Skinny-as-can-be Chicken

Just read that Panacur is safe for rabbits too. It seems like it's the ONE wormer I can find for the hookworm issue also. So maybe I'll just worm him ahead of time. Just need to get more Panacur. :)
 
Lol! Good question. I raised and showed rabbits for a long time. The only worms I ever wormed for was whip worms. Piperzine in their water. Never thought about, or considered hooks in them. I had a few retired rabbits running around the yard also. They never got sick. So, I don't know if you should worry about the rabbit or not. I guess you could look it up or ask your vet, or go to a rabbit site on the net and ask around.
 
So somehow Gracie Lou is still alive, although she is still not doing good. Everything I have done helps her for maybe a week, but her system has just shut down too far. Instead of finding more solutions that would just prolong her suffering, I am peacefully letting her pass away. She is now crated in the warm house in a safe area again with fresh food (blueberries count, right?
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) and water. She really was not eating much out there or drinking like before. Oh and then I noticed her one wing droops now. ?? Not sure how that was caused.

Thank you though to everyone who helped on here, through these months. Gracie came from a neglect/abandonment case, so her system was already weakened. (Her flock froze to death after being abandoned and poor her lived off snow alone until she was found.) Just glad I could give her a year's worth of happiness, to know not every human is heartless. She was a good chicken who in less than a month of being here, gained weight and began laying. (Was not sure if she would be able to lay, she was in such poor health.) She would always come up to the door and knock on it. Had one time I opened the door to grab something off the porch and turned around to chirping... Miss Gracie found her way in between my legs somehow and snuck in. She acted like she belonged in my foyer.
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Like "Hey, I'm here! What cha got planned?" She was a little shadow to me outdoors. Just happy she had good times... <3
 
So somehow Gracie Lou is still alive, although she is still not doing good. Everything I have done helps her for maybe a week, but her system has just shut down too far. Instead of finding more solutions that would just prolong her suffering, I am peacefully letting her pass away. She is now crated in the warm house in a safe area again with fresh food (blueberries count, right?
smile.png
) and water. She really was not eating much out there or drinking like before. Oh and then I noticed her one wing droops now. ?? Not sure how that was caused.

Thank you though to everyone who helped on here, through these months. Gracie came from a neglect/abandonment case, so her system was already weakened. (Her flock froze to death after being abandoned and poor her lived off snow alone until she was found.) Just glad I could give her a year's worth of happiness, to know not every human is heartless. She was a good chicken who in less than a month of being here, gained weight and began laying. (Was not sure if she would be able to lay, she was in such poor health.) She would always come up to the door and knock on it. Had one time I opened the door to grab something off the porch and turned around to chirping... Miss Gracie found her way in between my legs somehow and snuck in. She acted like she belonged in my foyer.
lau.gif
Like "Hey, I'm here! What cha got planned?" She was a little shadow to me outdoors. Just happy she had good times... <3
I believe that you are doing the right thing for her. You have given her a good life. Just to help find out what was wrong with her, I would contact your state vet for a necropsy. Sometimes people are surprised with what was actually wrong. Here are 2 good threads about how to prepare for a necropsy, and some contact info:
http://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm
http://www.usaha.org/Portals/6/StateAnimalHealthOfficials.pdf
 
I believe that you are doing the right thing for her. You have given her a good life. Just to help find out what was wrong with her, I would contact your state vet for a necropsy. Sometimes people are surprised with what was actually wrong. Here are 2 good threads about how to prepare for a necropsy, and some contact info:
http://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm
http://www.usaha.org/Portals/6/StateAnimalHealthOfficials.pdf

Thank you Eggcessive. I will for sure look into it. And thank you to you especially for your help and guide these past couple months. Even as small [or even insignificant to some] as a chicken may be, their life is still worth fighting for. Thank you.
 

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