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    Canker/fowl pox/cancer worsening despite treatment - what to do

    The tough thing is that she still wants to eat, just can’t (she attempts). She also “talks” back when we talk to her. So I’m not sure if she has really lost her will to live or if there is a chance she could still get better. I’ve let many chickens pass away so it’s not like I’m afraid of that...
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    Canker/fowl pox/cancer worsening despite treatment - what to do

    Bantam Cochin, 5 y/o became emaciated and couldn’t eat in early December. We isolated her, took her to vet, and at first diagnosed with canker. Ronidazole treatment seemed to work at first but the plaques returned - disgusting smell making canker seem likely. 4 vet visits later, a month inside...
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    Very severe case of canker, or something else? Please help

    It smelled absolutely putrid. Not as bad since we’ve been treating. He did not culture the plaques; I think diagnosed via smell and appearance (and wanting to save us money). No other birds have been sick but we do have wild birds around that unfortunately can’t be kept completely away from the...
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    Very severe case of canker, or something else? Please help

    I noticed my 5 year old bantam Cochin was having trouble eating a couple of weeks ago. When I picked her up she was shockingly light. I rarely take birds to the vet but we’ve had this one so long and she is such a sweet bird that I did take her in. She was diagnosed with probable canker due to...
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    CPR on a baby chick - worried

    Today was a very sad day as I lost an adorable and otherwise healthy bantam d’uccle, about a week old. Was washing her vent which was a little pasty and she suddenly went limp and passed away. No water got in her nose or anything; no idea what happened. I panicked and quickly looked up bird...
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