Mariakoltsa
Songster
Ive posted about an issue with the same chicken in my previous post but new things have become clear since.
My 5 year old chicken has been losing weight and slowly moving less and less for months and months.. maybe around 6 months..and eating and drinking less until she stopped about two weeks ago. But noticed that she still attempts to eat and drink but just fails and gives up and tries again and again later but not being able to eat a single piece of food. She is still trying to clean her feathers and act normal and definitely wants to keep going…
Everything started from weird head twitches especially when she was trying to focus on having food or water. And looked as if had involuntary neck n head twitches every time she attempted to eat or drink. And they progressed to her looking as if she is stargazing but that is definitely not the case. I have treated her by syringe in high doses of B A E and etc etc vitamins together with crittacare formula. She is now only using her one eye and loses balance all the time. Sleeps a lot. One eye is facing upwards and the other one is almost always closed unless she fears danger or smething new. Head is tilted up and the closed eye is almost never visible due to her turning the other eye up and around to look, or has her head on her back or forward really low, almost on the ground, when resting. Also whole body vibrates sometimes for a whole and when picking her up and walking with her she has a fit and falls off on her back and twitches around for a bit. But has at least one fit like that a day just from a small startle or random things as well.
Unable to eat as she always misses the food and if she does catch it, it falls out of her beak and is unable to get it up any higher.
Ask any questions if i missed something but also… i want to know, if it is tremovirus caused, is there ever a chance she will recover enough to feed herself ? Or if its something else.. same question. Or has anyone successfully managed to re train a chicken to eat again if there is neurological issues like that ? Sounds unlikely and hard work but curious. Or is there any feeder systems that enable them to keep themselves alive ?
She is a VERY loved pet chicken.
My 5 year old chicken has been losing weight and slowly moving less and less for months and months.. maybe around 6 months..and eating and drinking less until she stopped about two weeks ago. But noticed that she still attempts to eat and drink but just fails and gives up and tries again and again later but not being able to eat a single piece of food. She is still trying to clean her feathers and act normal and definitely wants to keep going…
Everything started from weird head twitches especially when she was trying to focus on having food or water. And looked as if had involuntary neck n head twitches every time she attempted to eat or drink. And they progressed to her looking as if she is stargazing but that is definitely not the case. I have treated her by syringe in high doses of B A E and etc etc vitamins together with crittacare formula. She is now only using her one eye and loses balance all the time. Sleeps a lot. One eye is facing upwards and the other one is almost always closed unless she fears danger or smething new. Head is tilted up and the closed eye is almost never visible due to her turning the other eye up and around to look, or has her head on her back or forward really low, almost on the ground, when resting. Also whole body vibrates sometimes for a whole and when picking her up and walking with her she has a fit and falls off on her back and twitches around for a bit. But has at least one fit like that a day just from a small startle or random things as well.
Unable to eat as she always misses the food and if she does catch it, it falls out of her beak and is unable to get it up any higher.
Ask any questions if i missed something but also… i want to know, if it is tremovirus caused, is there ever a chance she will recover enough to feed herself ? Or if its something else.. same question. Or has anyone successfully managed to re train a chicken to eat again if there is neurological issues like that ? Sounds unlikely and hard work but curious. Or is there any feeder systems that enable them to keep themselves alive ?
She is a VERY loved pet chicken.