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Developing new products can be very time consuming and with sick birds it can be difficult to get suitable candidates. Cathy Anderson from the USA helped us develop our new PDD Food, Special Needs Diet and we are delighted her 'too, Peanut, is thriving despite her vets gloomy prognosis.

Hi Malcolm,
 It is exciting to get the news that you are going to launch the
PDD food called Special Needs Diet .  You know I feed Peanut the KT hand formula mixed with the PDD Food, Probiotic, vitamin C, KYO-Green a green barley and magma blend, and Astragulus Tincture, cinnamon, St. Johns Wart and I have now added Slippery Elm.

She is still quite well and it's been 6 months since she was told she only had a month to live. She had gained 160g from her lowest weight but has lost 50 of those recently. She has been going through a very heavy moult this Spring and the new feathers are just beautiful also. Her appetite went up tremendously with the moult. She eats 40 to 50ml 4x's a day. Some days only 3x's.  I feel that she will regain this weight as the molt is finishing.

She continues to be active, playful, talking, preening and a showoff for company. She is maybe 7 or 8 years old. The previous owner didn't know for sure. I had to enclose a current picture of her with her white hanky that she waves around.This bird is truly living a good life on this food. If she tries to sneak the other birds seed, even a little it passes through undigested . She tries some veges or apple sometimes and at times this is OK and other times it is regurgitated.  Mainly she eats this mix and a little KT Exact Pellets. Not much though.

Sincerely,
Cathy and Peanut
USA

According to Cathy's vet this healthy looking bird should be dead by now.
Birds with PDD will never regain proper gut function but, with very special foods, some may defeat the virus.

From this to this in just six weeks!!

It is not often we get comments from customers that are illustrated with some fabulous photos. However you can see the effect of our supplements on the feather condition and general health of some very tatty looking gouldian finches by visiting the site run by Laraine McGinnis, one of America's leading breeders of gouldian finches. Laraine is also an excellent photographer and this article graphically illustrates how our supplements helped her with some "rescued" gouldians that had not improved even after six weeks of her "normal" diet.

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Click here to enter Laraine's site   (also she has some super pictures for sale!)

 

I am writing to tell you about my pair of Blue-fronted Amazons. Within 36 hours of getting them the cock was severely stressed, he was having difficulty breathing and the idea of taking him to a vet was, I thought, too stressful to be considered. Having no luck with the vets I phoned the Birdcare Company. I followed their advice and gave him Poly-Aid (Survive) on anything he will eat, which wasn't much at that time. I used your products on millet, apples, and sweet corn and three days late I had a nice calm pair of Amazons who only wheezed when anyone except me came near them. A week later I put a nesting box outside the aviary, shortly after I had a hen sitting on four eggs. Without Poly-Aid (Survive) I'm sure he would have died. Thank you very much.

Mrs Sara Black

The first budgie I treated with Poly-Aid (Survive) was suffering from Pneumonia, loss of appetite and bad breathing. It was treated at the vet with regular injections but not eating was making it weaker. Poly-Aid (Survive) was used and within a week Joey was back at home as chirpy as before.

The second budgie I treated was found in a friend's garden being attacked by a magpie. It was in a state of deep shock, very thin and had no appetite. I fed it Poly-Aid (Survive) for four days and it began feeding for itself. Two of my birds have been saved this year thanks to your great product, Poly-Aid (Survive). Also, many thanks for your continuous help and support throughout the year.

Miss D. Demetriou

Recently I had lost 18 baby canaries although full with food and starting to feather. Following your advice I used Potent Brew and things have been much better this time around. We have reared 25 chicks from the same number of pairs.
Thank you for your advice,

Mr Andrew Outhwaite

 I had a feather plucking problem with my African grey, which I spoke to you about. I gave him Spark (Energize) for two days as your literature suggested before we went from Plymouth to Bristol to visit the vet. He travelled up there no problem and even with the stress of being examined we travelled home with no problems. Once we got home he was eating right away and acting totally normal.

Nicola Dodd from Plymouth

I spotted a little lovebird in a pet shop that had been plucked by its parents and its siblings, it was underweight, breathing badly, and its tail feathers were gone. The rest of its plumage was in an appalling state. I managed to buy the bird and immediately put him on Spark (Energize) and antibiotics. He picked up amazingly and started moving about his cage and was always eating. He also had a bacterial infection and had to be left with a vet for several days. The vet didn't give Widget much of a chance. When I returned the vet was amazed at how well Widget had recovered. I know that Widget was well on the way to dying when I rescued him and even the antibiotics may not have saved him, but with the help of Spark (Energize) he made a stunning recovery.

Best wishes, Gill Hunt.

At the South Western Bengalese Finch Club Show, Mr and Mrs Palmer discovered a box of birds, some of which were already dead due to insufficient air through unforeseen circumstances. The birds were given Spark (Energize) and sunshine and a pair of Chocolate Bengalese, to all appearances dead, won Best in Show 2 hours later.

Dear Malcolm.

Credit where it is due.

After spending £112.00 on local vet bills,and several more pounds on antibiotics without any improvements in the birds symptoms. I decided to venture further from home for advice, my first thoughts was The Birdcare Company, on going through your web page I came across the Bird Vet Online that you operate.

I mentioned the problems in an email to you which were, Excessive thirst, Excessive amount of urine , You recommended that we try treating the immune system, with Calcivet,Guardian Angel and Gold Label Feast, well , I won't mince my words for I had little faith in the recommendations that I had received.

I treated the bird as per your prescription on the three items mentioned, after 72 hours a little improvement was showing in the amount of urine that was being past ,when the bird still remained with excessive thirst, now after almost four weeks I consider the bird to be free from both excessive thirst and the passing of excessive urine .

A Good Job Done And Many Thanks.

Kind Regards J.N.Birch Avian Art UK.


This posting is from the discussion group 'livingwithpdd'

Hi Amy.

My Green winged Macaw was tested positive for PDD over 5 years ago.
With a lot of love,hard work and hand feeding he has now tested
negative for over 2 years and now is sharing his life with a lovely
Blue and Gold.
You can see a photo of him under "my babies".

So it can and does happen.

I would like to say that the Special needs diet from the Birdcare
company was one of the things that kept him alive while he was so ill.

I am praying that Maggie can survive this,I have a Triton and they
are really tough birds.

June xxx

 

Consider this email a big hug from across the pond! I truly believe Survive, Guardian Angel and Potent Brew saved my African Grey's life.

He became listless, polyuric, lost massive weight (down to 340g) and seemed destined for death.

The vet could find nothing wrong with him. Tests and x-rays showed nothing.

I began giving him Survive and Guardian Angel. In 2 days he somehow seemed different...perked up when I filled the feed dish for one. (I had to hand feed him yams and formula to get him to eat prior) 5 days later he's eating great and now weighs 400g ! He hasn't played with a toy until this morning and I now feel safe in saying The Birdcare Company saved my Billy Burd!

I cannot thank you enough for a fabulous product. I have told all my friends and online forums about you!

Eternally grateful!

Tess Thompson & Billy Burd
Hampstead, Maryland
USA

 

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