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Owl Creek
Chirping
- Dec 26, 2022
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Today is day 3 since ending the clavamox. She's still got poopy butt, mostly urates albeit not as bad as before and is only pooping a little at a time. She eats. I have probiotics in one waterer and in the food. Been that way for a week.
I have switched treatment to possible sour crop thanks to antibiotics killing all bacteria. Last night; I noticed she was holding her head in and not interested in treats like normal. The crop felt squishy. When I massaged it, she opened her beak and appeared to burp like. I did not smell anything though. She became interested in the softened food I had offered after she burped. I gave her some of the miconozole orally. I do not feel anything hard around her vent or abdomen.
I have ordered acidified copper sulfate from a poultry store and paid for the overnight shipping.
My wife checked her this morning and she was eating but when resting; kept her head close to her body.
I had shared with the vet everything that was going on and anything yeast related was chalked up to normal because of the small amount in the fecal and was instead treated for antibacterial. I asked about the poopy butt etc but was told it was not vent gleet and what she had was not contagious. I had them look at another chicken last year for a wellness and was told it needed clavamox as well. It made the chicken sicker and I stopped and she perked right back up and months later she is fine.
I am not saying that they pushed meds that weren't needed like the last vet we used to take our dogs to but I think I should have treated for yeast like I wanted to orally. I also found it odd that when I asked for Nystatin for water adding if needed for the flock; they told me I would have to bring each chicken in individually in order for them to administer the meds because of how much it would take. That would have been thousands of dollars if they charged me the same amount for each chicken.
I am going to be very upset with myself if she doesn't recover and the antibacterial meds caused a massive outbreak of yeast infection.
I have switched treatment to possible sour crop thanks to antibiotics killing all bacteria. Last night; I noticed she was holding her head in and not interested in treats like normal. The crop felt squishy. When I massaged it, she opened her beak and appeared to burp like. I did not smell anything though. She became interested in the softened food I had offered after she burped. I gave her some of the miconozole orally. I do not feel anything hard around her vent or abdomen.
I have ordered acidified copper sulfate from a poultry store and paid for the overnight shipping.
My wife checked her this morning and she was eating but when resting; kept her head close to her body.
I had shared with the vet everything that was going on and anything yeast related was chalked up to normal because of the small amount in the fecal and was instead treated for antibacterial. I asked about the poopy butt etc but was told it was not vent gleet and what she had was not contagious. I had them look at another chicken last year for a wellness and was told it needed clavamox as well. It made the chicken sicker and I stopped and she perked right back up and months later she is fine.
I am not saying that they pushed meds that weren't needed like the last vet we used to take our dogs to but I think I should have treated for yeast like I wanted to orally. I also found it odd that when I asked for Nystatin for water adding if needed for the flock; they told me I would have to bring each chicken in individually in order for them to administer the meds because of how much it would take. That would have been thousands of dollars if they charged me the same amount for each chicken.
I am going to be very upset with myself if she doesn't recover and the antibacterial meds caused a massive outbreak of yeast infection.