help! sick peacock

[kuntrygirl]

I think the Metro will help him survive. It's a great med. Just keep doing what everyone is suggesting. I wish I would have had Metro for my pea. I know that it would still be alive. It lasted about 6 days before it died.

 

[casportpony]

Casportpony, do you know the amount of Metro to give to peas based on weights?

According to the AAAP Disease manual, for the treatment of blackhead, it's 30mg/kg (that's in your necropsy report, right?), but I have given up to twice that much and have been told by vets that the range is 30mg-60mg/kg.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Casportpony, do you know the amount of Metro to give to peas based on weights?

According to the AAAP Disease manual, for the treatment of blackhead, it's 30mg/kg (that's in your necropsy report, right?), but I have up to twice that much and have been told by vets that the range is 30mg-60mg/kg.

I'll have to check my report. So is that every time you administer the drug or daily amount?

 

[casportpony]

I'll have to check my report. So is that every time you administer the drug or daily amount?

This is a cut and paste from my AAAP 6th Edtition Avian Disease Manual ( I have the book and the CD). SID means once a day.

There is currently no approved medication for treatment of histomoniasis in food animals. Small
groups of birds not being raised for consumption can be effectively treated individually with metronidazole
at a dose of 30 mg/kg orally SID for 5 days. Antihelmentic treatment may help suppress the population of​

cecal worms.

 

[casportpony]

There is more on metronidazole dosing here:
http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/cam/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/72234998/Plumb-s-Veterinary-Drug-Handbook-Sixth-Edition

 

[casportpony]

Glenmar,
These links are about tube feeding... Read them and let me know if you think it's something you can do. If so, I will give you step by step instructions on how best to do it.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/722041/how-to-t-feed-a-sick-chicken-and-give-subcutaneous-fluid#
http://forum.backyardpoultry.com/viewtopic.php?t=7933

 

[Glenmar]

I am not good with the formula. Is the tablet that I am giving overdosing? His poo is yellow and runny. Is that blackhead for sure?
Would Amoxicillin help at all? I will try to find him tonight when I get home from work to give him another. I will pen him up tomorrow. He was easy to catch today. He is a two yr old blackshoulder. He did feel like he was thin when I got my hands on him today. I will admit that I first noticed something was not quite right with him a week ago. I guess I was just hoping that he would get better, even though I knew from everyone's experience on here that I was putting my head in the sand. I really hope he pulls through.

I will blame myself for not acting sooner if he does not make it.

 

[casportpony]

I am not good with the formula. Is the tablet that I am giving overdosing?
I have given 250mg to to 2.5kg birds and that's what pigeon people give their pigeons, so no, I don't think you're overdosing.

His poo is yellow and runny. Is that blackhead for sure?
In my peas and turkeys, yellow has been blackhead 100% of the time.

Would Amoxicillin help at all? I will try to find him tonight when I get home from work to give him another.
I don't know much about it.

I will pen him up tomorrow. He was easy to catch today. He is a two yr old blackshoulder. He did feel like he was thin when I got my hands on him today.
You need to weigh him and give him access to a heat source, preferably inside.

I will admit that I first noticed something was not quite right with him a week ago.
It's then that treatment is most effective, but the older the bird, the better the chance of recovery.

I guess I was just hoping that he would get better, even though I knew from everyone's experience on here that I was putting my head in the sand. I really hope he pulls through.

I will blame myself for not acting sooner if he does not make it.

Been there, done that. What counts is that you're doing something now.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

I hope he gets better.

 

[kuntrygirl]

There is more on metronidazole dosing here:
http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/cam/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/72234998/Plumb-s-Veterinary-Drug-Handbook-Sixth-Edition

Great! I'm printing this out and placing in my animals med binder at home. I have since ordered a postal scale that can weigh up to 86 lbs. I got it from ebay. The little scale that I had before wasn't what I wanted as far as weighing the animals.