{"id":11,"date":"2017-01-21T11:22:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T11:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingpigeonsport.com\/?p=11"},"modified":"2022-12-01T18:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T18:17:50","slug":"sour-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingpigeonsport.com\/sour-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Sour crop in pigeons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sour crop in pigeons can be&nbsp;quite common and is usually linked with the poor grit or the consumption of bad grains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term &#8220;sour crop&#8221; generally refers to an infection in the crop or digestive tract. The infection causes the crop to shut-down and any food content in the crop to turn &#8220;sour&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/vcahospitals.com\/know-your-pet\/crop-infections-in-birds\" target=\"_blank\">hand feeding<\/a> of pet birds such as parrots, especially young birds has been known to increase the risk of infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"208\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/racingpigeonsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/sour-crop-pigeon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2509\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Credit: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gretchen-kaufman-14305835\" target=\"_blank\">Gretchen E Kaufman<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Symptoms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contaminated birds often show the following signs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Won\u2019t eat anything<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the beak, crop smells if it&#8217;s sour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lose a lot of weight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crop fills with water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adult pigeons may pull out feathers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frequent Vomiting &#8211; This vomit can have a quite putrid odour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In less&nbsp;serious instances, thrush will show as just small whitish spots in the throat, which is often mistaken for <a href=\"https:\/\/racingpigeonsport.com\/canker-in-pigeons\/\">canker<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prevention<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of good quality grit at all times, a good diet and corn that isn&#8217;t mouldy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<br>https:\/\/www.siegelpigeons.com\/asked-sourcrop.html<br>https:\/\/vcahospitals.com\/know-your-pet\/crop-infections-in-birds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sour crop in pigeons can be\u00a0quite common and is usually linked with the poor grit or the consumption of bad grains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - 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