Lorikeet recovery

[Pixiebeak]

@Shezbug

 

[Shezbug]

Thanks, I’m aware of this issue unfortunately, similar thing happened a few years back with corellas.
There’s a few groups rescuing and nursing them back to health, wires was the first ones I saw getting overwhelmed with birds needing help- I follow a few accounts of people who rescue for wires. Sad that they still haven’t worked out what it is causing this problem.

 

[Pixiebeak]

I know you have been following and advising those who found birds down .

I was just so happy to see that some can recover !

It's so odd that it hasn't been determined what cause.

It's so sad to see beautiful native parrots suffering.

It reminds me a lot of when West Nile virus first steamrolled through our birds in America 2002,(?) We treated thousands, lost hundreds, did so much testing , it took time to figure out .but I'm pretty sure in a couple of months we knew was a virus , longer to determine which

but this is the second year (?) Of this mysterious syndrome? Scary

Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome Project

Our citizen scientist research project is exploring why lorikeet paralysis syndrome occurs in the southern Queensland and northern New South Wales regions of Australia.

www.sydney.edu.au

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[Pixiebeak]

Investigation into clinicopathological and pathological findings, prognosis, and aetiology of lorikeet paralysis syndrome in rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus )

To report the temporal and spatial distribution of rainbow lorikeets presenting with lorikeet paralysis syndrome (LPS) and their clinicopathologic and pathologic findings, exposure to toxins, and response to treatment.Records of lorikeets admitted in ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov