Chaffinch ,is this a disease on the legs ? (1 Viewer)

earleybird

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• Feb 18, 2014

• #1

I noticed this bird 2 weeks ago but today was the first chance I've had to get a picture .

It looks like she has leggings :-O looks healthy enough but I'd like some opinion on what the white stuff on the feet and lower legs might be. She has certainly got prodigous leg feathers

 

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stonechat1

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• Feb 18, 2014

• #2

Not funny at all, your chaffinch (a male btw) is sure a "doomed man" with his disease.

 

bartolli

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• Feb 18, 2014

• #3

Try Googling "bto chaffinch warts legs" . I can't copy the link on my mobile. Not good but not that unusual unfortunately.

 

earleybird

Well-known member

• Feb 18, 2014

• #4

thanks Bartolli :t:
lots of sick birds around at the moment.:-C

 

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stonechat1

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• Feb 19, 2014

• #5

bartolli said:

[...] Not good but not that unusual unfortunately.

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Not good? What do you expect for a bird with those massive growths? We even don´t recognise the toes so the bird likely can´t use it for sitting on branches. Sooner or later he will even not be able to stand on the legs when the bird doesn´t die earlier because of additional infections.

 

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stonechat1

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• Feb 19, 2014

• #6

earleybird said:

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lots of sick birds around at the moment.:-C

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Desinfect your feeding site, that´s all what you can do to prevent further distribution.