Recent content by portianaomi

6/3/2012 @ 9:10 AM

Yikes, and here I thought the worms were species specific Your poor pups! I'll take your advice on the treatments for sure. I just took the fecal samples to the vet and she said that Artemis is clear of tapeworm BUT my other chicken, Phoebe, has pin worm Well, it will be no egg-eating...

I'm taking fecal samples to my avian specialist today - just want to make sure the worms are gone. Thanks for the advice!

Quote: x2 So, 6 treatments total?

Quote: Thanks for the feedback. I just realized that I didn't write that I did start her on the second round about 4 days ago.

Adding this just to make sure that I'm following the rules: 1) What type of bird , age and weight: silkie, ~8 months, not sure of weight, but plump 2) What is the behavior, exactly: normal and spunky 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms: see above 4) Are other birds exhibiting the...

I bought a partridge silky hen from a vet over a month ago. Upon bringing the lil cutie home, I noticed that she had a mild case of mites and tapeworm The vet offered to take her back and said that she doesn't usually treat for tapeworm (!?!), but I am attached to this sweet chick and I...

Yes, the shell was membrane was there, but not the shell. Since this post she hasn't had anymore problems with becoming egg bound, although her eggs are irregularly shaped with a flat side and sometimes the flat side's shell is a little more thin than the other parts of the shell. It may be a...

The egg is out! Yippee, she is going to live! It is a weird egg without the shell...do they reabsorb the shell? I know that thing was solid last night...

The egg has definitely moved closer to the exit...I'll try with the olive oil. Thanks for the suggestion.

Well, she is still with egg. I took her to the ER last night and the just gave her sub Q liquids and told me to keep doing what I was doing. I will get a humidifier today as well. So, save yourself $139 and don't take your chicken to the vet...they don't do much but charge you money. FYI

My banty cochin, Frigga, is egg bound. I have been watching her all day and she has all of the signs. I feel the egg in there and have given her a warm bath (30 min soak). I also tried to massage her mussels. She has drank a bit of water spiked with some electrolyte today, but I haven't seen...

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Well, my roo has quit the undulations with his neck and all is well. We think maybe he was getting ready to crow ahaha! Thanks for all of the input!