Probiotics
Probiotics can be beneficial for your starling bird during a molt, after administering any type of medication, and any other time they experience stress. You can’t overdose with a probiotic. Probiotics are simply a boost for the good gut flora and helps to strengthen the bird’s health and immune system.
Bird Antibiotics
Oral Antibiotics
Amoxicillin
Amoxicillin (and ampicillin) are effective against many gram postive and some gram negtive bacteria. Most of the infections that birds have are gram negative, so penicillin based products won’t work with most infections. Amoxicillin (penicillin based) is used for cat bites in birds with good results, as Pasteruella is a gram positive bacteria.
The penicillin antibiotics have limited use in birds except for Pasteurella infections. For cat bites, Amoxicillian is a better choice to use, not because it works any better but because the less we use Baytril (see below), the better chance we have of not causing a resistant bacteria to develop.
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So you’ve adopted and/or rescued a European Starling. Well done! Your life is on a path of promising events and opportunities. In order to keep your bird happy (and alive), you’ll need to feed them a proper diet.
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