SophiaNerina
In the Brooder
- Jul 22, 2020
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Hi everyone!
I have some sad news. I have this three week old baby silkie chick. Last Thursday I noticed this on her bottom eye lid and assumed it was a cut from another chick that had gotten infected? The first picture is what it looked like last Thursday.
I started treating it like a cut, saline wash with polysporin but it continued to get worse until it looked like the second picture! I panicked and but Tobramycin on it and the next day it looked better (third picture) but then I noticed red bumps on her nose for the first time!
The fourth picture is today and it looks terrible again! Plus the red bumps on her nose are worse! I I was stumped until I was doing some research and saw some thing on Dry Pox. Could that be what this is? It says that dry pox are made worse by a moist environment so maybe all the saline soaks and antibiotic cream are making it worse? Should I stop putting creams and just let it be?
She is otherwise as happy and healthy as can be! Pecking, eating, pooping, drinking, exploring just fine. I would hate to lose her because I’m not treating this right.
I should also mention that I bought her and Three other chicks from a lady. The other chicks are fine with no symptoms or anything. The lady offered to take her back and give me other chicks as a replacement but this was the only partridge silkie and at first I thought it was a simple cut that I could heal.
Lastly, I have had her quarantined from the other chicks since the day I brought her home. I would love to bring her to a vet but there are no vets in my area that will take chickens so I’m sadly on my own. I also live in Canada so any medications that can be purchased at feed stores in other countries have to be prescribed by a vet here. The only thing I have is Tobramycin cream and anything that can be typically purchased at a drug store.
I really hope someone has seen something like this before! Any help to save this little one would be much appreciated.
I have some sad news. I have this three week old baby silkie chick. Last Thursday I noticed this on her bottom eye lid and assumed it was a cut from another chick that had gotten infected? The first picture is what it looked like last Thursday.
I started treating it like a cut, saline wash with polysporin but it continued to get worse until it looked like the second picture! I panicked and but Tobramycin on it and the next day it looked better (third picture) but then I noticed red bumps on her nose for the first time!
The fourth picture is today and it looks terrible again! Plus the red bumps on her nose are worse! I I was stumped until I was doing some research and saw some thing on Dry Pox. Could that be what this is? It says that dry pox are made worse by a moist environment so maybe all the saline soaks and antibiotic cream are making it worse? Should I stop putting creams and just let it be?
She is otherwise as happy and healthy as can be! Pecking, eating, pooping, drinking, exploring just fine. I would hate to lose her because I’m not treating this right.
I should also mention that I bought her and Three other chicks from a lady. The other chicks are fine with no symptoms or anything. The lady offered to take her back and give me other chicks as a replacement but this was the only partridge silkie and at first I thought it was a simple cut that I could heal.
Lastly, I have had her quarantined from the other chicks since the day I brought her home. I would love to bring her to a vet but there are no vets in my area that will take chickens so I’m sadly on my own. I also live in Canada so any medications that can be purchased at feed stores in other countries have to be prescribed by a vet here. The only thing I have is Tobramycin cream and anything that can be typically purchased at a drug store.
I really hope someone has seen something like this before! Any help to save this little one would be much appreciated.
