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no as soon as he looked into his throat he said straight away,had a really good feel and listen to his chest,hes alot brighter today,so fingers crossed,hes only gaped a couple of times and is now munching on the grass etc.nice cool day for him better then how hot its been.fingers...
he said theres a fungal infection cos off the worms,weve been with our vet for years,hes treated all our reptiles etc,hes also partner with a guy who its vet for a zoo near us,they both run it together,they have a programme on telly called zoo vet at large,xx
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dont know,he said he could see a build up of bugs down his throat,which can be quite commen in chickens especially those who free range so can eat what bugs n worms they want,and to ring him friday if it doesnt get better then hell treat him for something beginning with t,xx
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yeah he said hes sure its gapeworm,or someother kind of type of worms,but is positive its gapeworm,he said he could see a little collection of bugs at the back of his throat,along with what looks like cheesey loooking stuff.yeah ive seen thosepics,been on the comp non stop since he...
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he said you mix it in with there feed,for 7days,but its making sure they all get there same share,im going to look into something else,so we know each one is getting what they need,xx
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hes just treated zeebs.as the others arent showing signs ,only the couple of times 2 of them did,so said get that stuff as it treats them against all types of worms,x
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haha sorry im a fast writer and it all just comes up.yes he is certain its gapeworm,he gave him an injection of somthing to kill it off with antibiotcs in it aswell.got to wait till fri n let him know if hes better if he isnt then hes going to treat for this other thing beginning with t.xx
just got back from vets,hes looked in his throat and he scan see alot of cheesey stuff,he said hes certain its gapeworm,so hes treated him and said ring him on fri,to let him know how hes getting on,if its not better then hes going ffto treat him for somthing beginning with t,i cant remember...
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thankyou.just got up hes still alive,is standing up.alert.walking about the crate,but still breathing a little wierd and doing the reaching his neck up ansd gaping thing,my other half is the phone to vets now,x
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just couldnt,hess really rattling tonight,i think he keeps falling over,dont want to disturb him but can hear little tiny thuds like hes falling,
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cheers theyre my little babies haha,not been well and theyve gonna sound soft helped me i kind of saved him from being killed,n just cudnt bare anything to happen to him,xx
hes now in a crate in my living room,he did go into his bed to settle with the rest,feel so guilty for seperating him,put some runny scrambledegg and water with avc and garlic in his crate,fungers crossed he will do good tonight,im praying he does,he isnt doing the noise as much tonight,xx
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we havent checked his throat with the swapwith us being at vets tom morn,dnt want to risk hurting him,as im not good with that stuff.hes not eating again.but had alot to eat earlier.hes only wheezing as he breathes back in after having one of those big breathy things hes having you...