I could use some help with Betty my sick Brahma. Last weekend, I was able to pull her back from the brink with some amoxicillin I had on hand for my cat. No doubt in my mind she would have died without it.
I cut a 62.5 mg tab in half and have been giving her 31 mg twice a day for exactly one week. Betty has had diarrhea, jello green, very watery to begin with, then after responding to the antibiotic, brown and watery, with some solids in the stool. Her uric acid stool is almost normal.
There's no question she's responding and improving with the amoxicillin, but should I increase the dosage since her stool is still watery?
Her appetite hasn't returned fully yet, though she does eat hard boiled egg, yogurt, tomatoes, squash, BOSS, but not so keen on flock or layer feed.
The rest of the flock is fine. Whatever it is, it's a unique infection to just this single hen.
Any ideas or help would be appreciated. (I got nowhere with the "Search" of old posts)
I cut a 62.5 mg tab in half and have been giving her 31 mg twice a day for exactly one week. Betty has had diarrhea, jello green, very watery to begin with, then after responding to the antibiotic, brown and watery, with some solids in the stool. Her uric acid stool is almost normal.
There's no question she's responding and improving with the amoxicillin, but should I increase the dosage since her stool is still watery?
Her appetite hasn't returned fully yet, though she does eat hard boiled egg, yogurt, tomatoes, squash, BOSS, but not so keen on flock or layer feed.
The rest of the flock is fine. Whatever it is, it's a unique infection to just this single hen.
Any ideas or help would be appreciated. (I got nowhere with the "Search" of old posts)
