{"id":13459,"date":"2026-04-28T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/?p=13459"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:32:19","slug":"when-should-you-medicate-your-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/when-should-you-medicate-your-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"When Should You Medicate Your Bird?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you medicate your birds regularly\u2026 or only when they\u2019re sick? This is one of the most misunderstood topics in bird care \u2014 and getting it wrong can actually do more harm than good&#8230;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<h2 class=\"pmpro_card_title pmpro_font-large\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"var(--pmpro--color--accent)\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-lock\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"11\" width=\"18\" height=\"11\" rx=\"2\" ry=\"2\"><\/rect><path d=\"M7 11V7a5 5 0 0 1 10 0v4\"><\/path><\/svg>Premium Member Membership Required<\/h2>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">\n<p> You must be a Premium Member member to access this content.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pmpro_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/membership-checkout\/?pmpro_level=2\">Join Now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/login\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwbirds.co.za%2Fdir%2Fwhen-should-you-medicate-your-bird%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you medicate your birds regularly\u2026 or only when they\u2019re sick? This is one of the most misunderstood topics in bird care \u2014 and getting it wrong can actually do more harm than good.&#46;&#46;&#46;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><h2 class=\"pmpro_card_title pmpro_font-large\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"var(--pmpro--color--accent)\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-lock\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"11\" width=\"18\" height=\"11\" rx=\"2\" ry=\"2\"><\/rect><path d=\"M7 11V7a5 5 0 0 1 10 0v4\"><\/path><\/svg>Premium Member Membership Required<\/h2><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\"><p> You must be a Premium Member member to access this content.<\/p><p><a class=\"pmpro_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/membership-checkout\/?pmpro_level=2\">Join Now<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/login\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wwbirds.co.za%2Fdir%2Fwhen-should-you-medicate-your-bird%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine-articles","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-no-access"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13465,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13459\/revisions\/13465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}