Chicken pecked badly, need advice!

[KRack]

How much does she weigh?

About 2.5/3 lbs. I’ll have to weigh her again to know for sure.

 

[KRack]

I may be able to have a fecal float done tomorrow, but I’m not sure. I’ll have to call the vet and they’re an hour away. But I can call to see if I can drop this off.

 

[KRack]

She hasn’t really had diarrhea though. Seems unlikely it’s coccidiosis but I can treat her for it.

The gas/air in her crop seems significant. Her trying to reach her back when she eats/drinks seems significant. She’s still pooping which doesn’t seem like an obstruction to me. I was thinking an infection but then I wouldn’t have expected her to get worse after 4 days of antibiotic. So I’ve been treating for sour crop and finishing the worming. I’m open to advice, it just needs to come soon because I can’t watch her decline much longer.

 

[casportpony]

I think it's time to start tube feeding. Can you get a tube and syringe?

 

[KRack]

I think it's time to start tube feeding. Can you get a tube and syringe?

Honestly, I’m not comfortable with that. And I don’t think that will solve whatever internal problem she’s having that I can’t seem to figure out. She was letting me feed her by hand until the eating/drinking process became too uncomfortable. The air/gas and burping has just become more constant and her reaching toward her back is hard to watch because she’s clearly distressed.

If anyone has an idea for a diagnosis, I’m open.

 

[KRack]

Just got her to take 2 tiny pieces of food and sips of water. Over the course of 5 minutes her crop ballooned 3 times and she burped 3 times. There’s a reason she doesn’t want to eat/drink and it’s not because she just wants to give up. But idk how to help her.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Are you still worming her?

 

[SmiYa0126]

I wonder if it's parasites that are causing her crop issues.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is she pooping? I'd like to see the poop again.

She has a lot of ointment on her, I'd clean off the ointment around her eyes and see if she'd be more inclined to open her eye.

Hard to know what's happening here. She was eating the food right? Then not?

A gassy crop is usually sour. How many days of treating the crop, deworming and giving antibiotics has it been? Sorry, I probably missed quite a bit, there's 15 pages (148posts) already, so I quickly tried to catch up.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Is she pooping? I'd like to see the poop again.

She has a lot of ointment on her, I'd clean off the ointment around her eyes and see if she'd be more inclined to open her eye.

Hard to know what's happening here. She was eating the food right? Then not?

A gassy crop is usually sour. How many days of treating the crop, deworming and giving antibiotics has it been? Sorry, I probably missed quite a bit, there's 15 pages (148posts) already, so I quickly tried to catch up.

@KRack stopped antibiotics (left over human antibiotic) two days ago, as she was getting worse, she's been dosed with safeguard, monistat and olive oil since Friday.