VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

INSTRUCTION TO THE PET OWNER

An avian patient should be given following instructions for clinical examination

• The bird is likely to be more ease in its own cage and owner can be advised to bring the bird with its own cage
• The owner should be asked not to clean the cage and not to remove any material in the cage except water.
• Because direct observation of the bird’s usual environment can be very helpful in diagnosing problem.
• Samples of all feed stuffs should be brought along because the diet can inmate possible origins of clinical problems.
• Food samples included seed mixture, grit, oyster shell, mineral blocks, cuttle bones and other medicines.