Name: Melissa
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What are the shots birds need? Think zorro old enough.
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Post subject: Re: Shots
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:12 am
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Birds don't need shots unless they are sick and the vet recommends it. Other than that, it's not needed.
Mel
Post subject: Re: Shots
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:22 am
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All birds?
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Post subject: Re: Shots
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:49 am
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Yes. Dogs and cats get shots to protect against rabies. Birds are not mammals, so therefore can't get rabies.
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Post subject: Re: Shots
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:36 am
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There are very few vaccinations available for birds and most people don't use them because the risk of getting the disease is so low.
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Post subject: Re: Shots
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:54 pm
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tielfan wrote:
There are very few vaccinations available for birds and most people don't use them because the risk of getting the disease is so low.
Ahh i could of sworn there was some but what if u take ur bird to petstore?
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Post subject: Re: Shots
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 4:33 pm
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I think you'd have to go to a vet to get the shots, and they might have to special order the materials because they're rarely used. It looks like the only vaccine that's really available is for polyomavirus. It does say at http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-health/ ... cines.aspx that caiques are one of the species that are most susceptible to this, and if your bird is going to be in contact with a lot of other birds it might be a good idea to get it. But otherwise it's not necessary.
Name: Melissa
Posts: 3264 Joined: May 2008 Location: Renton (Seattle), WA Gave happy chirps:142 times Got happy chirps:69 times
tielfan wrote:
I think you'd have to go to a vet to get the shots, and they might have to special order the materials because they're rarely used. It looks like the only vaccine that's really available is for polyomavirus. It does say at http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-health/ ... cines.aspx that caiques are one of the species that are most susceptible to this, and if your bird is going to be in contact with a lot of other birds it might be a good idea to get it. But otherwise it's not necessary.
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