Hi. I brought a 7 month old Golden Comet into my home about 10+ days ago. This is my first non-chick treatment. She was very sick outside & having open mouth breathing for a few days. At first I treated her with Corid. Ordered Tiaguard in water (generic Dena-guard) in case it is mycoplasma. Treated few days & treated with vetrx. By then she weighed 948 grams. Had weighed early in treatment 1100 gram after already losing weight. Stepped it up to .3 ml of Duramycin 72-200 twice daily for 4 days . I saw some improvement. Saw something dead in the pen may have been a gapeworm. so while on duramyacin added to Panacur paste (fenbendazole) paste twice daily too.
Her open mouth brething is not as gaspy, but still had some. So as a drastic measure have changed to Aqua-mox 500 mg divided by 3 by syringe twice daily x 4 days. The past week or so he has been stable, eating lightly what she likes (tomatos- applesauce - a little feed - and milk). Her weight is back up to 1087grams. But she still sneezes alot all day & opens her mouth to breath most of the time unless she's resting. . Vet is not an option. BTW just for good measure & replaced the Panacur with Ivermectin paste every couple days for treatment. Any ideas how to proceed with treatment to end open mouth breathing & today I am hearing a little ratling in her breathing. Watched so many videos I 've gotten confused. I had anothe Golden Comet get sick but she was dea the next day. I thought she was egg bound & possible sour crop because it was hard the first night. But she died before i could treat her. The other coop mates are healthy. Her name is Balbert.
Her open mouth brething is not as gaspy, but still had some. So as a drastic measure have changed to Aqua-mox 500 mg divided by 3 by syringe twice daily x 4 days. The past week or so he has been stable, eating lightly what she likes (tomatos- applesauce - a little feed - and milk). Her weight is back up to 1087grams. But she still sneezes alot all day & opens her mouth to breath most of the time unless she's resting. . Vet is not an option. BTW just for good measure & replaced the Panacur with Ivermectin paste every couple days for treatment. Any ideas how to proceed with treatment to end open mouth breathing & today I am hearing a little ratling in her breathing. Watched so many videos I 've gotten confused. I had anothe Golden Comet get sick but she was dea the next day. I thought she was egg bound & possible sour crop because it was hard the first night. But she died before i could treat her. The other coop mates are healthy. Her name is Balbert.
