CPR on a baby chick - worried

[Frizzlelove]

Today was a very sad day as I lost an adorable and otherwise healthy bantam d’uccle, about a week old. Was washing her vent which was a little pasty and she suddenly went limp and passed away. No water got in her nose or anything; no idea what happened. I panicked and quickly looked up bird CPR. I performed a bunch of cycles in her to no avail - I couldn’t save her. I’m addition to being sad, I’m now worried I could have picked up something from putting her beak in my mouth. She seemed otherwise healthy but I’m worried about coming frown with salmonella or campylobacter. She came from My Pet Chicken hatchery. Can anyone comment about the likelihood of illness from me doing this? I guess I’d do the same thing all over if there was any hope of saving her

 

[RosemaryDuck]

Today was a very sad day as I lost an adorable and otherwise healthy bantam d’uccle, about a week old. Was washing her vent which was a little pasty and she suddenly went limp and passed away. No water got in her nose or anything; no idea what happened. I panicked and quickly looked up bird CPR. I performed a bunch of cycles in her to no avail - I couldn’t save her. I’m addition to being sad, I’m now worried I could have picked up something from putting her beak in my mouth. She seemed otherwise healthy but I’m worried about coming frown with salmonella or campylobacter. She came from My Pet Chicken hatchery. Can anyone comment about the likelihood of illness from me doing this? I guess I’d do the same thing all over if there was any hope of saving her

I'm so sorry for your loss. The success rate of CPR is extremely low.

I think the worst you can get is salmonella in this case. I wouldn't worry to much.

There are a lot of zoonotic diseases we can get from birds and other animals, but the likelihood is very low in most cases.