She's not eating or drinking at all (I have to tube all her food), she breathes with her mouth open when sleeping, and just seems weak. I'm hoping that if I can keep her alive/get her more nutrients on the Kaytee she'll get more vigorous and be able to fight off the infection with the help of the antibiotics.
How long ago was the sulfa ended? Sorry if you said that, i didnt catch it. A 10 day sulfa course is a bit much, she is probably super weak from anemia. I treat with pieces of liver mashed with food. Red meat, chicken, fish are other options maybe that have the iron and vitamins.
No worries. I think the sulfa ended on the 13th. Vet wasn't open until the 18th though, so she definitely didn't get proper nutrition in that time. And to top it off she had a blood feather break on the 14th and blead maybe 20 drops of blood? Doesn't seem like much, but for a chicken that weighs 2.3 lbs and just got done with 10 days of sulfa it certainly didn't help.
I think he made it so long just because the infection has been so stubborn.
You're thinking of amprolium.
Sulfa does the same, not exactly but it causes depletion of nutrients required by cocci by killing the bacteria that are in the gut providing them. If i remember right it still causes thiamine deficiency and other nutrient deficiency. The vet was aware and prescrived the probiotics afterward and nutrient supplements. I think 10 days left her chicken way too depleted.
I looked and cannot find anything that mentions thiamine & sulfa.
