Pigeon Pox

Not a pleasant sight I agree. Unfortunately I haven't found detailed description of the disease progress, and I don't know what to expect yet.
I know though that it should be approximately 3~4 weeks, but for young birds it may take longer.
Liaisons are becoming darker now, one in the mouth did fell off, but there are two remaining.

That poor bird...the look in his eyes. ...

Is he having a difficult time breathing?

Very good documentation, Plamen.

My heart goes out to that poor pij

Thank you Plamenh for such great photos! They are a very good learning tool.

Poor bird, it's so comforting to know he's in your care!
In the last photos, the lesions look a little smaller and drier than before, so hopefully he's over the worst! I'm very glad one of them has fallen off. Best wishes for you both.

Bless his heart for hanging in there and bless your heart, Plamen, for being such a wonderful caregiver.

This “little poor bird” is giving me hard time. Pecking and wing slapping, wiggling… It is quite a mission to feed him now, when his strength is back.
Interesting part is that when I feed him or smear mouth with Iodine, but the moment I start with Tea Tree oil cleaning his liaisons stands still, seems he enjoys that.
His mouth growth is still bad, Iodine helps a bit. Good thing is that his throat is clear, he can breath without problem, even if he cannot close his beak.
Outside some of the pimples, started piling off. Skin under is pink and bit inflamed, but looks promising for a start.
So far after almost 2 weeks gone, first signs of changes for better are here.

plamenh wrote:

This “little poor bird” is giving me hard time. Pecking and wing slapping, wiggling… It is quite a mission to feed him now, when his strength is back.
Interesting part is that when I feed him or smear mouth with Iodine, but the moment I start with Tea Tree oil cleaning his liaisons stands still, seems he enjoys that.
His mouth growth is still bad, Iodine helps a bit. Good thing is that his throat is clear, he can breath without problem, even if he cannot close his beak.
Outside some of the pimples, started piling off. Skin under is pink and bit inflamed, but looks promising for a start.
So far after almost 2 weeks gone, first signs of changes for better are here.

That's great news, Plamen.

That's one of the worse cases I've ever seen.

The sores certainly look frightening! It's good that his strength is coming back and he's feisty, but I can imagine it doesn't help you at feeding and treating time! A bit like me looking after Hercules: If I give his leg a massage, he gives my hand acupuncture!

By the way, you're not going to call him Quazimodo, are you?!

OH Teresa... ...you are a funny girl!

Teresa wrote:

The sores certainly look frightening! It's good that his strength is coming back and he's feisty, but I can imagine it doesn't help you at feeding and treating time! A bit like me looking after Hercules:
If I give his leg a massage, he gives my hand acupuncture!

By the way, you're not going to call him Quazimodo, are you?!

This poor bird. My heart just breaks to look at these pictures.

Thank God Plamen he is in your care.

I'm glad to hear that he is gaining back his strength and is showing signs of improvement.


Louise

The liaisons are dark gray now and drying up slowly.
(you can clearly see the difference between yellow liaison on the eye and the one on the beak)
No new growth for the last week observed.
Still he has quite messy look.

- Tea tree oil daily externally
- Diluted Iodine solution to swab inside the mouth
- Hand feeding
- Vitamins and immuno-stimulants in tablet form

Bless you for taking care of this lovely pij.

Has been some time since my last post about Quazimodo, and yes he is fine now, POX is gone. Approximately 6 weeks and some extra recovery time for scars and damaged beak.



Bottom line, supportive care, natural antivirals and immune boost did the job no matter how bad this pox was. They did nothing for his bad behavior though, he is still pecking and wing-slapping me.

He looks great! Sorry about his bad behavior though...I guess you'll just have to cope as best you can.

Planning to find him mate, this usually helps, he is in moult now and that's the main reason why is still single. LOL

I'm sure you will find a pigeon gal that likes his look. He does have a sweet looking face. By looking, I'd never believe he had some bad behavior.
Good luck with your mate serach. I don't suspect it will take long wioth all the possibles you have to choose from your own back yard.

Plamenh, I hardly can believe that this is the same bird. I am so happy how healthy he looks in the meanwhile. You have done a wonderful job - again!!!!!!

Thanks for the update, Plamen.

Quazimodo looks wonderful.

What a transformation. He looks so handsome now!

It's wonderful to see him looking so much better! You'll have to give him a new name now...