Cerebellar Hypoplasia or Cerebellar Abiotrophy? Seizures, loss of motor control, only one breed in t

[NicoleM1020]

A few years back i had those symptoms on three different birds. One could only walk backward, had seziures, would actually do summersaults and had tortolosis(spelling?). At any rate it turned out all three cases were wry neck and with a lot of patience and treatment they did recover. It took a full 4 weeks. I treated with prednisone for brain swelling, vitamin B, vitamin E , multi liquid childrens vitamin w/o iron, and selenium in small amounts.(large amounts can be toxic) your symptoms reminded me of my girls. They didnt have it at the same time but over the course of that year the 3 got it. If it IS the same it can be cured. I had to help mine drink and eat until they could do it on their own again. I hope this helps. Anytime you deal with brain swelling in chickens, whatever the cause may be,ive found prednisone works well to bring swelling down. However the bird must be slowly weened off the prednisone, they cant just stop abruptly. It is a powerful steroid so can have side effects with long term use but used carefully it can also work wonders! Best wishes and do hope this helps.

I would love to know what the dosing for those vitamins that you gave were. I'm currently trying to treat a chick with the same symptoms and am just kind of guessing how much vitamin b, e and selenium to give.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would love to know what the dosing for those vitamins that you gave were. I'm currently trying to treat a chick with the same symptoms and am just kind of guessing how much vitamin b, e and selenium to give.

You can use Poultry Nutridrench or poultry Cell vitamins for all 3, and dosage is 1 ml per every 3 pounds given orally daily. Other brands, such as SaveAChick and others below, can be put in the water to deliver a normal dose. Those do not contain selenium uually, and it can be give at 25 micrograms once or twice daily