Help! Rooster has a throat problem!

[Suzie]

Please keep me updated with your Jersey boy's progress....it is the season for miracles...!

I'll be online for another 4 hours or so...I will keep checking in for any news....

 

[Amelia Egghart]

On my way to that vet I passed another that was closed on Saturday. I stopped by and asked if they could do anything. They said no but referred me to another place. I rushed home, gathered up my now weak and dark purple faced boy, made the BF get dressed (he was hugging the Jersey and rocking him, trying to get him to breathe) and we rushed off! I went from finding someone to help euthanize to... He's breathing and drinking on his own in a fancy oxygen chamber! Something like $20/hr for this. They're going to administer his new round of antibiotics for me this first time and do a fecal float. Blood test will still be the gvmt provided one, probably tomorrow. They said he's one of the worst and best they've seen. For as bad as he was when he came in, he perked up almost immediately. Pending no other other issues.... I'll have my rooster back! Not counting my eggs yet, they'll call in a hour. Figures in socal you'd find some crazy bird paradise hospital lots of rescued abused, neglected parrots there learning to socialize. It's pretty awesome. I can't believe the route this little rooster has taken.

 

[Amelia Egghart]

All this because feed stores and vets here close on weekends and my dum dum ahem didn't have an emergency kit put together. Lesson learned from this chicken drama: be prepared for bad stuff in advance. He's not out of the woods yet, but he's at the right place and they'll get me what I need to be ready for the next time. Yikes.

 

[Suzie]

Wow! So miracles do so happen where you live...!

I am so pleased for you and Jersey boy that his is in great hands now...you have done all that is possible ...now it is for the experts to help him out of the woods and back home with his loving family...

I am off to my bed now...it is after midnight here in France...

Take care and get yourself some rest...!

Keep us all updated;;;there are a lot of people here who are wishing you well ( and Jersey boy of course )...

 

[tjo804]

That is so Cool
keep us posted

Did they tell you what they think is going on?

 

[tjo804]

The rooster turned away finds a chamber surrounded by exotic birds

It is Christmas time!

 

[tjo804]

You could write a Children's book on
The Exciting Adventures of Jersey Boy!

 

[Amelia Egghart]

Unfortunately, the ending is, like so many others, tragic. My Jersey boy passed away tonight. They took him out of the oxygen chamber for us to take home after no improvement. He buried his head in my boyfriend's coat, seized and passed. I've learned so much these few days. Such a poor little soul. I'll post the necropsy results when I have them. Thank you for all your support and kind words.

 

[Amelia Egghart]

He had a node on his trachea where it splits. Could have been cancerous or benign, but it caught fungus and the fungal infection is what caused the swelling that blocked his airway. Nothing I could have done, this would have taken him eventually, even if this fungal infection was controlled, it would be a recurring issue. Doesn't help me feel any better. I'm gunna miss him for a very long time.

 

[mg15]

You did mention that there was fungus near where he slept and the coop and that he liked being near that water that could have giving him some of the fungal infection but having that node also did not help I'm so sorry for your loss and I understand I certainly wish you peace and time will take care of your sadness but it will never lessen the memory of him. so sorry. Jersey boy surely was beautiful and full of life this is so hard peace be to you and your dear little friend.