Chick with wobbly legs.

[rdilbarova]

So, she seems a tiny bit better, but nothing significant. She also has developed a new symptom- head twitching, which is done quickly and repeatedly as if trying to shake something off of her head.

 

[Haunted55]

If the B doesn't work, I am going to just go buy a bird vitamin that I found out was sold after I already bought the B. There are almost no feed stores around me, so I was surprised when I found this in a regular pet store.

Also, (unfortunately for my little bird), as I have come to understand, you really cannot live without any one thing, no matter how seemingly unimportant, because everything is connected in the body.

Truth to being connected, but from the symptoms, the Bs are in short supply right now and need to be brought back up to a workable level. This is what I normally do if a problem like this shows itself here. In a gallon waterer for many, quart for one, I give a dosage of the Durvet vitamins with eletrolytes and whole Super B Complex to a gallon or 1/4 - 1/2 half to a quart. If the symptoms resemble a Wry Neck coming on, to the gallon I will put one E capsule into the waterer and open one and 'float' the contents on the water in the dish. In the qt, I just float the contents of the capsule on the water. No Wry Neck symptoms, no added E as it's already in the multi vitamin. The Bs being water soluble, leave the body quickly and are much better if given in a constant dosing through their water. This way there is a continuous level of the Bs going in and more of these can be taken in and used by the body. Another thing I do is change their feed. Sometimes it really is that easy. Something may be wrong with it and I would look to that quicker than something wrong with the birds. Just a thought for you.

 

[rdilbarova]

Great, thanks so much! I will let you know how she is doing.

 

[rdilbarova]

She is doing better, but still wobbling. I just wanted to add that I just noticed her legs have a green tint and look like an ameraucana's legs, which is not typical of her breed (I think).

 

[Haunted55]

As long as they are warm, normal temp, don't worry. In this case, a chicken, is a chicken, is a chicken. Doesn't matter the breed right now. Let's get her better first. The legs may take a bit to come if her Bs were way down and she'll also have to learn how to get them working right again. Keep going with the vites and see how she is in another day or two.

 

[rdilbarova]

She is doing a LOT better today. I am giving her a concentrated (2x more then 'normal' dose) solution of vitamins via pipette twice daily and letting her drink the normal dose throughout the day. I am still seeing the occasional wobble and it is clear she doesn't walk just like the others but she can actually move forward, stretch, and clean herself without falling over, which was impossible for her to do last week.

 

[Haunted55]

She is doing a LOT better today. I am giving her a concentrated (2x more then 'normal' dose) solution of vitamins via pipette twice daily and letting her drink the normal dose throughout the day. I am still seeing the occasional wobble and it is clear she doesn't walk just like the others but she can actually move forward, stretch, and clean herself without falling over, which was impossible for her to do last week.

A word of caution....please be very careful of giving double vitamins to any animal. Human or otherwise. The B vitamins are water soluble and can be used in a higher dosing as needed because they leave the body so quickly. There are others like the A, D, and E to name just a few, that can cause serious side affects if given in too high a dosing. You may get away with it for a day or two, but you are risking permanent damage if you are not very cautious with the amount given.

 

[rdilbarova]

A word of caution....please be very careful of giving double vitamins to any animal. Human or otherwise. The B vitamins are water soluble and can be used in a higher dosing as needed because they leave the body so quickly. There are others like the A, D, and E to name just a few, that can cause serious side affects if given in too high a dosing. You may get away with it for a day or two, but you are risking permanent damage if you are not very cautious with the amount given.

Yes, I know, but thank you for the advice
It says on the bottle to use double dose for 'sick' birds, and that even if double was used for normal birds, there would be no ill effects.

 

[Haunted55]

Great! Just wanted to make sure you had the info.

 

[rdilbarova]

Much appreciated!