Yellow runny poop... ?

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Thanks for the encouragement. It's Sunday afternoon: we just got back from the vet, she seems perky and her comb is nice and flush. She went back up to 4.1 pounds but regurgitated her afternoon feeding. We got the blood test results and she did have high levels of lead. She is at 65 and she should be at 10. Pellets haven't moved. They are going to give it a few more days.
 
I wonder if it would be a good idea just to do the crop surgery? It's quick, and so I've read , pretty straightforward. And solves the problem immediately.
 
seminolewind said:
I wonder if it would be a good idea just to do the crop surgery? It's quick, and so I've read , pretty straightforward. And solves the problem immediately.
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That will get the lead out of her crop, but not the gizzard. I'm curious as to how they would go about that.

-Kathy
 
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After 8 straight days at the vet, Jen is home now in a pen at the end of our bed (we have a house full of out of town guests!) Her weight came back to 4.2 (low was 3.9 lbs, former is 4. 9 lbs) We are hand feeding her a bird formula with a syringe, she won't eat it on her own, 20mls, 6 X/day, metronidazole 2x day, and 1 ml of a medicine (?) for mobility of the GI tract. She's getting really strong! We had her in a pen in the yard today in the sun, it was the first time she's seen the light of day in a week. She looked so healthy, her sisters were glad to see her, they stayed close to her wherever we moved her pen. We want to keep her penned because we are looking for those dang pellets as they exit.
I've been massaging her crop which was distended and now getting smaller but a lump of it just won't move. The vet wants to keep her on a mostly liquid diet to flush out all the old food but mealworms are okay and she is eating them up. I think the sun, the activity, and the familiar faces and surroundings helped a lot because after our first feeding I massaged her crop for a while and then she let out her first healthy looking poop, Full of grass blades from over a week ago and no more yellow. No pellets though. All I want for christmas are five pellets from Jen.
 
Hi peeps,

Jen's doing great; perky, healthy looking and growing stronger. She enjoyed a long dust bath in the sun this afternoon, her first in two weeks. The vet re-started her back on round two of her calcium injections for the lead toxicity. One of the vets wants her to restart the Panacure because of a conversation I had with her about exposure to compost with earthworms in it. (They had taken her off of the Panacur because of her low blood volume.) Her crop has fully recovered from its distention and food is passing really well, all the way through. She hasn't given me any lead pellets yet--but the vet was really encouraged by the pebbles and grit and the materials I DID get. The vet gave us the go-ahead to feed her whatever she would eat and we found her appetite was fantastic.

We had a small setback though because we were having trouble getting enough food into her with the syringes and she didn't gain any weight. To add injury to insult, we may have caused a little aspiration during the feeding last night. While on her perch after her evening feeding, we noticed very labored breathing through an open beak. When she tried to fall asleep, she would awaken after a few seconds gasping and panting. I didn't think she'd make it through the night. Fortunately she got better the next morning, but only after we took her out and let her walk around the bedroom floor for a while. Luckily for all of us she is eating on her own now.

She's still in the pen because (I just realized) if she poops those little babies out, they'll be back out in their environment.
We still have no idea where the pellets came from and I worry when I think I might not be able to stop her or her sisters from finding more.

Otherwise, does anyone have any advice about eating the eggs from chickens who has been on metronidazole? The vet hinted something by saying "legally I have to tell you not to consume any eggs from a chicken who has ever been on metronidazole because they don't know the time it takes to leave the body." Your thoughts?

Thanks!!

Lisa and Spot
 
People take huge doses of metronidazole (Flagyl), so I don't think you need to worry, but that's just me. Glad to hear she is better.

Source:http://www.medicinenet.com/metronidazole/article.htm
Various metronidazole regimens are used. Some examples are listed below.
  • Amebic dysentery: 750 mg orally 3 times daily for 5-10 days
  • Amebic liver abscess: 500-750 mg orally three times daily for 5-10 days
  • Anaerobic infections: 7.5 mg/kg orally every 6 hours not to exceed 4 grams daily
  • Bacterial Vaginosis: 750 mg (extended release tablets) once daily for 7 days. One applicator-full of 0.75% vaginal gel, once or twice daily for 5 days.
  • Clostridium difficile infection: 250-500 mg orally 4 times daily or 500-750 orally 3 times daily
  • Giardia: 250 mg orally three times daily for 5 days
  • Helicobacter pylori: 800-1500 mg orally daily for several days in combination with other drugs.
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID): 500 mg orally twice daily for 14 days in combination with other drugs.
  • Trichomoniasis: 2 g single dose or 1 g twice
  • Rosacea: apply topical gel 0.75-1% once daily
-Kathy
 
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metronidazole is a common medication for a lot of people.
Good to hear she is recovering.
 

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