Where do you live? I found the exact same thing, heartbreaking,
bright blue male bluebird too. They won't test anymore around here
,because we have a really high infection rate and they're overwhelmed with
the cases. I hate this. Did you vaccinate? I've just given my 5th one.
They're recommending here that we vaccinate every 3 months.
I wonder if your old horse actually had it? Or it mimics so many
other things..........Grrrrr....
Last night when I went to get hay for my horses, I found a
dead bluebird on the ground. Didn't look like anything
killed it. No chew marks, feathers seemed to be all find,
except the side it was laying on was flattened. How many
days can they test for WNV?
Last year one of the horses became sick. We had
just brought our other horses back from pasture and strangles was
taking it's course on a couple of them. (I don't know where
my horses are getting the strangles from when they are at
pasture. Can they get it from deer or livestock?) I
thought the other horse may have had strangles since it had been
around, but he didn't show the typical signs of strangles.
He was stiff or just didn't want to move and when he moved it was
very slow. I never noticed any twitching. It came and
went in less than a week. None of my other horses showed any
signs of what this horse had. He's an older horse, around 22
years old.
Any suggestions on the bird? Or what that horse
may have had?
Thanks
Shelley
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