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In the Brooder
I am here out of desperation, I asked my rural vet and he wasn’t much help and too busy.
Thoughts? I have an older Banty rooster Harry, just started getting out more as the weather warms up, seemed normal and perky as of a few days ago. We have just him and his banty hen, have not added to our flock since we moved to NY from SoCal last year. But he has survived a x-country trip and the NY hassles pretty well.
He was lethargic and with a purplish instead of red comb two days ago, so I gave him antibiotics orally and a small dose of olive oil in his cloaca because it appeared like he wasn’t pooping much. He passed a couple small hard poops, that was it. He perked up, was eating, walking normally, but constantly bobbing tail trying to poop. Today he is not good, and his abdomen and crop are full, very tight feeling. I gave him a warm epsom bath, more olive oil, and finally searched his vent with my pinky finger (with vaseline), nothing to feel.
One more water/oil syringe in his cloaca, and he pooped a large dark blood clot. Not good, I don’t know what else to do. He is a hardy little fighter, maybe 6 years old, he looks pretty bad, am worried abput sepsis too. What else can I try?
My Vet suggests taking him to Cornell lab Vet but I have 5 dogs, 3 cats and don’t have hundreds to spend on one chicken, sadly. TIA.
Thoughts? I have an older Banty rooster Harry, just started getting out more as the weather warms up, seemed normal and perky as of a few days ago. We have just him and his banty hen, have not added to our flock since we moved to NY from SoCal last year. But he has survived a x-country trip and the NY hassles pretty well.
He was lethargic and with a purplish instead of red comb two days ago, so I gave him antibiotics orally and a small dose of olive oil in his cloaca because it appeared like he wasn’t pooping much. He passed a couple small hard poops, that was it. He perked up, was eating, walking normally, but constantly bobbing tail trying to poop. Today he is not good, and his abdomen and crop are full, very tight feeling. I gave him a warm epsom bath, more olive oil, and finally searched his vent with my pinky finger (with vaseline), nothing to feel.
One more water/oil syringe in his cloaca, and he pooped a large dark blood clot. Not good, I don’t know what else to do. He is a hardy little fighter, maybe 6 years old, he looks pretty bad, am worried abput sepsis too. What else can I try?
My Vet suggests taking him to Cornell lab Vet but I have 5 dogs, 3 cats and don’t have hundreds to spend on one chicken, sadly. TIA.
