Trouble with birds is they get so sick so fast that it is probably safer to
go ahead and treat them.  If they are sick the time to get to the vet and
the stress of the trip can be fatal.

Jo

I always keep a supply of Ornacycline on hand and yes, it's fairly normal to
treat a bird this way.  As for resistance, Peaches is 2-1/2 years old (still
a baby, really, since she could possibly outlive me) and this is the first
time she's been given a dose.  She hasn't had an opportunity to build up any
sort of resistance.

If she were to show signs of further illness I'd take her to the vet, but as
you know I don't have a job.  I would not put my concerns about that ahead
of the health of my pets, but as someone who has owned birds since 1966 I
also know if they go downhill fast there is usually nothing a vet can do.

Jill

Yep, that's why I got so concerned.  She's my first parrot, albeit a small
one (the smallest of the South African parrots, in fact).  I've always had
parakeets until I got her but the signs are the same, be it a finch,
parakeet or parrot.

Jill