Help! Peacock reacting after injection...

[hgoldammer]

I gave my peacocks injections last night, because they've been sick. This was their 3rd dose. Shortly after, one of my peacocks trembled around, like a seizure, and he's not acted right since. If he tries to stand up, he does a somersault ... His legs work fine as he lies down and goes in a circle. His neck is to one side or the other, but alert otherwise... We're giving him rooster booster orally with a syringe, as well as feeding him oatmeal with Nutri-Drench to make sure he's getting fluids and nutrition... Any ideas??? The rest of our peacocks are just fine...

 

[Garden Peas]

Just wondering if maybe I hit a nerve, and hopefully this is all temporary. And NO avian vets around here to help. And we've already lost two peafowl this week from their disease.

How AWFUL, I am so sorry you are going through this.

Hopefully someone with more expertise will chime in soon, but in the meantime, supportive therapy is smart.

I went back to the UPA site and searched some more... apparently tissue damage/deterioration at the injection site is always a possibility, but again, sometimes there aren't any good choices

Here's hoping he gets better soon

 

[KsKingBee]

The vets and experts we talked to said every other day, as could overdose if give it daily.. ? Hes still the same this morning. Fed him some oatmeal and gave him fluids.

That makes very little sense to me. Usually a medication is measured for the weight of the bird then administered so that a certain level of that medication is maintained for the duration of the treatment. Those treatments are usually for three to seven days depending on the ailment.

My opinion still stands that the problem you are treating for is a secondary problem caused by a primary that may have not been assessed yet, compounded by the stress of handling the already stressed bird.

Have you done a fecal float examination yet?

 

[Garden Peas]

There's also an emergencies section over on the chicken keeping portion of the BYC website... you might try posting over there just in case someone there has dealt with something like this before...

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Poor guy!

It would likely help the pea health experts here if you let them know what you injected him with...

 

[new 2 pfowl]

And what ailment were you treating with the Tylan?

Also, while we wait for the experts to show up with real advice...I see that it is very cold in your neck of the woods, can you bring him inside, and make him comfortable someplace warm?

 

[Garden Peas]

I did bring him inside.. We are treating upper respiratory infection/?pneumonia... Some of their eyes were swollen/mattered **** and breathing thru their mouths, with some of them gurgling. But like I said, the rest are better, thankfully!!!

How wretched, so sorry!

Am not one of the experts, but wanted to ask if you could give any specifics as to how/where you gave the injections? It sounds like you were doing the best thing you could for him, and the antibiotics were needed, so it's a hard thing to have happen

I have a vague recollection of reading over on the UPA forum some time back that there is a possibility of tissue damage from antibiotic injections... but not sure you had much choice under these circumstances. You might try researching over there on Tylan, but I didn't find anything really helpful when I just did a quick look.

Hang in there.

 

[Toddrick]

I thought Tylan was supposed to be injected into the breast. I think you can pierce an air sack on the back.

 

[KsKingBee]

I'm not an expert but I can share my experiences giving shots. First let me tell you that I believe that the bird had a stroke. The vet I have been working with has a deep concern about stressing peafowl. I have had three birds die this year right after giving shots, two of them we did necropsies on. One the necropsy showed a large infection on the heart, the vet believed that the rapid heart beat and stress from being handled made the abscess burst. The other one was worm ridden and again the vet thought stress from the burden and being handled gave it cardiac arrest.

 

[zazouse]

The vets and experts we talked to said every other day, as could overdose if give it daily.. ? Hes still the same this morning. Fed him some oatmeal and gave him fluids.

I would be finding another vet /vets for advise, i have been dealing with fowl for close to 50 years and not one time have i ever heard or been recommend skipping a day of treatment.

To be honest i find it a bit disturbing that a vet/vets would give advice without at least seeing your animal/animals first, so many things can come into play that may not be communicated over the phone.

I am also wondering if mabe the needle pierced his neck hitting nerves around the vertebra, so many possibilities here.