Have you searched the forum for symptoms of cocci?
If they are eating and drinking, and acting healthy....the small redish spots could be cecal like someone else said....search the forum for the "poop page" there is a link floating around here with pictures of "normal" poop- might be good to compare.
I agree that the apple cider vinegar is good, I've not had to deal with cocci, but i use 1 Teaspoon per gallon of water for them a few times a week.....I might would use 1 Tabelspoon if i knew something was wrong....it's good for their digestion and immune system. Is it really hot where you are? My girls tend to act a little lathargic in the heat and i will usually give them some VERY carefully diluted electrolytes in their water when it gets above 90 degrees. You have to read those electrolyte packages carefully, since too much can actually kill them. Each brand has different instructions for dilution. Some have you make a "stock solution" and then further dilute that in their waterer.
You could also try giving them some vitamins if you are worried. Poly-vi-sol baby vitamins WITHOUT IRON....you can get them at the drug store....drizzle a little along their beak line once a day for a few days to give them a boost, don't do it for too long as I've read too many vitamins can dehydrate them. I would not continue to medicate them if you are not sure it is cocci. From what i've read, if you do indeed have cocci, they should be getting much worse and you should be loosing birds. Maybe post a picture of their poop, then someone could say if it looks unusual....but check out the poop page as well.
good luck!
If they are eating and drinking, and acting healthy....the small redish spots could be cecal like someone else said....search the forum for the "poop page" there is a link floating around here with pictures of "normal" poop- might be good to compare.
I agree that the apple cider vinegar is good, I've not had to deal with cocci, but i use 1 Teaspoon per gallon of water for them a few times a week.....I might would use 1 Tabelspoon if i knew something was wrong....it's good for their digestion and immune system. Is it really hot where you are? My girls tend to act a little lathargic in the heat and i will usually give them some VERY carefully diluted electrolytes in their water when it gets above 90 degrees. You have to read those electrolyte packages carefully, since too much can actually kill them. Each brand has different instructions for dilution. Some have you make a "stock solution" and then further dilute that in their waterer.
You could also try giving them some vitamins if you are worried. Poly-vi-sol baby vitamins WITHOUT IRON....you can get them at the drug store....drizzle a little along their beak line once a day for a few days to give them a boost, don't do it for too long as I've read too many vitamins can dehydrate them. I would not continue to medicate them if you are not sure it is cocci. From what i've read, if you do indeed have cocci, they should be getting much worse and you should be loosing birds. Maybe post a picture of their poop, then someone could say if it looks unusual....but check out the poop page as well.
good luck!
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