HELP please! My buff orpington is sick AGAIN

[Eggcessive]

Dark brown stools can be significant of enteritis, but my goodness there is a lot of blood in her stool today. Enteritis also can cause bleeding. Do you have a vet in your area? Toltrazuril is a drug that can be used to treat resistant coccidiosis, but I don't know much about it.

 

[Sofi]

OK, after an all day wild goose chase, I found some penicillin. It's injectable, though.... I found a previous post here with the dosage.. 0.25ml of the solution daily for four days, injected into the breast meat.


Wish me luck!

I'll keep you all posted....

 

[pwand]

It would not hurt to treat her for at least 7 days on the antibiotic.

 

[Sofi]

OK, I just gave her an injection.. I'm not sure I did it right. It's supposed to be intramuscular, but I could see the white liquid under the skin after I was done. It was hard for me to locate a meaty part in the breast because she is young and skinny... Fingers crossed.

 

[Eggcessive]

Most links I have seen recommend 4 days of penicillin if it is Procaine Penicillin G for IM use. The breast is the safest place to give it. Some use the thigh, but the there is danger of hitting a nerve. Be sure and pull back on the syringe to make sure you aren't in a vein, and stick the needle in a 1/2 inch to make sure you are in the muscle.. Always shake up the vial and bring to room temperature before injecting. Your dosage is fine.

 

[crazyfeathers]

Good luck, I hope your girl gets better soon. By the way she is a beautiful bird.

 

[Sofi]

Thank you. She is drinking and eating a little bit, which gives me some hope. She takes 4-5 bites of food and stops, but I guess that's better than nothing.

We'll see what tomorrow brings!

 

[Sofi]

I checked on her this morning and she seems a little better. She still has a long ways to go, but she seems to be taking baby steps in the right direction. She ate a little bit of food. Poop still dark brown and with a bunch of what seems to be intestinal lining... I am trying to come up with high calorie foods I can feed by hand (she only seems to eat when I'm there)...

 

[casportpony]

This are two I found this morning..

Last night I saw some dark brown with urates.

Should I put her back on CORID? That did help the first time, maybe she should have been treated for longer than 5 days?

I also have Wazine 17. Is that safe to use on her? How long do I need to discard eggs after using this?

Thanks..

That looks like blood to me, *not* intestinal lining. If she were mine I would worm her with Safeguard, not Wazine and start her on Baytril and Corid. Can you take her to a vet?

-Kathy

 

[ten chicks]

X2 on the blood!