emergency!! banty cochin not holding neck up ....

[evonne]

he's acting very lethargic, and not holding his head up.... i can't get him to eat... if i dip his beak in water he drinks, but not interested....
he just came to me on wed evening, and he's been in the house on quarantine, he seemed fine when he got here, with the exception of that he slept laying on his tummy hunkered down with his neck stretched straight out like he's doing now....
yesterday he seemed fine, too, was walking around exploring the house....

any ideas???

half of me wants to believe he just slept funny and he will feel better in a day.. like when we sleep goofy on our necks... but the other half of me thinks he's not gonna make it....

 

[Buster's Banties]

Uh, that sounds like a problem to me but I have no idea what's going on. Does he sound funny when he breathes?

 

[chookchick]

Any possibility that he got into something he should not have? and poisoned himself? I would start him on poly-vi-sol drops without iron (you can get in baby dept. of any drugstore) 3 drops beside his beak every day. Hopefully it is some minor nutritional deficiency. Make sure his diet is very nutritious, plenty of water, and of course keep us posted on his condition.