Help with pain management? How much aspirin?

[Camry08]

Do you have photos of the deep indentions in his legs?

Since he's on the smaller side, I'd give 1/4 of an 81mg Aspirin twice a day for up to 3days.

Place the food and water up higher so he doesn't have to bend to reach it. Maybe you have block of wood, a brick or something to set the food/water on.

It seems after the past three days the indents are now gone but you can see by the direction of the cut spurs how they were pressing into his legs. He still won’t stand and I haven’t seen him drink, but he is eating wet mash (he is a scissor beak after all). He’s half the size of his brother, but I know he’s a very special boy. At three weeks old he was the size of a three day old so he tends to handle things not the best. Below is a photo of him as a baby. All the chickens in the picture were born the same day. He just had horrible health complications, which is why I don’t think he’s handling this well currently.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It seems after the past three days the indents are now gone but you can see by the direction of the cut spurs how they were pressing into his legs. He still won’t stand and I haven’t seen him drink, but he is eating wet mash (he is a scissor beak after all). He’s half the size of his brother, but I know he’s a very special boy. At three weeks old he was the size of a three day old so he tends to handle things not the best. Below is a photo of him as a baby. All the chickens in the picture were born the same day. He just had horrible health complications, which is why I don’t think he’s handling this well currently.

Poor Guy! He was a tiny little thing wasn't he!

Have you been treating his legs/feet for Scaly Leg Mites too?

5years old, he's done pretty well despite his limitations.
If you don't feel like he's getting enough fluids, you can tube fluids into him. He may benefit from tubing some electrolytes and Kaytee Baby Bird formula to see if that brings him up some.

Have you tried Torpedo Feeding? He'd still need fluids of course, but if he's not eating well, this can hopefully get him through this rough patch.


Tube
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-guide-pictures-under-construction.1064392/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/infectious-coryza.1659814/post-28539659

Torpedo
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/

 

[Camry08]

Poor Guy! He was a tiny little thing wasn't he!

Have you been treating his legs/feet for Scaly Leg Mites too?

5years old, he's done pretty well despite his limitations.
If you don't feel like he's getting enough fluids, you can tube fluids into him. He may benefit from tubing some electrolytes and Kaytee Baby Bird formula to see if that brings him up some.

Have you tried Torpedo Feeding? He'd still need fluids of course, but if he's not eating well, this can hopefully get him through this rough patch.


Tube
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-guide-pictures-under-construction.1064392/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/infectious-coryza.1659814/post-28539659

Torpedo
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/

Thank you I’ll see if I can get the supplies! I’m also gunna make him a vet appointment tomorrow because he doesn’t seem to getting better yet. He also has been having green solid poops recently which has me concerned

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you I’ll see if I can get the supplies! I’m also gunna make him a vet appointment tomorrow because he doesn’t seem to getting better yet. He also has been having green solid poops recently which has me concerned

Green poop can sometimes be bile from not eating very well.

I'm sorry he's not getting better, hopefully the Vet can see him tomorrow and check him over and make some suggestions.

 

[Camry08]

Green poop can sometimes be bile from not eating very well.

I'm sorry he's not getting better, hopefully the Vet can see him tomorrow and check him over and make some suggestions.

The vet is about three hours away and the earliest appointment will be three days from now latest six days all latest hopefull. I’ll update with the official appointment date, but I’ve been taking birds to them for years

 

[Camry08]

Poor Guy! He was a tiny little thing wasn't he!

Have you been treating his legs/feet for Scaly Leg Mites too?

5years old, he's done pretty well despite his limitations.
If you don't feel like he's getting enough fluids, you can tube fluids into him. He may benefit from tubing some electrolytes and Kaytee Baby Bird formula to see if that brings him up some.

Have you tried Torpedo Feeding? He'd still need fluids of course, but if he's not eating well, this can hopefully get him through this rough patch.


Tube
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-guide-pictures-under-construction.1064392/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/infectious-coryza.1659814/post-28539659

Torpedo
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/

I only just noticed the part about you asking about scaly leg mites! I’m not treating for it nor do I know how but I wouldn’t mind if you thought it would help. My birds are indoors and have a coop in the garage. What’s worrying me is mice have been getting into their food and leaving poop in their food and I have to scoop that out every morning. The mice are the only ones that could be bringing in disease no bugs yet and these guys don’t really ever touch dirt (I’m currently outside in the driveway with Edward and the dog bed getting some sun).

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I only just noticed the part about you asking about scaly leg mites! I’m not treating for it nor do I know how but I wouldn’t mind if you thought it would help. My birds are indoors and have a coop in the garage. What’s worrying me is mice have been getting into their food and leaving poop in their food and I have to scoop that out every morning. The mice are the only ones that could be bringing in disease no bugs yet and these guys don’t really ever touch dirt (I’m currently outside in the driveway with Edward and the dog bed getting some sun).

Well, I suppose I was asking if he had Scaly Leg Mites?

Nice to have the coop inside, but it would be a good idea to try to eliminate the Mice. Not only do they poop in the feed, but they will pee too, so every night when take of the food and water to take away food sources for the Mice.

I put my feed stations in a metal trash can every night to help keep Mice and Rats from coming. I had some Rats and oh my once they find food, they are hard to get rid of!

Since this is in the garage, you may be able to set some traps to catch and eliminate some of the Mice too, set them in places where the chickens won't get into them. I would set traps and cover them with a cheap plastic dish pan that I had cut out some access holes big enough for the varmints to enter, but the chickens didn't bother with. That worked pretty well. In a garage you may be able to just use an empty box and cover traps, cut a hole on each side for the mice to enter. Just an idea.

Mice will also get into your personal items, pee on things, can carry parasites and chew things up. You also don't want to personally breath dust from their poop and pee. So work on trying to get rid of them for yourself and the birds. It can be a battle! It took me about 6 months or more to start winning over the rats, so I know it can be a challenge!