Help me please. He was fine until 8 days ago when he suddenly just wanted to lay down and exhibited weak legs. The following day developed crop stasis. Took him to an Avian vet and X-rays revealed illuminating foreign objects and he gave me IM and oral chelation therapy. Despite 2 days of IM...
Hi everyone. Need some support. One of my babies, a 3 y/o rooster, was diagnosed today with a testicular tumor. I took him in for a change in voice and greenish/yellowish diarrhea for 3 days. The avian vet took an X-ray of him and diagnosed him with the testicular tumor. He treated him with a...
Hi everyone. Have a 3y/o rooster that suddenly lost his balance and walks like he is drunk. Took him to an avian specialist yesterday, took X-rays and found 2 densities consistent with metals. He didn’t know which one’s. Took thorough blood samples and started him on 7 chelation injections. Hate...
Hi all I need help. I had 4 hens, all with egg yolk peritonitis. All had their coelemic cavities drained and one was infected with E. Coli despite treatment with antibiotics. In early January one was deathly ill and took her to an exotic vet. She empirically treated her with clavamox. There was...
Hi. I have a 2 y/o hen with egg yolk peritonitis. She developed sour crop back in October. Took her to a sophisticated animal hospital and was kept 4 nights. They did X-rays and ultrasound and found nothing. The sent her home on Clavamox and improved. About 6 weeks later the sour crop recurred...
Hi. I’m really worried about my rooster. A few days ago he started with mild hoarseness. I can tell his usual cute noises sounded like he was congested. Had no nasal d/c. While this was starting his Bumblefoot infection returned and on Tuesday vet did incision and drainage of his left foot...
Hi All. Concerned about 2 members of my flock (hen and rooster). About 2 weeks ago one of my hens started having watery green poop. A rooster is now having it. Can anyone shed some light on this? They’re otherwise eating and drinking well and are very active. They eat a layer feed but I spoil...
i Have 2 roosters and they despise each other. While in his hard metal cage, he tried to peck the other rooster who was walking on the floor and in doing so, his beak hit the hard wire, literally smashing off the top keratinized layer of his top beak, like when one loses a nail. His top beak is...