Ascites Draining

[Eddie12109]

Oh, I thought I messed up with the yogurt and amoxicillin.

Dev has me concerned, again... so she is molting hard! She is losing so many feathers. Her poops are still off. At least once a night, I haven’t seen any in the coop or when she walks around, she has a white liquid poop. No actual poop, just a puddle of urate. I took a picture, is this normal for a hen molting?


And just a random but related question if needed but should a molting hen get antibiotics? Like will it hurt if she gets it?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I would not give her antibiotics just because she's molting.

A lot of times a molting hen just does not feel well. Give her time to work through it. If she's eating and drinking, moving around a bit, then give her time.

 

[Eddie12109]

I think today is the day. I am not sure but I think it’s time to drain. I tubed 50 ml of electrolyte water into her earlier and I’m giving her some baby bird food powder mixed with her ascites treatment to help give her some food.
Her breathes have started to become more quicker, her mouth isn’t open but it’s very fast. I don’t want to hold it off for too long so....

Do you think I have done all the prep work? Like with the hydrating and feeding?

 

[Eddie12109]

Another draining down. She is fine right now, but she is standing up and hasn’t laid down at all and started to sneeze. It sounded like she had fluid in her lungs and she was trying to get it out, I don’t know how she would get fluid in her lungs though. And it was like 6 in a row. I am keeping an eye on her tonight and seeing how she goes tomorrow.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Poor girl

 

[Eddie12109]

Oh no

 

[Eddie12109]

I came out to check on her and she was standing with her head tucked under her wing but she was still standing.

She woke up and she just started to throw up and she sounds so gurgly and is having trouble breathing... I’m panicking

 

[Eddie12109]

She is having trouble breathing, I didn’t aspirate her today, I don’t know why there if fluid in her lungs. She can’t breathe well, or at all. She threw up without me touching her at all. She can’t breathe well. Oh no, goodness.

 

[Eddie12109]

Why is there fluid in her lungs?

 

[Eddie12109]

I think she is going to suffocate to death.