Help- 7 week old silkie with wry neck

[shyylo]

it is day 6 of head twisting. I have been giving her three pea sized amounts of selenium and vitamin E gel from tractor supply a day. Nutri drench in water and some straight up by spoon feeding. She improves a little in the afternoon. Her spasms last for maybe 4-5 seconds and she’s back up but with head leaning to the right. She eats when I feed her scrambled egg and yogurt every 2-3 hours in the day. I got non medicated food when it started. I notice she scratches her right ear a lot.
I start back to work on Monday and will be gone for 7 hours. She drinks some on her own. My mom will give her scrambled eggs while I’m gone.
Please any more advice? Should I up her vitamin E? I can add tabs to her food too.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post some photos of her and her ear? Is there any pus or debris in the ear?
A photo of the product you are using along with it's label may be helpful too - I'm not sure how vitamin e is in the pea size that you are giving?

 

[shyylo]

Can you post some photos of her and her ear? Is there any pus or debris in the ear?
A photo of the product you are using along with it's label may be helpful too - I'm not sure how vitamin e is in the pea size that you are giving?

It’s a gel. I also Introduced poly vi sol today.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It’s a gel. I also Introduced poly vi sol today.

Right, but how much Vitamin E and Selenium is in a "pea size" dose?

 

[shyylo]

I didn’t measure it. It is roughly the size of a pea.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I didn’t measure it. It is roughly the size of a pea.

OK But what does the analysis on the back of the Vit E+Selenium say - how much vitamin E/Selenium is in a gram? maybe?

What I'm getting at is how much (units?) of Vitamin E is in a pea size dose? Bottom line here - I would get at least 400IU Vitamin E into her daily. Selenium can be found in egg, tuna or sunflower seeds, while it does help with the uptake of E, you can overdose Selenium. I would also give her B1 (Thiamine) which is probably in the PolyViSol.

 

[shyylo]

OK But what does the analysis on the back of the Vit E+Selenium say - how much vitamin E/Selenium is in a gram? maybe?

What I'm getting at is how much (units?) of Vitamin E is in a pea size dose? Bottom line here - I would get at least 400IU Vitamin E into her daily. Selenium can be found in egg, tuna or sunflower seeds, while it does help with the uptake of E, you can overdose Selenium. I would also give her B1 (Thiamine) which is probably in the PolyViSol.

 

[shyylo]

I am now giving her a vitamin e tablet cut open. It is 400 ui. I gave her one last night and this morning plus the poly. She is not improving. One minute her head is up the next it’s down for a few seconds then back up. I don’t know what else to do. I go back to work tomorrow so she will be on her own for about 7 hours tomorrow. She will have scrambled eggs that my mom will give her while I’m gone.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I am now giving her a vitamin e tablet cut open. It is 400 ui. I gave her one last night and this morning plus the poly. She is not improving. One minute her head is up the next it’s down for a few seconds then back up. I don’t know what else to do. I go back to work tomorrow so she will be on her own for about 7 hours tomorrow. She will have scrambled eggs that my mom will give her while I’m gone.

I'm sorry to hear she is not improving. A lot depends on the cause of the Wry Neck - if it's vitamin deficiency, then they bounce back in a couple of weeks. Other causes like Marek's disease or head trauma it may take a lot longer or she may not improve much at all.
I'm so sorry that you are having to deal with this. You are doing what you can for her.

 

[Eggcessive]

Very good advice by @Wyorp Rock . I would have your mom also mix a little chicken feed with a lot of water, and feed some to her. Can you share any details about your chicken’s age and breed, if she was vaccinated for Mareks, or if a head injury might be a cause?