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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    After 2 months of treatment, tube feeding her everyday, and unsuccessfully trying to get the help of a vet...I decided to say goodbye to her today. I won't do a necropsy. On my days off, I'd let her roam the yard by herself supervised to stretch her legs but most of the time she'd ask to be...
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    Canker Treatment: Acidified Copper Sulfate HELP

    it felt weird to have my own name on display and I finally got around to changing it. Thank you. 1/4 tsp was 2g on the dot on my scale so now I'm questioning the accuracy of it but I'll play around with it or get a different scale.
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    Canker Treatment: Acidified Copper Sulfate HELP

    I see, thank you for clarifying the shelf life part. I thought I had to literally make a new 1 gallon batch separately for my infected girl but now I understand if I wanted to, I can make a smaller portion and divide that between my girl and the rest of the flock. I may stick with the 1 gallon...
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    Canker Treatment: Acidified Copper Sulfate HELP

    I understand, that makes sense. I wasn't sure If I was able to mix it into her tube food as I was doing previously with the METRONIDAZOLE powder. I was worried about the safety and efficacy of the method. Thank you for clarifying. I will add more to the mixture that I tube feed her which may...
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    Guide- Torpedo Feeding: What Is It And When To Use It.

    Will this work on a chicken with canker who is producing mucus from her throat making it hard to swallow? I've been tube feeding instead.
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    Canker Treatment: Acidified Copper Sulfate HELP

    My previous post. Yesterday marked the 7th day of treating with the powdered METRONIDAZOLE as that was what I was able to get a hold of w/o a vet rx and quickly. She's made some improvement (cheese substance under tongue is minimal to none and she's gained over 100 grams). But she is still...
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    @casportpony Will tube feeding her less feed+normal drinking water encourage her to drink the acidified copper sulfate+ water treatment?
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    Today was day 7 of the Metronidazole+water treatment meaning I have to stop for now. She has little to none of the cheese under her tongue, still nothing under the roof of her mouth, the sides, or as far down I can see her throat (but still accepting the possibility it's in her crop/esophagus)...
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    Fed her 120ml this morning. Tried this 150ml syringe I bought online but it was extremely difficult to pull/push even with just testing with water or watery feed and I lubricated the black part that pushes through with mineral oil. I ended up just using two 60ml with no difficulty. She is still...
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    She weights 1280~ grams? Weighed her as soon as I got home, her crop was empty, and I fed her. Sorry she's not steady So I was close to her being about 3 lbs. I was using 1lb blocks of butter to compare her.... @casportpony
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    Fed her at 5am about 85ml by taking out the emptied syringe leaving the tube in her esophagus and loading it with the syringe filled with the rest of the feed. She has food/water in her isolation. I'll feed her again tonight after work.
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    Yes I have a long sleeve I cut off an old shirt and put that on her and hold her between my thighs while sitting, rest my chest on her back, hold her neck straight with my nondominant hand and fingers to open her mouth, and my dominant hand to put the tube down and feed. Does that method of...
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    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    I have a 12 hr shift tomorrow from 7a-7p tomorrow so last time I left food/water for her to try and help herself to until I got home that night to feed her 60ml which I had to wake her up to do (her crop was empty). Now that I'm more confident in tube feeding, can I tube feed her at 4-5am before...
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