I found somewhere to get ringers lactate! I think I'm still going to do the subq injection because even though it does look better she seems to be getting worse. What do you think?
That sounds good I will tonight. How much do you recommend giving her? And should I stop the tube feeding or how much should I administer that way? Also I've called around all day and cannot find any iv fluids do you think the directions on this would work...
Maybe I should back off the cirpo and give her a lower dose? I read that cipro can caused reduced breathing in large animals.
She does not have any signs of respiratory issues like a runny nose or puffy eyes also.
I think they could have possibly messed up somewhere with the weight/dosage conversions. The medication they gave me helped but it didn't clear up the infection either. So that's just leading me to believe that they didn't administer a large enough amount.
I can give her one, she's getting...
I didn't ever go through with it, my mom was worried about hitting the air sacs. We did look at your thread with the diagrams and pictures but neither of us had the guts to do it. I still have all the stuff to do so though.
I've just been tube feeding her and trying to get ~240 ml a day in her...
It won't let me upload them in order but the pink towel is last night after giving her ~50 ml of kaytee exact and antibiotics. The red flannel is from Friday, before she started antibiotics and the green is from the day before that. She did have one good poop that was normal looking yesterday...
Hi! I've read a lot about tube feeding chickens and I decided that it was best for my hen to start tube feeding her. I've read through the tube feeding journey thread and many others but I still have a couple of questions.
-My hen is a buff orpington, she weighed over 8 lbs and now since she's...