AshHallahan
Hatching
- Jul 24, 2022
- 6
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- 9
Rescued our year old Easter egger roo literally from the mouth of a bobcat. This is the second time he has survived a bobcat attack. An hour before he was grabbed, another one of our young cockerels was chasing him and trying to attack him, he was pretty worked up.
We got him away from the cat and oddly enough, no visible wounds whatsoever. Not even bloody feathers. Obviously not sure what’s going on internally. We separated him in a warm dark environment for the night. Since the attack (almost 2 weeks ago) he has barely moved, barely drinks water, won’t eat, just slowly wasting away and becoming more and more lame. His droppings are straight bile, yellow/green. His vent feathers are constantly dirty, covered in greenish yellow diarrhea. His comb looks rough and Ants have been trying to eat him alive because he does not move. He keeps his eyes closed and is holding his head really weirdly. If you talk to him or touch him, he responds and seems to know you’re there. I really don’t know what I can do for him, I have tried to see if he will pull through and he’s been hanging on for so long, I would hate to put him down if it’s something that’s treatable? Can shock do this or is this some kind of illness brought on by stress? Keeping him isolated from the flock just to be on the safe side.
We got him away from the cat and oddly enough, no visible wounds whatsoever. Not even bloody feathers. Obviously not sure what’s going on internally. We separated him in a warm dark environment for the night. Since the attack (almost 2 weeks ago) he has barely moved, barely drinks water, won’t eat, just slowly wasting away and becoming more and more lame. His droppings are straight bile, yellow/green. His vent feathers are constantly dirty, covered in greenish yellow diarrhea. His comb looks rough and Ants have been trying to eat him alive because he does not move. He keeps his eyes closed and is holding his head really weirdly. If you talk to him or touch him, he responds and seems to know you’re there. I really don’t know what I can do for him, I have tried to see if he will pull through and he’s been hanging on for so long, I would hate to put him down if it’s something that’s treatable? Can shock do this or is this some kind of illness brought on by stress? Keeping him isolated from the flock just to be on the safe side.