4 Day Old Keet Went Limp

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5 Years
Jun 2, 2014
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Update: Unfortunately it died. The first three pictures are after it passed. No idea what could make it go that quickly besides injury but don't remember it suffering one.









So we had 9 keets hatch four days ago. One had a bad leg and couldn't walk. Tried bandaiding the legs together and feeding it and giving it water with a dropper but found it dead this evening. Shortly after that, this one which was previously healthy basically just fell over and went limp after my wife picked it up and cleaned poop off its backside. Now it is just sitting there and she is worried it is going to die also.

What can make a meeting just flop over onto its side and lay there? Looks at times as if it is trying to get up but is just sitting there now. Breathing, opening its eyes, doesn't look like anything is deformed.

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I have 2 keets the same age as yours. We found them lost in our yard. First day all was well, then one got wry neck. Now the other is acting strangely. I found one of the keets upside down and the other pushes his head under his body. I started Vitamin E gel, Poly ViSol without iron, and Vitamin B Complex. I dont give the E gel with the vitamins because it can affect absorption. I am feeding raw egg yolk with vitamin drops out of desperation to turn these guys around. I have to push electrolyte water with a syringe very slowly to their beak. I was feeding them scrambled eggs but they wont eat on their own anymore. I am exhausted and not sure if they will survive. They sleep all the time. I wake them every hour for fluids!!
 

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