Bloody Stool, Lethargy - Not Cocci

[nakdash]

Hi all - I posted earlier about this, but really need help since its NOT coccidiosis.

Here are her symptoms & current treatment:
- Bloody stool
- Wet stool
- Eats and drinks okay, but today not interested as much.
- Eating mushed feed, live mealworms
- Very lethargic, doesn't want to stand much
- Underweight - 2 lbs.
- Doesn't lay - used to eat her eggs
- Crop is emptied.

Current treatment:
- Tylan in water
- Metacam twice a day
- Has seen the vet two times
- Fecal came back negative for everything

She's been stable with very little improvement since Tuesday! Please help!

 

[nakdash]

Here are some photos - she doesn't want to eat or drink and has her eyes closed.

 

[coach723]

I'm sorry you are having trouble. I'm no expert but can only tell you what I would do. I know the vet said it wasn't coccidiosis, but with these symptoms I would probably go ahead and treat with Corid anyway. It's very unlikely that would do any harm even if that isn't what is going on, which is why I would try. Other things I can think of are necrotic enteritis (often coccidiosis or severe worm load precedes it- but I think it generally is fatal quicker), the bacteria could be ID'd in a fecal also, or a cancer. Is there any swelling in her abdomen, below vent between legs? If she doesn't recover I would recommend that you have a necropsy done, or do an informal one yourself to determine what happened. There are people here who will look at pictures for you and try to help you determine abnormalities if you choose to do yourself.
I hope some others have some ideas for you and chime in.

 

[nakdash]

Thank you for your message. We took her to the state hospital last night where she was seen by one of the top exotic specialists in the country. She was in a lot of pain and too far gone. The list of what she could have was long and they would need to do all these tests on her. They felt that would be very hard for her since these animals are very sensitive, so the stress of trying to determine what's going on could kill her. She stopped eating and drinking two nights ago. We humanely euthanized her. It was so hard to end her life. I'm completely heartbroken.

 

[Igofastandwin]

So sorry for your loss! We are very new to the chicken life and aren't experienced with all the things that can go and it's our biggest fear with our two girls that something like this could happen

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry to hear she didn't make it

Are you going to have the state vet perform a necropsy so hopefully they can give you more information to what was causing her problems?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Thank you for your message. We took her to the state hospital last night where she was seen by one of the top exotic specialists in the country. She was in a lot of pain and too far gone. The list of what she could have was long and they would need to do all these tests on her. They felt that would be very hard for her since these animals are very sensitive, so the stress of trying to determine what's going on could kill her. She stopped eating and drinking two nights ago. We humanely euthanized her. It was so hard to end her life. I'm completely heartbroken.

so sorry you lost her, i do agree with Wyorp Rock about the necropsy

 

[coach723]

I'm very sorry for your loss. Despite all best efforts, sometimes this is the kindest thing we can do for them, difficult as it is.