- Jun 9, 2012
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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Buff Orpington/ 10 weeks/ Don't know weight (average). She feels normal at this point.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Pearl began to isolate herself yesterday from the other girls during free-ranging. Her vent is clear, though pulsating pretty rapidly. She is too young to lay. She has heaving-like breathing, that makes the lower half of her body heave dramatically, almost pulsate. Her eyes are clear, her nasal passages, too. She has no runny nose, but light, hoarse, sporadic sneezing. She actually made honking noises yesterday, but that has since subsided. Her breathing (as I put my ear to her body) is crackly, wheezy and I hear on occasion an almost "popping" noise. Very disturbing. She seems to be more comfortable with her beak open and is lightly panting. She is eating, but I don't see her drinking much, I marked her water level, but don't see much of a decline, so I have given her water in a syringe. She is only 10 weeks old. The severity of labored breathing seems to fluctuate and become almost normal, then suddenly it will start again. She is able to get about just fine, though I have quarantined her so that she can rest, and not infect the other girls, if that may be the case.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
This is the second day
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
I have five other birds who are behaving normally.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
None. Her bones seem to "move" when she breathes, I assume this is normal. I keep a close watch on these girls. They do not fight, and there are no signs of trauma or external parasites, etc. Can internal worms be big enough to feel moving? I know...weird, scary question.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
No clue, unless its respiratory.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
I have given her wet crumbles, finely cuts greens and watermelon. Her appetite is mediocre; that is to say, at least she is eating a little bit. But she is still, although will rise up if I come into the bathroom (I isolated her yesterday). Her crop has been quite flat the last two days - I did try and gently run my fingers over it, in the event of something being lodged.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Her poop looks great. First one this morning was a bit firm, by the third one, within 5 minutes, was a bit on the runny side, but still normal looking, as the rest I just checked again.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Yesterday I started her on Terra Vet 10 in her waterer - about 3/4 tsp. in a quart of filtered water
Today, I wormed the entire flock with Safegaurd, in the event of gapeworm, etc.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I can treat her myself, she is a sweet girl and is very agreeable (well, with the help of a towel). I am also quite willing to take her to a vet, though we have no avian specialists in my area. My vet will see her, but they really don't know much, and say as such.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Her normal coop is a large converted/insulated open-air shed coop, highly predator-proofed, with an attached run that consists of small rocks, and a sprinkled bit of wood chips. I use pine shavings in their coop and change the roost litter boxes every other day. I use a small amount of hay in the "nesting boxes" thought they are too young to lay, yet - they like scratching the hay out of the boxes. They don't spend much time in the coop, as they free-range most of the day- supervised (I have lots of tree cover in my yard). I have wood chips in the yard outside in the flower beds, etc. The rest is healthy, well-waterd grass.
As you all know, this can cause a feeling of helplessness when you cannot determine, nor seemingly find an avenue to properly comfort your birds. Any help will be warmly accepted, from both Pearl and I. Thank You - Laura
Buff Orpington/ 10 weeks/ Don't know weight (average). She feels normal at this point.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Pearl began to isolate herself yesterday from the other girls during free-ranging. Her vent is clear, though pulsating pretty rapidly. She is too young to lay. She has heaving-like breathing, that makes the lower half of her body heave dramatically, almost pulsate. Her eyes are clear, her nasal passages, too. She has no runny nose, but light, hoarse, sporadic sneezing. She actually made honking noises yesterday, but that has since subsided. Her breathing (as I put my ear to her body) is crackly, wheezy and I hear on occasion an almost "popping" noise. Very disturbing. She seems to be more comfortable with her beak open and is lightly panting. She is eating, but I don't see her drinking much, I marked her water level, but don't see much of a decline, so I have given her water in a syringe. She is only 10 weeks old. The severity of labored breathing seems to fluctuate and become almost normal, then suddenly it will start again. She is able to get about just fine, though I have quarantined her so that she can rest, and not infect the other girls, if that may be the case.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
This is the second day
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
I have five other birds who are behaving normally.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
None. Her bones seem to "move" when she breathes, I assume this is normal. I keep a close watch on these girls. They do not fight, and there are no signs of trauma or external parasites, etc. Can internal worms be big enough to feel moving? I know...weird, scary question.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
No clue, unless its respiratory.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
I have given her wet crumbles, finely cuts greens and watermelon. Her appetite is mediocre; that is to say, at least she is eating a little bit. But she is still, although will rise up if I come into the bathroom (I isolated her yesterday). Her crop has been quite flat the last two days - I did try and gently run my fingers over it, in the event of something being lodged.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Her poop looks great. First one this morning was a bit firm, by the third one, within 5 minutes, was a bit on the runny side, but still normal looking, as the rest I just checked again.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
Yesterday I started her on Terra Vet 10 in her waterer - about 3/4 tsp. in a quart of filtered water
Today, I wormed the entire flock with Safegaurd, in the event of gapeworm, etc.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I can treat her myself, she is a sweet girl and is very agreeable (well, with the help of a towel). I am also quite willing to take her to a vet, though we have no avian specialists in my area. My vet will see her, but they really don't know much, and say as such.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Her normal coop is a large converted/insulated open-air shed coop, highly predator-proofed, with an attached run that consists of small rocks, and a sprinkled bit of wood chips. I use pine shavings in their coop and change the roost litter boxes every other day. I use a small amount of hay in the "nesting boxes" thought they are too young to lay, yet - they like scratching the hay out of the boxes. They don't spend much time in the coop, as they free-range most of the day- supervised (I have lots of tree cover in my yard). I have wood chips in the yard outside in the flower beds, etc. The rest is healthy, well-waterd grass.
As you all know, this can cause a feeling of helplessness when you cannot determine, nor seemingly find an avenue to properly comfort your birds. Any help will be warmly accepted, from both Pearl and I. Thank You - Laura
