Subject: pine siskin (re-sending)
Date: May 4 11:44:18 2004
From: suzanne krom - szkrom at juno.com


I recently encountered a similar situation and contacted State Fish and
Wildlife for recommendations for what to do. Here is their response--

You usually have two choices for this kind of situation. 1) Take the
feeder(s) down for a couple of weeks or 2) Sterilize them everyday with a
weak bleach solution, mid-day would be best.

Suzanne Krom


On Tue, 4 May 2004 06:35:35 -0700 "Nancy" <n.lander at comcast.net> writes:
> Suzanne,
> Thank You for the link to the House Finch conjunctivitis.
> I contacted Cornell and will talk with them. I would hate for this
> to
> infect other birds. The gold finches have just arrived and
> evidently if
> this is that disease, they can catch it.
> The photos of the house finch avian eye disease looks like the same
> thing
> that is affecting this pine siskin. His one eye is closed completely
> and all
> red an very puffed out. I will take a photo of him. I would love to
> catch
> him, but do not have a clue how to go about this.
> Nancy
> Renton, WA.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "suzanne krom" <szkrom at juno.com>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 7:05 AM
> Subject: Re: pine siskin (re-sending)
>
>
> > Does anyone know if this could be the same eye disease afflicting
> house
> > finches? Here's information on Cornell Lab of Ornithology's
> website:
> > http://birds.cornell.edu/hofi/.
> >
> > It may be helpful to track any pattern of infection by filling out
> their
> > form:
> >
>
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/InstruxandUpdates/sick_unusual_2003.pdf
> > .
> >
> > Suzanne Krom
> > Seattle
>
>
>
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