I grew up in the city and moved to the country three years ago were I found a baby rooster in a undeveloped lot by himself and caught him with a net and brought him home. He grew up to be a very large Rooster my wife named Crispy. At night we would bring him inside for protection from predators and put him in a large dog cage and let him out in the mornings. He would greet us when we got home until we fenced him in the back yard. Crispy has been a wonderful pet and my first Rooster. I recently noticed him opening his mouth wide and no longer making noise, I did not delay and got him to the vet. Xray showed his throat blocked and vet he confirmed trichomonosis and cleaned out as much as he could and sent him home with metrondazole. today is day 10 on the medicine and he still is lethargic and closes his eyes like sleeping standing. Vet says his keel bone has no meat on it and were feeding him corn, watermellon, bird seeds, meal worms, corn, bread, yogurt, poultry nutrient powder, blue berries and water with electrolytes and braggs vinegar. Crispy seems like he constantly tries to shake up the food and liquids cause him cough up more than food. The wife syringes water in his mouth and sometimes and he sometimes drinks from a feeder although I dont have the time to keep watching. we have been keeping him in quarantined and other days lets him out for a few hours. He doesn't seem to be getting any better and eating and drinking food causes him to want to try to heave it out. vet says prospects are not good and most of these guys starve to death. Has anybody any experience with this and has any roosters survive this? Any ideas how long it might take to get better if he does?
Video Rooster Eating
Video Rooster Eating
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