Here are some pics of the frounce in Fairview, my passage red-tail hawk.  The
first pic shows the  advanced stage taken  at my avian  vets office.  Pic 2  shows
the founce  in the beginning  stage of "dying", noticable by the black spot of the
frounce.  All the other pics are of the eye and head to which the frounce has also
interfered with.  For more  information about each pic, put  your mouse on the pic
and some info will appear.

     Today is  December 29, 2001.  I thought I had gotten the upper hand on curing
this damn disease  but Fairview  has became ill  again from it.  The nodule inside
the mouth had  began to go away and we were at the end of the treatment.  A couple
days ago I noticed  Fairview couldn't eat very well again so I cast him and looked
inside his mouth again and the nodule had began to grow again.  I have him back on
meds again.  He is still able to eat on his own and I'm hoping  it stays that way.
Even  though I have  years of experience  in tube  feeding birds, it can  still be
dangerous and it is obviously unpleasant for the poor bird! The meds were repeated
a total of 4 times and it took nearly 3 months to clear this up!

Here is a  list of medications  and the doses  that we are  using to help cure the
frounce:




Medications Used For Frounce**

MEDICATION STRENGTH DIRECTIONS


Panacur 10% Suspension Give 1ml once a week for 3 weeks.


Metronidazole 250 mg tablets Give 1/6th of a pill once a day for 7 days.


Carnidazole (Spartrix) 10 mg tablets Give 2 tablets twice a day for 3 days.


Baytril (injectable) 2.27% Suspension Give .40ml twice a day for 10 days.


**Please keep  in mind that  these doses were  for a specific  weight which was
omitted for safety reasons.




Advanced stage; pic from my Avian Vets office; Lakeview Animal Hospital, Bountiful, UT.
Beginning to die; 2.5 days after beginning antibiotics; notice the black spot at the top of the yellow growth.
Left eye showing some inflamation and secretions.
Full head shot showing the immense swelling of the left eye. 
Left eyelid closed.  He always keeps it closed unless something scares him.
Head shot showing the closed left eye and the normal eye.
He is now opening the left eye.
Cross-beak due to extra tissue growth inside the left jaw muscle after the frounce was cured.  A simular image would be if you lifted weights with only 1 arm and not the other!




Eddie B. Horvath


Copyright 1996 Eddie B. Horvath