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KETOCONAZOLE (Nizoral)
The name of the drug is Ketoconazole and
the brand name is Nizoral. ... if your Eclectus is ever diagnosed
with a fungal infection, alert your vet that several female Eclectus
parrots have died as a direct result of taking this particular drug.
It might be suitable for larger animals, and I don't know if it has
caused the death of other parrot species, but please alert your vet
to the deaths that we know have occurred.
Other anti-fungal drugs appear to be
safer for Eclectus when they need anti-fungal treatment. Nystatin
is one antifungal drug that is safe even for young birds and I have
never heard of problems with Nystatin for parrots. I'm not a vet but
there is far too little research on drug interactions of parrots so
we
must be alert to the few warnings we're
lucky enough to have learn in order to avoid more tragedies.
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