Tragic photos underline common hind horses: 'death sentence'

Australia has some of the most fascinating wild animals in the world, from rarely seen and difficult -to -one prey to everyday birds that visit our backyards.

However, the interaction with local animals can have devastating consequences, and Aussies are asked to leave wild animals alone after grim photos of a dermat disease covered in a skin disease that is covered as the “death sentence” if they are not treated.

The lonely elster was spotted with the legs covered with scaly leg mites along a street, a state caused by the digging mites -knemidocoptes mutans. It leaves the bird with hardened, crusted legs, which can prevent them from running in severe cases and let themselves be sitting.

“It is a death sentence unless the Cat coake of Wild Animals Australia Australia towards Yahoo News.

What is scaly leg mites?

Dandruff mites are microscopic insects that live on the lower legs and feet of a bird and between birds that come in close contact with each other are easy to enact. Often those who are either younger or older are more susceptible to the development of the condition with lower immune defenses.

In the case of domestic birds such as chickens and budgies, it is seen as a result of poor care and hygiene, but coake is often from the parents of the bird or gears in wild populations of magpies, crows and currawongs in unnaturally large groups.

“It can be really terrible,” she said to Yahoo News. “The majority of the birds who get scaly mite gets it from their families and is attacked by other birds,” she said.

Unfortunately, people can play a role in spreading the condition.

“Every time you bring an unnatural amount of animals together and you come into contact with each other, you can spread illnesses,” she said. Inappropriately large groups can wear and spread it. “

Make big mistakes out of native birds

Yahoo previously reported on several magpies with broken beaks, which triggered Australians a warning that regularly feed birds that end up in their backyards. Foods such as minced meat and bread, although they are not toxic, can still be incredibly fatal.

When magpie suffers from a broken beak, this is often the result of a metabolic bone disease (MBD) and oral infections from a lack of nutrition. Bread and minced meat that can also get stuck in the beak do not contain the nutrients that the birds need.

“The countless problems do not stop here, since the feeding of magpies can also lead to the birds gather in unnaturally large numbers, whereby the competition and spread of diseases between herds, Keith Portous, a Sunshine Coast Local otherwise known online as” Wildlife Rescuer “, previously to Yahoo.

“If you feed animals, especially the wrong foods, you can develop poor general health and become more susceptible to skin diseases,” said Coake.

“We very much prefer that people don't feed them,” she said. But for those who cannot help themselves, they suggested food that they would of course meet in the wild.

“Do a worm farm and a compost heap and of course do it,” she said.

“Everyone wants to interact with these beautiful, incredible animals, and there is nothing to complain about, but do it right, or they will cause their death through metabolic bone diseases and bad health management.”

Coake's advice on Aussies, who discover a wild bird that looks bad after wear, is to “get in touch with the closest wildlife organization”, which can help catch and treat the bird before it is too late.

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