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Aw, poor Fred! It sounds like you are really doing a lot for him though. I hope he gets better!:fl

I have a sad update on Vespucci. Unfortunately, it looks like he is indeed affected by Marek’s disease virus. He started out with some weakness in his right leg, which could have been an injury from the fight where he lost his head rooster status. However, I was suspicious, since we have Marek’s...

He seems a lot better, eating and drinking on his own. His weight was up to 2210 g yesterday, so almost 10% more than his starting weight. I think that his problems probably started about two months ago when he somehow broke about 1/3 off of his upper beak. He could still eat and drink but I...

So before tubing Vespy this morning, I opened his cage door and then put his food back in to see if he’d eat. He wasn’t up for exploring the garage today, but he did walk over to the chick crumbles and park there. He ate and ate and ate like he hadn’t seen food in weeks. He then went over to the...

We did give Vespy a third 60 mL dose of fluids at bedtime - no passing out, so he passed out for only one tubing yesterday. I am planning to give him 50 mL, 1/2 crop volume?, omnivore Emeraid this morning. I will need to switch him to Kaytee after a few feedings as I don’t have a lot of Emeraid...

Ok, we’ve now given two 60 mL doses of half strength Gatorade. The first time went very well, with no passing out afterwards. The second time he looked brighter, and he fought us more and then passed out again after. He stood up again about 30 seconds after putting him back in his cage. I feel...

He was acting about the same this AM, except that he passed a small amount of normal looking poop, which he has not been doing. We let him wander around the garage a bit and I got this pic so you could see who you’re helping - Vespucci, 1.5 yr old black male Ameraucana. Pic in the run is from...

Ok, I had another go at tubing Vespy when I got home tonight. DD (whose roo this is) wouldn’t help and wanted to euthanize, as last night was traumatic and every bird that has been sick enough to come inside has died of Marek’s. He might also have Mareks; we have a bad strain and he’s one of our...

Thanks for responding! He’s still alive and doesn’t look worse. I’m having a hard time finding his crop, because it’s empty I presume. I did think that I could feel the tube in the neck, but he has a lot of dense and some pin feathers (Molting) and is fighting us so it’s hard for me to tell. I...

My DD and I had a traumatic attempt at tube feeding a rooster tonight. We have a 1.5 yr Ameraucana rooster that lives in a bachelor pad. We missed that he had developed a bad mite infestation until he was attacked by the other roos. He wasn’t seriously injured by them so I’m guessing that his...