3 week silkie; can't hold up head; walking backward; rubs head

[daproper]

he/she is rubbing it's head on the bottom of the cage, looks up scoots backward. stool is solid, light green. started early this morning just looking sideways gone downhill since then. Is chirping and nuzzling mt hand

Help please!!

 

[crittersitter]

try posting this in emergencies section. hopefully you'll get a quick response

 

[thornwing]

I have seen this on youtube, and I'm afraid the news is grim.

This disease, I forgot what it is called, is a nervous disease common in only crested birds, especially silkies. They will hold their head in crooked ways and walk backwards as if something on their head is bugging them.

Unfortuanatly, since it is a nervous disease, it cannot be cured, and the result is death. I'm sorry :[ Love your little silkie as much as you can now...

 

[Rin]

when my silkie chick had this I was told it was wry neck and to get either vitamin e or a baby vitamin the name which I can't remember. Couldn't get it in them and they died within 24hrs.

 

[crittersitter]

Polyvisol WITHOUT IRON. Cvs,walgreens etc has it just make sure it is without iron.

 

[Rin]

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THAT IS THE STUFF :>

 

[daproper]

Thanks for your input. I did post this in the emergencies category but got no response so I thought I'd post here too.

Tried to give it some Vitamin E and B with water and ground chick starter with a medicine dropper. Not sure how much she actually got, it's not an easy thing to do.

Now we'll wait and see. She perked up a little bit after the first attempt and we'll try again later. She's sleeping peacefully right now. Some silkie breeders have indicated that it's possible she has crookneck.