Fowl pox treatments? WARNING: GROSS PICS

[campingshaws]

Fluids need to be warmed! Probably also a good idea to get her in a room that's 85 degrees and get her warmed up.

-Kathy

How warm on the fluids? I have a heat lamp on her, but I can try to move her inside.

 

[casportpony]

I warm fluids I'm about to tube in the microwave, but do it carefully, 'cause you don't want them too hot. I'm sure there is a temp they're supposed to be, just not sure what it is. Maybe 100-102?

I used to use heat lamps, but have found they don't work as well as keeping them in a warm room.

-Kathy

 

[campingshaws]

Pullet #2 is still hanging in there. I got most of a scrambled egg in her last night, and she's been picking around at food and water. I finally got my hands on a small tube (came in a pack with a syringe) and got some some fluids (water with vitamins/electrolytes) in her. I also gave her 1/2 cc of tylan 50 orally for the swollen eye, the gasping/wheezing, and nasal discharge.

Is that it? I'm afraid of messing this up and killing her with kindness. :/

I'm going to update in the morning with progress for everyone else.

 

[casportpony]

Pullet #2 is still hanging in there. I got most of a scrambled egg in her last night, and she's been picking around at food and water. I finally got my hands on a small tube (came in a pack with a syringe) and got some some fluids (water with vitamins/electrolytes) in her. I also gave her 1/2 cc of tylan 50 orally for the swollen eye, the gasping/wheezing, and nasal discharge.

Is that it? I'm afraid of messing this up and killing her with kindness.

I'm going to update in the morning with progress for everyone else.

Fluids might just save her life. How much does she weigh?

-Kathy

 

[campingshaws]

Fluids might just save her life.  How much does she weigh?

-Kathy

2lbs, 9.2 oz.
1.168 kg (I think)

I used the postage scale just this very second. I can weigh her "sister" in the morning for comparison.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: At that weight she can have 1/2cc to 3/4cc of Tylan *twice* a day. Fluids should be 35ml 3-4 times a day.

-Kathy

 

[campingshaws]

At that weight she can have 1/2cc to 3/4cc of Tylan *twice* a day. Fluids should be 35ml 3-4 times a day.

-Kathy

THANK YOU!!! I feel so relieved.

How will I know when she's hydrated enough for food?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: 12-24 hours is usually what I do. They should get to a point where their poops have some liquid in them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

You can increase fluids to every four hours if her crop is clearing.

-Kathy

 

[campingshaws]

ONE WEEK UPDATE:

Hen #1

Hen #2

Hen #3

Pullet #1

Pullet #2: eye beginning to open. Responding well to oral doses of tylan 50 and tubed fluids.

Pullet #3

Pullet #4

Pullet #5

Pullet #6

Pullet #7