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Welcome to BYC and thanks for the info! -Kathy

What dose was she on and for how long? -kath

Is the aspirin suppoed to help with the swellling? -Kathy

That's a great drug for it. Are you giving I twice a day? That's what my vet recommended. :D -Kathy

That's in addition to two teaspoons per gallon.

You can give small chicks a small drop or two of the undiluted Corid liquid.

Please see edit in my last post. Again, *not* suggesting treatment, but if you decide to get Baytril, this is a good place to buy it from: http://www.allbirdproducts.com/newproductpages/baytril.html -Kathy

Fish stores might also have something like amoxicillin. Please understand I was *not* suggesting that you treat with metronidazole, I was just sharing my experience. -Kathy Edited to add: *not*

You can get just about any antibiotic for fish. Look up fishzole, that's metronidazole. -Kathy

Maybe something useful here, maybe not. :D http://www.antimicrobe.org/b90.asp -Kathy

The one time my vet suspected a *possible* clostridum infection she prescribed metronidazole twice a day for 14 days. I think the actual dose was around 50mg/kg twice a day. My hen also had a gram negative infection, so she also prescribed Baytril. -Kathy

What antibiotics do you have? -Kathy

@KayTee , any vet can check for bacteria. Not sure why your vet didn't, shame on them, but glad you figured it out. The reason I suggest having a vet look microscopically is that Clostridium is a gram positive bacteria, but something like E. Coli is gram negative. Knowing what type the bird has...

Just curious, how do you know that's what it is? To answer your question, yes, just one could have it. It would be best to have a vet look at a poop sample microscopically to check for bacteria and yeast. -Kathy