Chicken refuses all the good food when sick....

Bantamfarmer

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Sep 26, 2009
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You know, all the good stuff?!

She got sick around Tuesday of last week... Lethargic, sitting around, avoiding the group and sorta pouting. Finally it was to much and we brought her in to try and figure out what was going on.

She had....
Diarrhea (gave yogurt... had to force feed.)
Crop was normal
Gave fluids

Finally we noticed worms (After many examinations of the poop... And this was a day before we planned on worming her... I wanna say Thursday...)
Wormed her Wazine (as they were round worms...)
Lots of BIG worms came out...
She started to decline a little (Figured it was the wormer and the infestation being so big)
Also PANTED for a few days straight... after wormer? Did we over dose?!

Very lethargic... Started feeding runny peanut butter (forced) and tried scramble eggs... Was not intrested....

Next day we gave her some supplements/electrolytes
Still same mood...
Tried more yogurt... took a few drinks and done... Forced the rest
More peanut butter through out the day....

One day I gave her an egg, runny and she seemed to like that, but still only a few bites and then done with it....

Yesterday I gave her a few bits of strawberry, she had no strength to bite it of her self so I crushed the berry into small bites... also took a few pieces of scratch/layer...

Each morning she seemed a little stronger... But today she is looking like its back down hill....
He crop has been holding onto the fluids we give her.... but eventually goes down... its pretty empty except for a few little grits towards the bottom....

Hasnt laid either, but doesn't seem egg bound. Abdomen is squishy and I don't feel anything in there.... Also she is passing a lot of the white (urine)... one day it was really pasty and smelled awful!
But now she passes little poops with lots more of the white...

I have no idea what is left to try?! She turns her nose to bread, yogurt, peanut butter, berries, scratch, eggs, everything!!!

Anyone have any ideas on the possible other steps I need to take and any other food choices?! going to get her some powerade and give her some of that, and still forcing peanut butter... Doing peanut butter because when I worked at a vet clinic thats what we told people who wanted to save baby bird chicks....
Shes held on this long, I want to see if we can bring her back.... She is our favorite little girl... Millie Fleur Duccle Bantam around a year old...
 
Man i wish I could help .. BUt youve tried everyting I would have... Some food is better then noe food , have you maybe tried mealworms or some type of bug???
 
thanks for the help, un-fortunately Clemmie went down hill really fast yesterday and we ended up loosing her
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We are on a scheduled worming from now on as we have lost both our D'Uccles to worms... We have babies growing up so time to stick with a plan
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Thanks for the help, I will remember those suggestions if it ever comes up again, but lets hope not!
 

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