911!! pale/cold/weak peachick

[Sonia]

I'm sorry I don't have a scale.

 

[Sonia]

im being as careful as i can. never had peachicks before.

 

[casportpony]

I think I would use a size 8 stuffed onto the end of a 1ml syringe.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cken-and-give-subcutaneous-fluid#post_9910754

 

[casportpony]

im being as careful as i can. never had peachicks before.

Can you take her to a vet? A vet could show you how to tube feed and could give you metronidazole in liquid form.

 

[Sonia]

She's walking a little now and pecking at feed. Still very pale and sleepy. She is swallowing fine when I put a drop of water on her beak.

 

[Sonia]

I have no way of getting the things in your previous post and certainly not quickly enough to help this chick. No bird vet

 

[casportpony]

I have no way of getting the things in your previous post and certainly not quickly enough to help this chick. No bird vet

Petsmart and Petco have the food and any vet or animal rescue place will have the catheter.

-Kathy

 

[Sonia]

The color is coming back in her beak a bit. Her feet are still very white.

 

[Sonia]

It will be at least two weeks before I'm able to get to petco or similar. The vets around here would laugh me out of their offices if I called about a chick ( very rural and primarily large animal vets here) I couldn't even get one to see a pet goat, I was told by the vet that the visit would cost more than the goat was worth and that I ought to just shoot it. That's why I adore the people on this forum and my goat group, no such thing as a stupid question and I don't get made fun of for getting attached to an unconventional pet.

 

[casportpony]

Well it sounds like you're doing all that you can right now... If you decide to tube feed her, PM me your phone number and I'll talk you through it.

Good luck,
Kathy