Greetings!!
Our chickie Bella has been worrying me. She breathes hard with her mouth open and her abdomen is large and soft. It's been going on for a while... as a matter of fact we took her to a vet April 10th for this same issue. But they could find nothing wrong. But I was so worried about her so I took her to a bird-only vet today. She suspects that she has a reproductive system infection causing fluid build-up in her abdomen. This is crowding things, making it hard for her to breathe, explains the abdomen, and also probably explains why her eggs are so small. If we can clear this up maybe her eggs will get bigger. Sooo, she is on a liquid oral antibiotic for two weeks (enrofloxacin, AKA Baytril).
Fingers crossed - I hope this does the trick!! I guess it's not a deadly infection if she's been living with it for two months but I do feel sorry for her. I wish the first vet had put her on antibiotic but I guess she didn't suspect infection for some reason.
We will have to toss any eggs that she lays while she is on the antibiotic and then for 4 weeks after, so 6 weeks of eggs from her will have to be discarded.
Here is my main question: Does anyone know if the antibiotic is in the eggshells too or only in the egg? I'm wondering if I can crack and discard the egg but still dry and crush the eggshells to feed back to the chickens for calcium.
Here's Bella!!
Our chickie Bella has been worrying me. She breathes hard with her mouth open and her abdomen is large and soft. It's been going on for a while... as a matter of fact we took her to a vet April 10th for this same issue. But they could find nothing wrong. But I was so worried about her so I took her to a bird-only vet today. She suspects that she has a reproductive system infection causing fluid build-up in her abdomen. This is crowding things, making it hard for her to breathe, explains the abdomen, and also probably explains why her eggs are so small. If we can clear this up maybe her eggs will get bigger. Sooo, she is on a liquid oral antibiotic for two weeks (enrofloxacin, AKA Baytril).
Fingers crossed - I hope this does the trick!! I guess it's not a deadly infection if she's been living with it for two months but I do feel sorry for her. I wish the first vet had put her on antibiotic but I guess she didn't suspect infection for some reason.
We will have to toss any eggs that she lays while she is on the antibiotic and then for 4 weeks after, so 6 weeks of eggs from her will have to be discarded.
Here is my main question: Does anyone know if the antibiotic is in the eggshells too or only in the egg? I'm wondering if I can crack and discard the egg but still dry and crush the eggshells to feed back to the chickens for calcium.
Here's Bella!!
