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Worm Disease

Cause - The most common worms found in pigeons today are roundworms hair worms, stomach wall worms, gapeworms, stromglylids and tapeworms.      

Symptoms - The symptoms vary with the type of infestation, and conceivably pigeons can live with slight infestations and show no ill effects. Severe infestations generally cause droopiness, loss of weight and some diarrhea. Gapeworms can cause breathing problems. The best way to determine if a worm problem exists is to have the droppings checked.

Sour Crop - Candida, Thrush

Cause - This very common disease is caused by a fungus infection of the digestive tract. It is often associated with excessive use of antibiotics.

Symptoms - Infected birds become listless, won't eat, lose weight, develop a water-filled crop and vomit often. This vomit often has a very putrid odor. Sometimes, in laser cases, thrush will show itself as just small whitish spots in the throat, which causes confusion with canker, Another much less noticed symptoms, usually found only in adult birds, is feather pulling.

Respiratory infections - Mycoplasmosis & Ornithosis

Cause - These diseases all fall into the infectious bacterial category.

Coryza   is actually the descriptive term used to identify the thick mucus discharges usually associated with both Mycoplasmosis catarrh and Ornithosis. The bacteria (termed Chlamydia in the case of Ornithosis) lodge in the upper respiratory tract and can be extremely hard to completely eradicate. Often, infected birds never completely recover. Although their external symptoms may disappear, they can remain carriers for life.