Coccidiosis!!!! :(

[Purelychicks]

My 3 day old has coccidiosis, and I’m treating it already but I can barely BARELY get her to eat or drink at all and I have to force her water with a syringe, she doesn’t stop crying all day no matter what. She crys under the brooder plate, while I’m holding her, if I try to feed her, etc never stops. What the heck do I do? Her sister is 4 days old and runs and jumps around but she can’t even walk she kind of leans backwards and sits on her bum..

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My 3 day old has coccidiosis, and I’m treating it already but I can barely BARELY get her to eat or drink at all and I have to force her water with a syringe, she doesn’t stop crying all day no matter what. She crys under the brooder plate, while I’m holding her, if I try to feed her, etc never stops. What the heck do I do? Her sister is 4 days old and runs and jumps around but she can’t even walk she kind of leans backwards and sits on her bum..

Thanks but I dipped her beak in water and food it spits it out please help it’s gonna die it’s so weak now

But this evening she WONT eat or drink anything she refuses even when I get it into her mouth she shakes it out and starts screaming

Can you please post photos of the chick and her poop?

At 3 days old, likely there's something else going on besides Coccidiosis.

Can this chick get her feet under her and stand up?

Try giving a little sugar water. If you have a syringe, give her one drop at a time.
If you don't have a syringe, then dip a Qtip in the water, tap it so it's not too saturated, then press the Qtip to the side of her beak and let a drop of water roll around her beak so she can take it in. It's a tedious process, but this is one way to get drops of fluid into a tiny chick.

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you given her some undiluted Corid? In addition to the treated water, you can give 0.1 ml twice a day for a few days. Get her swallowing some of the treated water and some wet feed by dipping her beak every hour or so. Usually coccidiosis strikes laster than at 2 days, so it could be something else wrong that you may not be able to treat. I hope she gets better.

 

[dawg53]

@Purelychicks
I highly recommend that you purchase SMZ-TMP to treat your chick or she will die. Corid will not be effective in this instance.
Here's where you can order it and I recommend that you expedite shipping:
https://allbirdproducts.com/collections/bird-medications/products/trimethoprim-sulfa-powder-generic
Follow the directions on the package. In the meantime, try giving the chick a few drops of buttermilk as needed (or mixed in feed) via an eyedropper until you get the SMZ-TMP.

 

[Purelychicks]

@Purelychicks
I highly recommend that you purchase SMZ-TMP to treat your chick or she will die. Corid will not be effective in this instance.
Here's where you can order it and I recommend that you expedite shipping:
https://allbirdproducts.com/collections/bird-medications/products/trimethoprim-sulfa-powder-generic
Follow the directions on the package. In the meantime, try giving the chick a few drops of buttermilk as needed (or mixed in feed) via an eyedropper until you get the SMZ-TMP.

I’m sorry it’s too late she’s barely hanging on she is gasping for air and making eating motions but she won’t est or drink even With a syringe and she hasn’t pooped in a day but we have tried to massage her but and it’s not external.. she’s gonna die probably within an hour..

 

[Eggcessive]

So sorry about your chick, but she mostly has something that she cannot overcome.

 

[Purelychicks]

Have you given her some undiluted Corid? In addition to the treated water, you can give 0.1 ml twice a day for a few days. Get her swallowing some of the treated water and some wet feed by dipping her beak every hour or so. Usually coccidiosis strikes laster than at 2 days, so it could be something else wrong that you may not be able to treat. I hope she gets better.

Thanks but I dipped her beak in water and food it spits it out please help it’s gonna die it’s so weak now

 

[Purelychicks]

Can you please post photos of the chick and her poop?

At 3 days old, likely there's something else going on besides Coccidiosis.

Can this chick get her feet under her and stand up?

Try giving a little sugar water. If you have a syringe, give her one drop at a time.
If you don't have a syringe, then dip a Qtip in the water, tap it so it's not too saturated, then press the Qtip to the side of her beak and let a drop of water roll around her beak so she can take it in. It's a tedious process, but this is one way to get drops of fluid into a tiny chick.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I accidentally read that as 3 week old, not 3 day old. That looks like Coccidiosis, but she's not likely to get exposed to it in a brooder. I wonder if she has something else going on, like failure to thrive or a birth defect.

What is she eating? Are these symptoms new?

 

[Aunt Angus]

She needs the Corid asap. Add a drop at a time on the side of her beak. She should swallow it. And make sure she's warm.