Up days and down days for Nick.
Once he was on the pure vitamin b1 (10mg) and vitamin e (10 mg) from health food store - he had huge improvements. His legs work fine- he just cant stay balanced, flops to the left. Left wing is getting distorted from pushing his body along.
Allowed him to eat real chicken food - my own conconction of 3 way scratch, wild bird mix, turkey mash for protein, grit and sweet feed. He loved it so much he wont eat the baby food of abba green, soymilk, and vitamins. So I almost have to force feed him or mix it in with cooked oatmeal. i make his beak go into the spoon and he pushes against me to NOT eat baby food.
His will to live is really strong! He acts like he can scratch his feed but of course his legs are up in the air cuz he sits on his butt and does the motions. i place him outside leaning on a clump of grass and he goes crazy, flapping and scooting and trying to eat grass. If i hold my finger under his butt, he can actually balance and walk a few steps. Yet when he pushes against me to not eat baby food, BOTH legs work just fine. When laying on his back he can turn himself back over, no problem.
THEN today he starts having spasms again, spasms had stopped days ago!
Couple of things - when I started the b1 and e vitamins I stopped the polyvisol. The less baby food I get in to him, the severe symptoms come back. From what I've read the vitamin b1 (thiamine) is a speedy recovery and we are almost a month along.
I actually leave the island in 3 weeks and he has to be well or .......
Little Chassidy - her eyesight is back. When wormed for eye worms they were so bad I think she was in shock (I've told her breeder and he's worming all his chickens) and her eyesight left- I knew she could see when she jumped out of the hospital/carrier and jumped onto the computer. She is also eating the baby food and loves it. When the other chickens approached her and Nick -she attacked, this 2 inch chick attacked full grown serama and bantam old english. They raised their hackles and was really gonna get her she didnt back down at all- she's a tough cookie.
HELP AGAIN needed - IDEAS??
Once he was on the pure vitamin b1 (10mg) and vitamin e (10 mg) from health food store - he had huge improvements. His legs work fine- he just cant stay balanced, flops to the left. Left wing is getting distorted from pushing his body along.
Allowed him to eat real chicken food - my own conconction of 3 way scratch, wild bird mix, turkey mash for protein, grit and sweet feed. He loved it so much he wont eat the baby food of abba green, soymilk, and vitamins. So I almost have to force feed him or mix it in with cooked oatmeal. i make his beak go into the spoon and he pushes against me to NOT eat baby food.
His will to live is really strong! He acts like he can scratch his feed but of course his legs are up in the air cuz he sits on his butt and does the motions. i place him outside leaning on a clump of grass and he goes crazy, flapping and scooting and trying to eat grass. If i hold my finger under his butt, he can actually balance and walk a few steps. Yet when he pushes against me to not eat baby food, BOTH legs work just fine. When laying on his back he can turn himself back over, no problem.
THEN today he starts having spasms again, spasms had stopped days ago!
Couple of things - when I started the b1 and e vitamins I stopped the polyvisol. The less baby food I get in to him, the severe symptoms come back. From what I've read the vitamin b1 (thiamine) is a speedy recovery and we are almost a month along.
I actually leave the island in 3 weeks and he has to be well or .......
Little Chassidy - her eyesight is back. When wormed for eye worms they were so bad I think she was in shock (I've told her breeder and he's worming all his chickens) and her eyesight left- I knew she could see when she jumped out of the hospital/carrier and jumped onto the computer. She is also eating the baby food and loves it. When the other chickens approached her and Nick -she attacked, this 2 inch chick attacked full grown serama and bantam old english. They raised their hackles and was really gonna get her she didnt back down at all- she's a tough cookie.
HELP AGAIN needed - IDEAS??
