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Chocolate cause clinical symptoms in birds as other animals and is well known food toxin for animals. Toxic components of chocolate are theobromine and caffeine that are within methylxanthines. In this case report male, four months old budgerigar with abnormal behaviour, hyperactivity, tremors, ataxia, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhoea referred to our clinic. According to anamnesis the budgerigar had no health problem up to last 12 hours. After that, the budgerigar ate cake containing chocolate about the size of hazelnut and also 15-20 sugar covered with cacao. After this complaints mentioned above started. In the clinical examination of the budgerigar body temperature was 41.8oC, respiration rate was 65/minutes. In the Electrocardiography findings, pulsation was 235 beat/minutes, and ventricular arrhythmias was found. In treatment activated carbon tablet (1-3 mg/kg) were applied to the bird in every 12 hours. Owner informed that the bird got to normal health 24 hours after the treatment. As a result with this case report choco-late intoxication and treatment were mentioned in budgerigar.

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