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Toxoplasmosis in birds?

To: Maryanne Gates <>
Subject: Toxoplasmosis in birds?
From: Marg Peachey via Canberrabirds <>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:30:30 +0000
I agree Maryanne, ACT Wildlife hardly ever gets fledgling or juvenile king parrots in care.  I was thinking maybe someone robbed a hollow and raised the bird.
And toxoplasmosis is not a disease of birds, in this area,  it is a zoonotic disease spread by cats and affects possums occasionally (and people).

kind regards,
Marg


Marg Peachey
Training Officer, ACT Wildlife
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 19:47, Maryanne Gates <> wrote:
Marg, that is what I thought but we rarely ever get juvenile King Parrots in care.

Bird Coordinator

Wildcare Queanbeyan Inc

PO Box 1404 Queanbeyan NSW 2620

www.wildcare.com.au


0411 422 897

 

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 16:21, Marg Peachey via Canberrabirds <> wrote:
Hi Robin,

It sound like someone has raised it and released it.  It is very familiar with people and their surrounds.


kind regards,
Marg


Marg Peachey
Training Officer, ACT Wildlife
p: 0450 961 530
m("gmail.com","margpeachey");" target="_blank">
w: www.actwildlife.net


On Thu, 10 Nov 2022 at 09:53, Robin Eckermann via Canberrabirds <> wrote:

Toxoplasmosis in rats chauses changes of behaviour, reducing their innate fear to cat odours and presumably rendering them more easy targets.

Can it occur in birds? In our neighbourhood is an immature king parrot (now nicknamed "Psycho") that exhibits quite bizarre behaviour. It swoops the friendly magpies that for 20+ years have enjoyed time in our yard.  If the door is open, it will walk in and make itself at home - climbing up on furniture or flying onto a laptop screen to check out what's going on ... and is quite happy to climb up a leg until it finds some bare flesh and then has a chomp to see what it tastes like.

Any insights folk can offer would be gratefully received.

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