Hen walking in circles

[maryellen21]

And we are at the vets for some prednisone. Hoping it will help some, then off to get polysol stuff with no iron then home

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know if the prednisone helps. I hope you will see some improvement. I believe prednisone is not to be used very long, and the dosage should be gradually decreased before stopping it.

 

[maryellen21]

My vet thinks she has an inner ear infection due to the way she leans to one side, he gave me albon to use for a few days ,said it wont hurt her if it doesn't work but he wanted to rule it out first as he doesn't like giving pred for a lot of stuff.. If the albon doesn't show an improvement in a few days he will give me liquid prednisone so i can put it in her food. I took two videos of her tonight eating and she is improving very tiny steps.. She is down to 2.7 lbs. she really loves the kaytee baby bird food, i mix all her meds in it and she eats it all. I couldn't get the poly stuff as tonight cost me $80 and i am wiped out until payday. I wasn't expecting a sick chicken and all the vitamins etc put a dent in my checkbook.. Once i get paid I'll get the poly stuff too

 

[Eggcessive]

The Albon is sulfadimethoxine, a sulfa antibiotic, and it works to treat many types of infections, including ear infections. You really have the best vitamins to use already with both poultry vitamin powder and Nutridrench--PolyVisol is just vitamins, too, but it is for human babies, and the others are more accurately dosed for chickens, so I wouldn't waste money on them. Nutradrench also contains the selenium for the wry neck.

 

[maryellen21]

Yep thats what my vet said too. He also said to keep giving her all the stuff i was doing too.i never heard of it being an ear infection but someone else said it might be an ear infection lol

 

[maryellen21]

She looks a hair better but is now not eating as much. She is now fighting me and when she is done eating she pitches a fit and walks away backward. The albon has three more days to work then i am going to try the prednisone

 

[Eggcessive]

Thanks for the update. How does her crop feel, and how is her weight?

 

[maryellen21]

She is 2.7 lbs, she actually did gain a bit since I've been hand feeding her, she isnt eating a lot but she also isn't moving around. She is now standing more, so that's a good sign she is getting her strength back. Her crop its hard to tell she is boney , it feels the same to me. I put her crumble in a makeshift feeder in case she tried to eat on her own and tonight she actually tried( failed but tried) i just uploade two video to YouTube if you look there find mebully 21 thats where i have the videos

 

[maryellen21]

These were from tonight, she is a little but better then last week

 

[Eggcessive]

I hope theAlbon helps her. I haven't heard of ear infections causing wry neck, but anything causing inflammation in the brain can cause it. It is such a strange problem, sometimes lasting for weeks. Hopefully she will get better soon.