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UPDATE! We have hit week 5 and are on the up swing of recovery. Gracie atrophied quite a bit, but is eating well and attempting to walk again, with a lot of flopping around. She is gaining some weight as well. I just bathed and blow dried her today and she was fairly ravenous afterward and...

Can a bird with suspected Marek's wasting/paralzyed be force fed long enough to recover after the virus "runs it's course?" Is there anything that can be done? I am in the same boat as the poster. Trisha

Update: We are on day 11 of treating Gracie, she is still interested in food, and seems content (perhaps frustrated at not walking), but is a trooper when bathing the behind and even blow drying when she was shivering after, then content again in the heat lamp. When can we post pictures? Trisha

If you are willing to segregate in a cage or box - I am using a towel rolled up into a "U" shape to hold my paralyzed pullet upright (we are going through something similar) and giving her food soaked in water and trying to nurse her back to health. The other thing I used was a bowl shaped...

check my post to see if your chicken have similar symptoms... it sounds similar. in Emergencies/diseases... Paralyzed pullet question treatment and recovery Good luck! Trisha

Hi everyone, I have an 8 week old, hatched myself, un-vaccinated, 1/2 free-range, organically fed wobbly (now paralyzed) easter egger pullet. From my research on the web it seems to be either Marek's in the beginning stages or and ear (inner ear issue), or some type of poisoning. Has anyone...