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- Jan 16, 2024
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Our almost one-year-old Cayuga, Flora McDonald, has been coughing for about a week. We didn't think much of it at first (she had a weird little cough last year, that went away eventually), but the day before yesterday she started to have trouble breathing. Now her breathing is audible and more deep than normal, and she pants after exertion.
We have been giving her VetRx to help her breathe, and today we started nebulizer treatment with an Oxine/water solution. (I'm not sure how well this will work—the humidifier we have does not seem to produce as much vapor, so we will probably end up getting a different sort of nebulizer.) We also have Baytril on hand, but I hesitate to use that as it might make things worse if this is a fungal ailment, or not do anything if it is viral. The Oxine, on the other hand, is more broad-spectrum and will kill fungi and viruses.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't think we could get her in to the vet today or tomorrow. (Also, how likely would it be that she would end up being tested for avian flu? I don't think she has that, but apparently a large number of birds were killed in our state somewhat recently because of an avian flu scare. It turned out to be a false alarm. I wouldn't want her to test positive whether she has the flu or not and lose our entire flock!)
We have been giving her VetRx to help her breathe, and today we started nebulizer treatment with an Oxine/water solution. (I'm not sure how well this will work—the humidifier we have does not seem to produce as much vapor, so we will probably end up getting a different sort of nebulizer.) We also have Baytril on hand, but I hesitate to use that as it might make things worse if this is a fungal ailment, or not do anything if it is viral. The Oxine, on the other hand, is more broad-spectrum and will kill fungi and viruses.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I don't think we could get her in to the vet today or tomorrow. (Also, how likely would it be that she would end up being tested for avian flu? I don't think she has that, but apparently a large number of birds were killed in our state somewhat recently because of an avian flu scare. It turned out to be a false alarm. I wouldn't want her to test positive whether she has the flu or not and lose our entire flock!)