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intestinal yeast infection in cockatoo

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Question
Is their a healthy alternative to nystatin for yeast infectin in cockatoo?

Answer
Hi, Maureen,

You can try plain vanilla Yogurt if your bird will eat it, but if you've had this bird to an avian vet who prescribed Nystatin, I'd keep the bird on the prescribed medicine.  The problem with trying to feed the Yogurt is your bird may not eat it at all, may not eat enough of it to help, may not get enough of it quickly enough to help the bird, etc.

Chrys