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zeiset777

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May 5, 2013
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I did some searching on this thread for a while and came up with nothing.

I also did lurking on this thread over the past 3 years I've owned chickens. I cannot find the answer I need today, and no one is home at the hatchery up the street from me to ask them my urgent question.

I just bought four 3 to 4 week old chicks at a sale in my hometown yesterday morning. I took them home made them a nice pen, and set up the heat lamp. I noticed one just laid there sleeping all afternoon and evening exactly where I put it down that morning when I brought them home. I turned up the lamp thinking it needed to be warmer. Well here we are Sunday night and it's not moving eating or drinking. It's not dead, in fact when I picked it up to feed it sugar water with a syringe it chirped away!

After a lot of searching, I decided there's a good chance it has cocci. (Ice blade like breast bone, tired, not eating or drinking, ruffled and untidy feathers.) So I got some Corid at Tractor Supply Co. to mix with the drinking water of the other three. Now what I need to know is, how much water should I be giving this chick that isn't eating or drinking? I want to give it the corid/water mixture, but I'm not sure how much I should be shoving down it's beak in a day. I just gave it 1 Ml since I got home a few hours ago. I don't want to keep putting water down it's beak if it can't handle it.

Is it even worth trying to save it, or has the cocci done to much damage already?

Thanks for the help!
 
Thanks, I too hope someone responds. I will keep on trying to give it 1Ml of water with the corid mixed in every few hours until I know for sure otherwise what exactly needs to happen.
 
Obtain Duramycin 10 pronto!!! TSC and Feed Stores carry it. Mix it in the water til it looks like lemonade. May also try apple cider vinegar as Ive heard a few folks say it helps too. Swap the Bulb to a White not Red bulb if you haven't already (old timer thang) and stay diligent at it on the water. Best I can tell ya is to water it prolly as much as you can get it to without too much resistance...
 
From: http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/cam/07_emergency_and_critical_care.pdf
Supportive Care
SICK-BIRD ENCLOSURES
Sick birds are often hypothermic and should be placed
in heated (brooder-type) enclosures


b (Fig 7.7) in a quiet
environment (see Chapter 1, Clinical Practice). A temperature
of 85° F (29° C) with 70% humidity is desirable
for most sick birds. If brooders are not equipped with a
humidity source, placing a small dish of water in the
enclosure will often supply adequate humidity. A moist
towel that is heated and placed on the bottom of a cage
or incubator rapidly humidifies the environment, as indicated​
by the fogging of the acrylic cage front.

FLUID THERAPY
Oral Administration
Oral administration is the ideal method of giving fluids.
This method is more commonly used in mildly dehydrated
birds or in conjunction with subcutaneous (SC)
or intravenous (IV) therapy. Oral rehydration (30 ml/kg
PO q 6-8 h) also may be used in larger birds (eg, waterfowl)
that are difficult to restrain for parenteral fluid​
therapy.

ORAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
Below are listed some of the oral nutritional supplements
that can be gavage-fed to debilitated birds. Various
hand-feeding formulas are on the market and, as a
whole, are far superior to the homemade formulas used
decades ago that contained monkey biscuits, peanut butter
and ground seeds. Commercially available hand-feeding
formulas for baby birds are often utilized in the treatment
of sick and debilitated adult birds. The quantity
that can be fed at one time to a sick bird is greatly
reduced from that of baby birds. On the average, a baby
parrot can accommodate 10% of its body weight per
feeding due to the elasticity of the crop and its rapid
emptying. Adult birds have a greatly decreased crop
capacity, averaging 3% of their body weight. Additionally,
sick birds are less tolerant of food in the crop and care
must be taken to avoid regurgitation and/or aspiration.
A sick or debilitated bird should always have its
hydration corrected prior to attempting to initiate​
oral gavage-feeding.
 

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