Diary and notes of my daily routine.

[zazouse]

We could fall off the fence for one like this! Let us know when you are ready to sell and we will drive down there. (16 hours for us)

That would be wonderful we can put ya up for a night or two so you can see how we do our thing here , i can give ya a crash course in their training, might have someone you know in Kansas wanting one, you might have to bring 2 back up there

The trip takes 754.8 mi/ and 11:53 h.

 

[casportpony]

12-21-2014
Weight at 8 am - 1693

12-22-2014
Weight at 9 am - 1797

12-23-2014
Weight at 8 am - 1830


-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This chick is being treated with:

• Corid
• Metronidazole
• Baytril
• Fenbendazole

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

That is alot of meds at one time, .
I do have a question, if you are not sure what you are treating why are you worming it? i know you keep up with worming so you should be able to pretty much rule worms out right?

 

[casportpony]

That is alot of meds at one time, .
I do have a question, if you are not sure what you are treating why are you worming it? i know you keep up with worming so you should be able to pretty much rule worms out right?

It's hard to know what they have when they get sick like this. Yes, he had been wormed, but that's no guarantee that it's not worms. The combo of the meds should cover all the obvious things that peachicks get... coccidiosis, blackhead, enteritis, E.coli, and all worms.

I'm open to suggestions, and always interested in how others might treat, so tell me, what would you have done if you found one that was thin, fluffed, head tucked, depressed, not eating, hardly moving and had bright green and yellow poop (I mean this in a nice way)?

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

I never had to deal with it that is why i asked

I have always told folks to make sure they kept up on the worming so when their birds got sick that would be something you could most likely rule out, i mean it wouldn't it take a real worm load to bring one down that fast and if we are keeping up with that then i would think it would be one less med we would need to give them when we are not real sure what is going on.

I would think that to many meds in a short period of time could cause liver problems as the liver would have so much to process at one time, i do not know if it could but being as they are small not like a horse that seems like it would.

You know way more than i do on meds and stuff, i am just trying to soak what i can in just in case i have a problem come up.

I appreciate all you do here and have learned so much from your experiences and research just trying to learn from ya.
Thank you!

 

[KsKingBee]

It's hard to know what they have when they get sick like this. Yes, he had been wormed, but that's no guarantee that it's not worms. The combo of the meds should cover all the obvious things that peachicks get... coccidiosis, blackhead, enteritis, E.coli, and all worms.

I'm open to suggestions, and always interested in how others might treat, so tell me, what would you have done if you found one that was thin, fluffed, head tucked, depressed, not eating, hardly moving and had bright green and yellow poop (I mean this in a nice way)?

-Kathy

What would KKB do? See my thread on PeanelliPea not feeling well.

 

[DylansMom]

When my chicks started dying 2 years ago and I found a vet that would see them I took one bird along as he was the only symptomatic one at the time. Two had already died from that pen and 5 were acting fine. We managed to get a fecal sample but the vet wasn't going to have the results until the next day, so he gave me Flagyl(metronidazole), Panacur(fenbedazole), and SMZ/TMP( not even gonna try- its a sulfa drug and an antibacterial I think). All of these were administered at once with no problems. I actually think I was told a horse gets lower doses because they will metabolize it more slowly so it stays in their system longer. A bird's metabolism is such that it will process and pass those meds out much faster resulting in less exposure for organs like the liver. Anybody know if this is correct or am I way off base and thinking of something totally different?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Wow, sorry! Seems like you're getting more than your fair share of pea illnesses this year.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This chick is being treated with:

• Corid
• Metronidazole
• Baytril
• Fenbendazole

-Kathy

Haven't weighed him in a few days, but he has started eating on his own. Only med he is on as of now is metronidazole.

-Kathy