CHICKEN VENT SWOLLEN HELP

[louiseschwieker]

I have a sizzle that is over a year old. She's been taking oxytetracycline watwe for a respiratory infection for aboht 2 weeks i think. A few days ago she started limping and it's been getting worse. I've also noticed her vent is red and swollen. Not swollen in the abdomen, just her vent. It's swollen and red and I had to cut poop from her butt feathers. What is this and what should I do??

 

[The Phantom]

Try maybe some Vaselineon her vent and skin around there. I have heard of the medicine Baytril being used for respiratory infections. This is a link that hopefully will help.

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart/baytril-for-birds

 

[louiseschwieker]

Her respiratory infection is clearing up but the vent is what has me worried

 

[venymae]

pictures are worth a thousand words. Can you post one?

 

[louiseschwieker]

 

[micstrachan]

Hmmm... I can’t see the red vent... just the poopy feathers. Can you trim them? A warm epsom salt bath can help a swollen vent, but I wouldn’t do that unless you can keep her in a warm, dry place until her feathers dry completely.

 

[ChickNanny13]

It's possible with a poop butt, it's irritated her vent. Clean off the poop, than put vaseline to her vent.

 

[louiseschwieker]

Alright thank you all

 

[Saaniya]

Is she's constipated?? Read this maybe help u

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/vent-gleet-aka-nasty-chicken-butt.64647/

 

[louiseschwieker]

She is pooping normally. She's also acting completely normal. The poop stuck to her butt was healthy poop it was just that she was sitting in it. She won't touch the ground with her left foot at all. I think her thigh is hurting because I squish her foot up to her thigh and when I touch her thigh is when she moves. She is currently perching on the side of a soft dog bed. She has her left leg under her and her tail is down like her vent hurts but she isn't sitting like a penguin as if she were eggbound. Every time I offer her water she drinks it and same for foos (especially bread). She also "licks the inside of her mouth" I'm not sure what to call it but she looks like she is trying to deal with a dry mouth.