Help! Listless 8-day old chick!

[NortonKittyOllie]

Agreed! I think I will be treating them all! Thanks!

 

[Wynette]

BEST of luck, and please keep us posted, okay? That stuff works great - if it is, in fact, cocci, you'll see improvement within 24 hours. And I'd go ahead & switch them over to shavings, too.

ETA: follow up your treatment with yogurt...plain, low-fat; it'll ease their little intestinal tract after the Corid/Sulmet.

 

[NortonKittyOllie]

Now I'm just calling around to see who carries it.

 

[Wynette]

It's typically easy to find - do you have a local TSC or grain mill? If so, try there, first.

 

[NortonKittyOllie]

I've called my local feed store and my vet... neither carry it. I "ironically" work at a zoo and am calling the vets here AND the children's zoo staff (but understandably, they are all very busy and I don't want to pester them too much)...

 

[Wynette]

OH, goodness! Well, keep trying....I don't mean to scare you, but if it's cocci, they can do down FAST. Remember, they are just over a week old. You really need to get them treated quickly. GOOD LUCK finding the meds!

 

[NortonKittyOllie]

Yeh, I know I'm under the gun here! Calling like mad looking for the stuff!

 

[Wynette]

WISH I lived closer - I'd run some over to ya!

 

[NortonKittyOllie]

Thanks! MI is a bit of a commute though

Children's Zoo is getting back to me about an antibiotic. I'm hoping she can hook me up. Cross your fingers!

 

[Wynette]

Keep us posted!