HELP! I need answers!!!

Date sort Score sort
Well for being on the Duramycin-10 a week now, I expected better results. I picked up a few of my birds yesterday and there are still runny noses and sneezing. I've been using the highest dosage, and another one of my BLR Wyandottes had the droopy wings yesterday.

What should I do now? Baytril?
 
Are you hand dosing them with a syringe? I always get worried they don't drink enough of the treated water when medicating, so i give them a good syringe full of the liquid, then at least i know they are getting it..
 
choox said:
Are you hand dosing them with a syringe? I always get worried they don't drink enough of the treated water when medicating, so i give them a good syringe full of the liquid, then at least i know they are getting it..
Click to expand...
I tried that with the first 3, then gave up because that took about 30 minutes...and I have 30 birds. Haha. As soon as I put the warm liquid down for them to drink, they fight over it.

Is there a way to concentrate it so that they get a day's worth in a syringe-full?
 
lauranickerson said:
Is that where you basically tube feed them the antibiotics? Think I should keep sticking to the Duramycin?
Click to expand...
If all I had were antibiotics in powder form I would figure out the daily effective dose for each bird based on weight, mix that dose in water and tube it however many times a day they were supposed to get it. Some antibiotics, like Clavamox or amoxicillin are supposed to be given several times a day, but I don't know about Duramycin, that's something I would look into for sure.

-Kathy
 
I guess I could do more research. The only directions on the package are for mixing with water.

If it doesn't get better by the "worst-case" treatment of 14 days, then maybe I'll have to search harder for a vet. :/

This was the only antibiotic the guy at Tractor Supply had for poultry.
 
Another one of the Sebrights died yesterday. I found him in the coop when I went to let them out on the floor. He was still alive, but barely. Being Christmas, there was really nothing I could do since nowhere was open and I had lots of stuff going on. All I could do was make him comfortable.

Then he passed a few hours later.

I took this video of him as soon as I brought him back from the coop.
0.jpg
 
His legs were very stiff and his head was kind of twisted. His eyes were half open and he wasn't blinking.

When I picked him up a couple minutes after this video, his eyes opened wide, but he was starting at nothing. He wouldn't move his eyes and his pupils would not dilate with a light. When I finally loosened his legs and set him down, he stretched right back out.

Only my Sebrights are actually getting to the point where they are dying. He was perfectly fine yesterday. I have noticed that he's been laying in the same spot he died in for the last few days, but I pick him up and put him on the roost with the others and he acts fine.

I just don't know what to do! I hope to God it's not Marek's or something that bad...
 

Similar threads

Jhawk23
    • Like
I need advice!
Replies
4
Views
287
Jhawk23
Jhawk23
E
I think my Orpington is sneezing
2
Replies
10
Views
314
Wyorp Rock
Wyorp Rock
J
Shaking head and green poop
2
Replies
13
Views
931
Wyorp Rock
Wyorp Rock
B
My baby rooster is always sleeping and cant walk but is breathing and drinking water from a syrienge and also can not eat, What do I need to do?
Replies
1
Views
190
nuthatched
nuthatched
C
    • Like
My rooster needs help!
2
Replies
14
Views
309
Debbie292d
Debbie292d

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom