Answer:

There is a frequent passage of droppings in small quantities and the parts are dry and swollen with fever. The discharge is at first watery, but soon becomes white and very offensive.

It collects upon the feathers and irritates the skin and destroys the plumage. The inflamed skin around the vent may become ulcerous.

For treatment procure a sufficient quantity of quite warm water to immerse the lower part of the body and dissolve a tablespoonful of bicarbonate of soda in each quart of water.

Hold the bird in this water for a half hour each day, and after removing it, dry the parts and inject a tablespoonful of the following mixture:

• Glycerine two ounces
• Boric acid one and one-half drams
• Morphia sulphate one grain
• Water a half pint.
  

A small piece of cotton may be saturated with the remedy and inserted into the vent twice a day, allowing it to remain there till the bird expels it.

If sores or ulcers form upon the skin outside, keep them dusted well with iodoform.

The disease is contagious and an afflicted bird should be at once isolated from the remainder of the flock.