EMERGANCY!! DIEING CHICKEN - NEED HELP!!!

[casportpony]

I would stick with just the baby bird food and forget the yolk. What did the vet say about Baytril?

-Kathy

 

[Jenneh85]

I think the point they were trying to make is that you can feed them whenever their crops are empty or mostly empty, which in some birds, including poultry, means you can feed them every 2-4 hours. They also said that the crop should be allowed to completely clear once a day, and this is true, which is why it's not usually necessary to get up in the middle of the night to feed them.

-Kathy

by the way, I did call the vet this morning, and she weighs about 380 grams, was fed 6 ccs of water, plus food which was 8 cc 3x.

 

[casportpony]

Can you go buy a scale?

-Kathy

 

[Jenneh85]

I would stick with just the baby bird food and forget the yolk. What did the vet say about Baytril?

-Kathy

she said she goes by what they see going wrong with the animal and base the medications off of that, plus she said that it was more expensive.

She didnt mention anything about the Clavamox, but Dr.Pat is in surgery today, I have a 9am apt for revisit tomorrow morning.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I know you're trying to save money, but you might want to spend the ~$30 to have a gram stain (fecal stain) done.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Baytril should not be too expensive.

-Kathy

 

[Jenneh85]

I know you're trying to save money, but you might want to spend the ~$30 to have a gram stain (fecal stain) done.

-Kathy

Good to know, its going to cost about 54.55 for the revisit, so if its 30$ then that is doable.

What would that show?

 

[Jenneh85]

Baytril should not be too expensive.

-Kathy

only quoting what Hydie told me over the phone, that its "kinda expensive".

 

[casportpony]

Quote: The gram stain might show if she has an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast. If she has an overgrowth of gram negative bacteria it's probably worth switching to something like Baytril. If they find yeast, would be best to start her on something like ketoconazole.

-Kathy

 

[Jenneh85]

The gram stain might show if she has an overgrowth of bacteria or yeast. If she has an overgrowth of gram negative bacteria it's probably worth switching to something like Baytril. If they find yeast, would be best to start her on something like ketoconazole.

-Kathy

I will also ask her this tomorrow morning when I see her.

I have been making a list of your questions for her. also some that I found online, as well as this forum.