- Jun 28, 2014
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Turkey has been on ciprofloxacin 100 mg 2 x daily for 16 days and Banamine .5 ml 1 x daily for inflammation and pain. The hen came up with two lesions in the mouth yesterday, and today, the one front lesion after the tongue has grown. The one lesion on the side of mouth very close to the beak is pastel yellow - not bright yellow- looks like a human sore if I bit my mouth, but it is raised, The other one looks more like a canker. It looked like the one on this side of the mouth yesterday, but now has taken on vertical height and a little layered and has become darker. I called the vet and the vet said to stop the Banamine for 72 hours because he thought it was causing mouth ulcers (the vet has not seen the hen), but said that-seen uclers in animals from Banamine. Since the front lesion has grown to 4 times the size it was yesterday and is irregular, thinking it might be canker;
the vet doesn't think it is--and said it was no way it was trich.
I asked about the bird being immuno-suppressed from the cipro. The vet never answered. Told me to stop the Banamine for 3 days and then call. Know that trich can grow greatly in 4 to 18 days-thus, am concerned (about Trichomonas gallinae?). This vet doesn't seem to think that birds get trich, but there seems to many on BYC that have it--and says that "hasn't seen it." I keep a CLEAN environment. Dishes are washed with soap daily and very well rinsed, and the coop and grazing area is even scooped several times a day and there is no standing water nor any etc. The hen is has a really good appetite.
Think that the vet also wants to take her off the medications to see how she fairs now that most of the inflammation has disappeared.
She still has minor balancing problems when she stands, but has adjusted well since she hasn't had much pain. The vet did not state this as a reason. The vet has been pushing to give a liquid Banamine, but the hen pants all the time and could aspirate.
IF all is the environment is clean, how can a bird get trichomonas?
Has anyone heard of mouth uclers from NSAIDS and what do they look like?
These are yellowish and are not bleeding, and nor do they have a sore. I couldn't find any photos of mouth uclers on BYC, but plenty of trich/canker photos.
I suppose that if it clears in 3 days, then it is Banamine, but it grows like crazy, then it is trich? Great. Either way the hen looses. Trich or pain.
Is it safe to put a bird on metronidazole if they might not have a fungus?
the vet doesn't think it is--and said it was no way it was trich.
I asked about the bird being immuno-suppressed from the cipro. The vet never answered. Told me to stop the Banamine for 3 days and then call. Know that trich can grow greatly in 4 to 18 days-thus, am concerned (about Trichomonas gallinae?). This vet doesn't seem to think that birds get trich, but there seems to many on BYC that have it--and says that "hasn't seen it." I keep a CLEAN environment. Dishes are washed with soap daily and very well rinsed, and the coop and grazing area is even scooped several times a day and there is no standing water nor any etc. The hen is has a really good appetite.
Think that the vet also wants to take her off the medications to see how she fairs now that most of the inflammation has disappeared.
She still has minor balancing problems when she stands, but has adjusted well since she hasn't had much pain. The vet did not state this as a reason. The vet has been pushing to give a liquid Banamine, but the hen pants all the time and could aspirate.
IF all is the environment is clean, how can a bird get trichomonas?
Has anyone heard of mouth uclers from NSAIDS and what do they look like?
These are yellowish and are not bleeding, and nor do they have a sore. I couldn't find any photos of mouth uclers on BYC, but plenty of trich/canker photos.
I suppose that if it clears in 3 days, then it is Banamine, but it grows like crazy, then it is trich? Great. Either way the hen looses. Trich or pain.
Is it safe to put a bird on metronidazole if they might not have a fungus?
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No advice from me. I'd just like to follow along.
