Please help! New chick mom☺️

[toynutz]

Have you tried Sav-A-Chick? There's an electrolyte pack and a probiotic pack... I use both for the first month or so. One gives vitamins, the other has good digestive stuff. She does look weak... will she eat some scrambled egg? Mine go crazy for eggs... I also give them a bit of parakeet grit to help grind up any non-crumble food. Good luck to both of you!

 

[CarneyChicks]

Have you tried Sav-A-Chick? There's an electrolyte pack and a probiotic pack... I use both for the first month or so. One gives vitamins, the other has good digestive stuff. She does look weak... will she eat some scrambled egg? Mine go crazy for eggs... I also give them a bit of parakeet grit to help grind up any non-crumble food. Good luck to both of you!

Thank you for responding! Yes. I give both electrolytes and probiotics. My chicks will not touch eggs! I have tried twice and they just stare at it like "what do you want us to do with that" lol

 

[azygous]

Maybe it's time to go over to the Emergencies and Diseases forum. If this was simply a "failure to start" problem, she would have been on her way by now. Instead, you're seeing her revert. Droopy wings is a sign she's getting weaker. I fear she has a disease that she may not be able to fight. The folks on that forum may be able to figure out what's going on. Following the stickies at the top and do the list of symptoms and behavior so they'll have all the information to help you.

 

[CarneyChicks]

Ok thank you! I didn't realize there was an emergency and disease section. I will ask now

 

[FizzyChicken]

So update! My baby has mucous strings in her poop. It looks like a thin line of string after she is done. I am at a loss. Her wings are dropping and she looks sad although she is eating and drinking on her own. I am so overwhelmed not knowing what to do for her

any other advise is welcome. I feel like I am fighting a losing battle. By the way I am doing the preventative treatment for cocci with amprolium.

I would suggest to IMMEDIATLY separate her from the others as this could be a bacteria or a virus that could spread to them all! Give her plenty of food and water and make sure she gets enough rest. Make sure to check her vent for pasty butt, her eyes for discharge, and her beak "nose" for any runniness as this could be a sign of a cold which is highly contagious. Hope this helps!

 

[CarneyChicks]

Thank you all for your replies and help this past week. When I got home from my sons baseball game, things had taken a drastic turn. All she was doing was chirping and squatting with nothing happening. I tried a bath, helping her get stuff out and massaging her. Unfortunately her stomach was so bloated. I think she got immensely constipated. She was in so much pain and her vent completely prolapsed. I called a vet and explained the non-pooping and mucous coming out. Bet said it sounded like she wasn't sick but definitely constipated and with that only extremely liquid like mucous was able to come out. When I explained what she smelled like she said there was no hope. There would only be suffering. She also felt from what I described that her vent was infected. We put our baby out of her misery a couple hours ago

I am beyond heartbroken.

 

[azygous]

All of us join you in your sorrow for your chick. So sorry she lost the fight, but you had the courage to help her one last time.

 

[chicapee]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Blooie]

I'm so sorry. Know that you did the best you could for her - trying hard while there was hope, and being compassionate when hope was gone.

 

[FizzyChicken]

Im so sorry though I am curious how you humanly put her down? Just in case if one of our chicks in the future don't make it. But I have something to cheer you up



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Then you cross the Rainbow Bridge together, never again to be separated.'