Extremely ill guinea hen. Very skinny and lethargic. HELP!

[SmiYa0126]

Couls it be coccidia, is there blood in their stool?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Couls it be coccidia, is there blood in their stool?

No. I've checked.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Can you start treatment, it won't hurt them to go through it. I would also dose with calcium citrate.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Can you start treatment, it won't hurt them to go through it. I would also dose with calcium citrate.

Um, I'll have to see if I can get some. Money is a little tight. I'll see what I can do.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Um, I'll have to see if I can get some. Money is a little tight. I'll see what I can do.

Calcium citrate is really cheap at wal Mart. Get the equate brand

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

They are really sick. I'm not sure they are going to make it.

@azygous, @Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

You might look at prices online for the calcium citrate or use what you already have—calcium carbonate, Tums, ect. Walmart and Walgreens frequently have it listed for 6-12 dollars. Sorry they are doing worse. It can be hard to get them to eat and drink, but keep working on it. Have the crops felt empty in the morning, as they should?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

You might look at prices online for the calcium citrate or use what you already have—calcium carbonate, Tums, ect. Walmart and Walgreens frequently have it listed for 6-12 dollars. Sorry they are doing worse. It can be hard to get them to eat and drink, but keep working on it. Have the crops felt empty in the morning, as they should?

I can give them Tums?

I've been putting drops of water with Rooster Booster in their beaks. Some drops spilled out, others they swallowed. I doubt that they will make it through the day

Yes, their crops feel empty. I would call my vet, but its closed. If they are still alive tomorrow, I will call the vet.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

They are really sick. I'm not sure they are going to make it.

@azygous, @Eggcessive

Go back over the symptoms and get some updated photos of both of them and their poop.

What are you feeding?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Go back over the symptoms and get some updated photos of both of them and their poop.

What are you feeding?

Thank you. I didn't see this until now, and I hate to say it, but it's too late.

I figured out that is WAS in fact coccidiosis. I thought that it was only bloody poop. Nope. Yellow foamy poop too. I also saw a tiny of blood.

I ran to TSC to get Corrid. When I got back, Eclipse was dead. She's the second one who got sick. She declined very quickly.

I gave Frost some corrid, but a dew hours later, I noted the her head was lolled. She was alive, so I picked her up and was giving her hugs and talking to her. She started having death spasms and died in my arms.

I had NO idea that it was coccidiosis. Thank you @SmiYa0126 for suggesting that ❤ I would have never considered that if it weren't for you.

I am treating my other guineas who were in the pen with them, their parents, and my chickens with Corrid.

I am devastated. I lost TWO of my beloved birds in one day. Frost was especially special. I'm going to miss them. Thank you all for trying to help ❤❤