Fowl pox support, please??

[oakhavenmama]

Wyorp

I can only imagine! I hope by your girls heal and recover to full health, good luck

thank you so much.

 

[oakhavenmama]

Poor thing!

Fowl Pox is a virus, so antibiotics are usually an ineffective treatment, but some do use Tetracyclines in the water if it's wet form of fowl pox to help with secondary infection.
Amoxicillin in water...likely it would settle out unless you have a liquid suspension. Amoxicillin that I have is given orally by weight - 57mg per pound of weight orally twice a day for 10-14 days.

You can sanitize water with Iodine as described in the article I linked in my previous post.

The amoxicillin I have is powdered to be used in water. I hesitate to give anyway. Sylvia, my black hen, eyes swelled shut but I put tetracycline ointment and she can see a little now. Do you think I should keep them outside in crates? Sylvia has been broody, which is why I think she has it so bad. The other one has been sleeping in the nest box too, where the mosquitoes are worse. I might put them out during the day and bring them in at night. Any thoughts?

 

[oakhavenmama]

Poor thing!

Fowl Pox is a virus, so antibiotics are usually an ineffective treatment, but some do use Tetracyclines in the water if it's wet form of fowl pox to help with secondary infection.
Amoxicillin in water...likely it would settle out unless you have a liquid suspension. Amoxicillin that I have is given orally by weight - 57mg per pound of weight orally twice a day for 10-14 days.

You can sanitize water with Iodine as described in the article I linked in my previous post.

And thank you so much! You have helped me through a couple of other emergencies as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Good advice from @Wyorp Rock on treatments. Fortunately pox lasts only 3 or so weeks, and there is no treatment. I would make sure that each one gets to drink and eat enough daily, especially if they have scabs around eyes or swollen eyelids. I would mix up a little bowl of wet chicken feed and a lot of water, some bits of scrambled egg, tuna, or canned cat food and offer as much to them as they will take. Of course if the eyes are not affected, they should eat and drink on their own. If any seem very sick, look into their beaks for any yellow plaques or material, which is wet fowl pox.

 

[oakhavenmama]

Good advice from @Wyorp Rock on treatments. Fortunately pox lasts only 3 or so weeks, and there is no treatment. I would make sure that each one gets to drink and eat enough daily, especially if they have scabs around eyes or swollen eyelids. I would mix up a little bowl of wet chicken feed and a lot of water, some bits of scrambled egg, tuna, or canned cat food and offer as much to them as they will take. Of course if the eyes are not affected, they should eat and drink on their own. If any seem very sick, look into their beaks for any yellow plaques or material, which is wet fowl pox.

Thank you for the suggestions. Will start in the morning. She can barely see. Not sure if she’s drinking. What should I do if it is wet fowl pox?

 

[Eggcessive]

There is still no treatment unfortunately. @casportpony has a thread about wet and dry fowl pox that you may want to look for.

 

[oakhavenmama]

There is still no treatment unfortunately. @casportpony has a thread about wet and dry fowl pox that you may want to look for.

Ok. I will look tomorrow. Not sure I can take any more. Just saw this outside my back door. Does anybody know if this is a chicken snake?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The amoxicillin I have is powdered to be used in water. I hesitate to give anyway. Sylvia, my black hen, eyes swelled shut but I put tetracycline ointment and she can see a little now. Do you think I should keep them outside in crates? Sylvia has been broody, which is why I think she has it so bad. The other one has been sleeping in the nest box too, where the mosquitoes are worse. I might put them out during the day and bring them in at night. Any thoughts?

Ok. I will look tomorrow. Not sure I can take any more. Just saw this outside my back door. Does anybody know if this is a chicken snake?

Aaack! I don't know what kind of snake that is!

You could put her outside during the day and bring in at night if you think that would work the best.
A fan to stir the air and keep flies and mosquitoes "moving" may also be helpful - they may appreciate that during hot weather as well.

If the ointment in the eyes is helping, then I would be inclined to give it a little time to see if she continues to improve without antibiotics.

 

[oakhavenmama]

Great points. Will see how she looks in the morning. I think God just threw the snake in to get my kind and heart off fowl pox. Thanks God.

 

[oakhavenmama]

My mind off fowl pox. Lol