HELP!!! My Buff Orpington has been wheezing/rasping and flicking her head violently...HELP!!!

[casportpony]

So I just looked up Thomas Labs penicillin, and it says that it's penicillin V. So then I looked up penicillin V and this is what I found:
"Penicillin V is phenoxymethylpenicillin. Pen VK is just its potassium salt. Penicllin V is less active than penicillin G (benzylpenicillin) against gram-negative bacteria, but penicillin V is more acid-stable than penicillin G, so it can be given orally."
http://pharmacistsletter.therapeuti...e=20&msg=124264&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

and

"Penicillin G benzathine, potassium, procaine and sodium are currently available in the United States in parenteral formulations for intravenous or intramuscular use. Penicillin V potassium (also called phenoxymethyl penicillin) is a more acid stable and can be administered orally."
https://livertox.nlm.nih.gov/PenicillinGandPenicillinV.htm

So if you have penicillin V, it can be given orally.

 

[azygous]

I have fish penicillin tablets. Would it be feasible to dissolve one 250mg tablet in just enough water to liquify it and then inject it? Would it absorb better that way?

 

[casportpony]

I have fish penicillin tablets. Would it be feasible to dissolve one 250mg tablet in just enough water to liquify it and then inject it? Would it absorb better that way?

Call or email the mfg and find out what kind it is. As for injecting anything that's not labeled for injection, I would not recommend it.

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

Hi. I live in the Bay Area, too. Apparently you can administer fish antibiotics in capsule form. Check for posts by @azygous on the subject. In the meantime, I know here in California we don’t have the cold other parts of the country do, but we’ve had significantly fluctuating temperatures, which can be hard on them. Can you provide a temporary, but safe heat source? How is the ventilation in your coop?

they have a coop for when it rains but they sleep in a plastic pet carrier

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

Hi. I live in the Bay Area, too.

do u live in sf? just curious

 

[micstrachan]

No, I’m in the Santa Cruz mountains on the Santa Clara County side (unincorporated Los Gatos).

Can you bring the pet carrier inside for a couple nights? How’s she doing?

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

Can you bring the pet carrier inside for a couple nights? How’s she doing?

i used to keep them inside our garage to sleep(which was when she was still normal), few weeks later, she started showing symptoms. I assumed it was because of the dust so i moved them out. Now I keep the on the garden bench. Today she wasnt talking as much and not showing much interest in food.

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

Best to pick one that will treat mycoplasma, E.coli, and pseudomonas aeruginosa.

E. coli?!??!?!?!!??!?

 

[casportpony]

E. coli?!??!?!?!!??!?

Yes, many respiratory infections are E. coli.

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

Yes, many respiratory infections are E. coli.

when i googled 'e.coli in chickens' it showed much more severe symtoms...