pantothenic acid, folic acid, zinc, selenium and vitamin A, the feathers grow slowly, are coarse, fall off, break or fade.

(4) Eyes: The eyes of healthy birds are bright, the pupils are round, and the nostrils are clean. In general, birds suffering from any disease can show that their eyes are not focused. Some orniths can cause the lens to become cloudy and even blind. Some ornithiopathies are characterized by closed eyes, tearing, swelling, or caseous lesions. When vitamin A is deficient, you suffer from ophthalmia xerosa.

(5) Oral cavity: When observing the bird's oral cavity, attention should be paid to the state of the bird's oral mucosa, tongue and hard palate and mucus changes. For example, in Newcastle disease or organophosphate poisoning, there is an increase in oral mucus; When suffering from pox, there is a pox rash on the beautiful side of the oral and buccal mucosa, and there is a diphtheria-like ulcer on the oral mucosa; In vitamin A deficiency, there are ulcers, caseous necrosis, or diphtheria pseudomembranes in the mouth.

(6) Abdomen: The abdomen of the bird is soft and similar in color to the skin color. When the bird suffers from constipation, egg retention, abdominal mass, etc., or liver disease causes ascites effusion, as well as a large number of roundworms and tapeworms, it will cause the abdomen to enlarge significantly, and the hardness or color will change. For example, when an ostrich suffers from intestinal sand, the skin on the abdomen is blue-black.

(7) Skin: Although the skin of healthy birds varies from species to species, under normal conditions, the skin of birds is soft and elastic, and has a rose-colored color (except for black-bone chicken). The skin is the mirror of health, and attention should be paid to the color of the bare skin of the bird and the presence of swelling, warts, acne, etc. For example, when a bird suffers from skin pox, a pox rash may appear on the beak, eyelids, feet, etc.; In trauma, there is trauma and bleeding in the skin.

(8) Legs and joints: When birds suffer from arthritis, colibacillosis, salmonellosis and mycoplasmosis or other diseases, the joint capsule of the femoral tibial joint, tibial plantar joint and toe joint often swells and appears claudication.

(9) Toes and pads: whether there is necrosis and loss of skin on the feet and toes.

(10) Fecal pain: when the bird is defecating, it shows pain, anxiety, fear or labor, mostly suffering from peritonitis and gastroenteritis, or due to traumatic pericarditis, traumatic gastroenteritis and liver trauma caused by the gastrointestinal heart and liver organs being pierced by iron nails, steel needles, fish bones, sharp wooden sticks, etc......