HELP WITH MEDS PLEASE!

[speckledhen]

Remember: If she has a virus, that will not respond to ANY antibiotic. And if she will remain a carrier of most of the usual chicken diseases so she will never actually recover, not truly.

 

[casportpony]

Thanks for your support. I have an appointment to get a culture done this afternoon. I have had one problem after the other this year.

Getting a culture done is the way to go, even if you decide to euthanize her, which I hope you don't have to. Please let us know how it turns out.

-Kathy
Gilroy, CA

 

[fishnet1971]

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Getting a culture done is the way to go, even if you decide to euthanize her, which I hope you don't have to. Please let us know how it turns out.
-Kathy
Gilroy, CA

X2. get the culture results first!!!!
On the shot/ You CAN do it really. the isubcutaneous shot is so easy! I dreaded doing it for years. I finally had no choice in the matter earlier this year. I just picked up a loose part of the skin on the her back, swabbed a little alcahol to disinfect, stuck the needle in a little to make sure I got it under the skin, plunged it and pulled it out. She never even bawked at me. Once you do the first one, you are good to go. the next 500 are a piece of cake!

 

[dawg53]

Tylan is potent, baytril is top of the line antibiotic. If neither of these antibiotics are working, it's most likely viral. I recommend that you cull.

 

[casportpony]

Tylan is potent, baytril is top of the line antibiotic. If neither of these antibiotics are working, it's most likely viral. I recommend that you cull.

I once had an avian vet prescribe metronidazole for histomoniasis at one rate, three days later, at the same office, a different vet upped the dose 10x. Maybe the hen didn't get the right dose of Baytril? The Avian vet that I use *now* prescribes Baytril for poultry at a much higher dose than my cat vet does for my cats.

Maybe the infection is fungal? I just got necropsy and labs results back on one that had what looked like a nasty uri (swollen, pussy eye and labored breathing), but it was a systemic fungal and e.coli infection. The pathologist commented that he was surprised by the fungus.

I agree that if it's viral, culling is the best thing to do. But I also think that if people can, they should have proper lab/cultures done.

California does necropsies and cultures on chickens and turkeys for free, and depending of the pathologist, one can get other fowl done at no cost. However, unless you live within reasonable driving distance, you have to overnight your bird, on ice packs, in an insulated box.

-Kathy
Gilroy, CA

 

[KathyR]

Hi. What dose did the vet recommend using? What strength batril? It was supposed to be administered 1cc per day and I already increased it to almost
1 1/2 cc.

 

[casportpony]

Hi. What dose did the vet recommend using? What strength batril? It was supposed to be administered 1cc per day and I already increased it to almost
1 1/2 cc.

My vets have perscribed a few different types of antibiotics for different things and tend to reserve Baytril for really sick birds.
The Baytril I have is injectable, but I give it orally and it contains 100mg/ml (100mg per 1cc). The last two avian vets I have seen said to give .15cc/1kg for five days.

The other two injectable Baytril that I know about are 22.7mg/ml and 50mg/ml. Baytril also comes in oral form as pills and liquid, but I don't know much more than that.

What type of Baytril do you have? And how is your hen?

 

[KathyR]

Hi, thanks for the response. I have Baytril 22.7 oral liquid. It was originally prescribed at 1cc once a day. I already upped it 1 1/2 cc. I don't know if that was the right thing to do but it seems to be working. Is that to much?