2 yo isa brown with vent gleet

[KCBeach]

Hi all, I inherited a flock of 6 isa browns this past summer when purchasing a home. One of our girls has what we suspect to be vent gleet. A couple of weeks ago the coop started smelling quite bad and we did some extra cleaning. Now we've noticed that one of the girls has lost nearly all her vent feathers, is not motivated by food like she used to be, and her vent is red. The smell, we have found, is coming from her.
Yesterday when we finally realized what was happening, we cleaned her booty off and applied topical antifungal. We fed her some eggs and rice which she ate up. She is pooping.
Today I brought her in and tried to feed her some more and she had no interest in the egg and rice, but did eat some plain rice. Later today we plan to do a salt soak and apply more ointment.
We live in zone 6 and January has brought us some below freezing temps, projected to reach around -2*F for the next few nights. She was shivering, puffing out her feathers, and guarding one leg when I checked on her last. If her immune system weren't compromised, I know she'd be fine. What do I need to do to make sure she's safe and can heal properly?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi all, I inherited a flock of 6 isa browns this past summer when purchasing a home. One of our girls has what we suspect to be vent gleet. A couple of weeks ago the coop started smelling quite bad and we did some extra cleaning. Now we've noticed that one of the girls has lost nearly all her vent feathers, is not motivated by food like she used to be, and her vent is red. The smell, we have found, is coming from her.
Yesterday when we finally realized what was happening, we cleaned her booty off and applied topical antifungal. We fed her some eggs and rice which she ate up. She is pooping.
Today I brought her in and tried to feed her some more and she had no interest in the egg and rice, but did eat some plain rice. Later today we plan to do a salt soak and apply more ointment.
We live in zone 6 and January has brought us some below freezing temps, projected to reach around -2*F for the next few nights. She was shivering, puffing out her feathers, and guarding one leg when I checked on her last. If her immune system weren't compromised, I know she'd be fine. What do I need to do to make sure she's safe and can heal properly?

Welcome To BYC

Can you post photos of her and her vent?

Do you know if she's laying eggs?

She's guarding a leg - what does that mean - is she limping, is the leg bruised?

Is her crop emptying?

If you are soaking her and she's going back outside, dry her well.
If she's struggling with the cold, then it may be a good idea to bring her into a warmer area like a garage or shed that is slightly warmer but not so warm that it will be shocking or hard to reacclimate to cold temps once she's better.

She's missing feathers around the vent, have they been plucked out, is the skin scabbed or do you see any wounds?

There's a discharge (yeasty) coming from the vent? If so, then treating with the anti-fungal is a good idea.



https://www.tillysnest.com/2012/12/vent-gleet-prevention-and-treatment-html/