I still think he is doing fine. They way we see him - he has a problem (wry neck) but, animals don't see themselves as disabled. I'm sure he is acting like he usually does except for the wry neck making him clumsy. I think the wry neck looks really bad but birds usually don't seem to notice.
My friend Arline has a silkey mix Tiffany ,who turned out to be a roo but the name stuck. When he was young he had very bad wry neck and walked backwards, did somersaults (unintentionally) break danced - everything. She thought he would be dead the next day, for many days. He had the Polyvisol, vit.e etc. Besides that he had seizures and she had to crate him so he wouldn't injure himself flopping around. His head would also be burning hot and she had to cool him down.
I don't think he has seizures any more but, he can't fly at all or hop up on chairs (so the girls can easily escape him). But we were just thinking about it and he is about 4 years old. He made it!
He doesn't have a wry neck anymore.
From all the reading I've done - I found this is so common in silkies that you could say it's "silky syndrome." Any little misplaced peck and they are all bent over with head between their feet, walking backwards etc. Most of them recover. Some cases respond well to steroids, some just work it out on their own. Regardless alot go on to live normal chicken lives.
I know Florus is a salmon favorolles but, I think he will end up okay. It may take awhile. I know Tiffany would look great for a while and then regress but somehow he got over it .
My friend Arline has a silkey mix Tiffany ,who turned out to be a roo but the name stuck. When he was young he had very bad wry neck and walked backwards, did somersaults (unintentionally) break danced - everything. She thought he would be dead the next day, for many days. He had the Polyvisol, vit.e etc. Besides that he had seizures and she had to crate him so he wouldn't injure himself flopping around. His head would also be burning hot and she had to cool him down.
I don't think he has seizures any more but, he can't fly at all or hop up on chairs (so the girls can easily escape him). But we were just thinking about it and he is about 4 years old. He made it!
He doesn't have a wry neck anymore.
From all the reading I've done - I found this is so common in silkies that you could say it's "silky syndrome." Any little misplaced peck and they are all bent over with head between their feet, walking backwards etc. Most of them recover. Some cases respond well to steroids, some just work it out on their own. Regardless alot go on to live normal chicken lives.
I know Florus is a salmon favorolles but, I think he will end up okay. It may take awhile. I know Tiffany would look great for a while and then regress but somehow he got over it .
