Man who sold me ILT-infected chickens still selling
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:06 pm
Hi folks!
A few months back I bought birds from a man which ended up testing positive for ILT (the brahma was mildly symptomatic from day one, and when one of them deteriorated to hacking blood I brought her to Campus Estate Animal Hospital where the test was done). The birds he sold me also had feather lice and scaly leg mites, so the whole thing was a crash course on chicken nursing. Did a lot of medicated baths + rubbing legs in olive oil!
The birds survived, and I intend to keep them quarantined until their death (I will never breed/sell birds, these guys are all I have), but it looks like one now has viral-induced cancer from the ILT, so.....not the happiest of endings.
I gave the seller's information to my vet, and the seller told me he'd sold all of his birds and would pass on the ILT warning to other buyers, but as you might guess he was being less than truthful. All the guy did was change his kijiji name and continue selling.
I'm new to the chicken world, the ones I bought from him being my first, so I'm not sure if there's any health registry I can give his information to that will stop him from selling ILT-infected birds? Would be very grateful for any advice.
Have attached an invoice from the vet visit for the ILT, a photo of my coop with blood hacked all over it, and a screenshot of the guy lying about his birds being cleared of ILT via text ("the vet was here, he says my birds don't have".....then one day later, "sorry how is the ILT test done again?"
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A few months back I bought birds from a man which ended up testing positive for ILT (the brahma was mildly symptomatic from day one, and when one of them deteriorated to hacking blood I brought her to Campus Estate Animal Hospital where the test was done). The birds he sold me also had feather lice and scaly leg mites, so the whole thing was a crash course on chicken nursing. Did a lot of medicated baths + rubbing legs in olive oil!
The birds survived, and I intend to keep them quarantined until their death (I will never breed/sell birds, these guys are all I have), but it looks like one now has viral-induced cancer from the ILT, so.....not the happiest of endings.
I gave the seller's information to my vet, and the seller told me he'd sold all of his birds and would pass on the ILT warning to other buyers, but as you might guess he was being less than truthful. All the guy did was change his kijiji name and continue selling.
I'm new to the chicken world, the ones I bought from him being my first, so I'm not sure if there's any health registry I can give his information to that will stop him from selling ILT-infected birds? Would be very grateful for any advice.
Have attached an invoice from the vet visit for the ILT, a photo of my coop with blood hacked all over it, and a screenshot of the guy lying about his birds being cleared of ILT via text ("the vet was here, he says my birds don't have".....then one day later, "sorry how is the ILT test done again?"
)