mutes

[Dave G]

hi all was wondering if any of you knew what was causing this my male harris mutes are white white a brown part to it but are very watery , hes eating fine flying well but never had his mutes so watery does any one know whats causing it ??? thanx

[Roel_Birds]

Watery mutes can have several causes:

-a high intake of water results in excretion of much water
-when a bird is burning a lot of fat, in the beginning of training, it excretes more water
-it may indicate a kidney problem, which can have different reasons
-some viral infections cause this too

[Sprout]

What part is watery? The brown part = diarrhoea, white part = renal. Seeing a picture of the mutes would help narrow down the list of possible problems. If the brown bit is more watery I'd suggest send a faecal sample off for analysis, if it's the white part then a blood sample may be in order to rule out underlying problems.

[Coedhirion]

send a mute sample to any top avian vet, it is cheap and will tell you if you have a problem. Could be worms ..probably not, do you defrost food? if so how, half thawed or microwave thawed is something that crops up and should never be be fed !! Hope you find the problem.

[Pitbull]

is there a book or chart sheet that has pictures of good mutes, bad mutes, and what means what.

[Tagz]

http://www.themodernapprentice.com/mutes.htm