Re: Respiratory
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2024 10:11 pm
I know my ways and ideas are the opposite to some and don’t pretend that my way is necessarily better and probably haven’t achieved some of the accolades that some have but have still been pretty successful over the years. This is one of the things with this sport, there are many different ways and I think it both good and useful to others to get different views.
There are a couple of points that have been said that I don’t necessarily agree with.
As I have said before I don’t treat for anything. If a bird goes sick one of three things happen. It dies, is moved on if it doesn’t recover or it gets better on its own. Any outcome is fine by me. Those that survive are stronger specimens as a result with good immunity. I’ve had PMV twice and have only lost the odd pigeon. The best have shown little sign of it. I’ve had young bird sickness but change nothing. If I lose any I just think there ones that would probably fail sooner or later anyway. I’ve only ever had canker in a couple of pigeons who were disposed of.
I treat pigeons the same as myself. I’ve work for 47 years and in all those years only had 2 days off sick. Those were 2 days together back in the 80s when I had flu and couldn’t get out of bed. I’ve gone to work in a pretty poorly way at times but never stopped me. I have broken my wrists of the years being kicked by cows. Twice I had them put in plaster after morning milking and was back milking again in the afternoon with a wrist in plaster. The third time I never even had it treated and continued swimming and playing waterpolo with it. I am suffering with it a bit now mind. I had a foot operation a few years ago but was back in the shop on crutches the following day. I very rarely take any medication for anything,
One point made which I would deny was that athletes never win with respiratory issues. I was a county swimmer and won gold medals at western counties level against swimmers from 5 different counties. Sometimes I would have a cold or feel rough but still win. If anything I think my body fighting an infection made it stronger. I haven’t competed for years now but would still be confident of winning against others in my age group.
Another point was treating as a preventative rather than when an infection occurs. How can you treat something that doesn’t exist?
The drug suggested to use is for heart worms in cattle, horses and sheep and scrape in humans. In all my years of farming I have never heard of heart worms.
I have very little faith in doctors or vets. When I was farming I rarely used a vet. I would do most of my own treatments. Take a lame cow for instance. I would pair the hoof and clear the infection. A vet would do the same but would also give a course of antibiotic's. The cow wouldn’t get better any quicker but the milk would have to be rejected for a week along with the cost. Vets and doctors are giving antibiotics just because they don’t really know what the problem is and it sounds good.
Just my way of doing things. We are all different.
There are a couple of points that have been said that I don’t necessarily agree with.
As I have said before I don’t treat for anything. If a bird goes sick one of three things happen. It dies, is moved on if it doesn’t recover or it gets better on its own. Any outcome is fine by me. Those that survive are stronger specimens as a result with good immunity. I’ve had PMV twice and have only lost the odd pigeon. The best have shown little sign of it. I’ve had young bird sickness but change nothing. If I lose any I just think there ones that would probably fail sooner or later anyway. I’ve only ever had canker in a couple of pigeons who were disposed of.
I treat pigeons the same as myself. I’ve work for 47 years and in all those years only had 2 days off sick. Those were 2 days together back in the 80s when I had flu and couldn’t get out of bed. I’ve gone to work in a pretty poorly way at times but never stopped me. I have broken my wrists of the years being kicked by cows. Twice I had them put in plaster after morning milking and was back milking again in the afternoon with a wrist in plaster. The third time I never even had it treated and continued swimming and playing waterpolo with it. I am suffering with it a bit now mind. I had a foot operation a few years ago but was back in the shop on crutches the following day. I very rarely take any medication for anything,
One point made which I would deny was that athletes never win with respiratory issues. I was a county swimmer and won gold medals at western counties level against swimmers from 5 different counties. Sometimes I would have a cold or feel rough but still win. If anything I think my body fighting an infection made it stronger. I haven’t competed for years now but would still be confident of winning against others in my age group.
Another point was treating as a preventative rather than when an infection occurs. How can you treat something that doesn’t exist?
The drug suggested to use is for heart worms in cattle, horses and sheep and scrape in humans. In all my years of farming I have never heard of heart worms.
I have very little faith in doctors or vets. When I was farming I rarely used a vet. I would do most of my own treatments. Take a lame cow for instance. I would pair the hoof and clear the infection. A vet would do the same but would also give a course of antibiotic's. The cow wouldn’t get better any quicker but the milk would have to be rejected for a week along with the cost. Vets and doctors are giving antibiotics just because they don’t really know what the problem is and it sounds good.
Just my way of doing things. We are all different.