It will sit hunched up on the perch with its feathers fluffed up. By watching your birds carefully at this stage and you will see them rubbing their face back and forward on the perch. This can be a source of future infection and hygiene in the aviary at this time is most important. Wash your perches down daily until the infection is clear. Now that we know what to look for, What is the cause and What is the cure.
Trichomoniasis is caused by a parasite that gets into the crop of the bird.
Left alone it will almost certainly manifest itself to a stage where it can be seen from the above symptoms, although there are some birds which carry the Trichomoniasis parasite in their crop without showing any signs of illness. These birds are known as carriers shows the need to treat the whole of the stud of birds the following way. One eighth of a teaspoon of Emtryl should be placed in two pints of water. Care should be taken Not to get this on your hands whether it is in the powder form or diluted in water and it should be stored out of the way and reach of children. The diluted solution should be place in the drinkers in the cage or flight and all other water should be removed.