Thanks to the help of my lovely DH, I just force fed a chicken. Poor Janis has been ill and I finally spoke to the right person and diagnosed it as canker. dr chicken advised to force feed her, which is the only way I could think to get the metronidazole into her since she can't eat, so I did.
Shaking the whole time, triple checked my placement and now you can see her crop has stuff in it! She was really stressed from it (cause I took soooo long to be SURE) but I figure she will die if I don't do anything, so I will try my best.
I hope the meds work fast and she can eat on her own soon cause I really don't want her to hate me and run every time I she see's me. But for now, this is the only way to medicate her. She has been sick for about 1 1/2 weeks and I just had no idea what was wrong with her. I thought at 1st it was sour crop, but then it started to not look like that at all. No big balloon looking crop, just empty and wasting away. I wish I had known sooner cause I bet if I treated her a week and a half ago it would be easier. She was able to eat a little at that point.
Wish me luck with the future feedings, and if I can get it down good I will try to video tape it. She actually swallowed when I got it right. Poor girl, hope this has a happy ending! She has had a hard last year and is easily stressed. I wish I could make her a house chicken! (my DH didn't really agree there)
Shaking the whole time, triple checked my placement and now you can see her crop has stuff in it! She was really stressed from it (cause I took soooo long to be SURE) but I figure she will die if I don't do anything, so I will try my best.
I hope the meds work fast and she can eat on her own soon cause I really don't want her to hate me and run every time I she see's me. But for now, this is the only way to medicate her. She has been sick for about 1 1/2 weeks and I just had no idea what was wrong with her. I thought at 1st it was sour crop, but then it started to not look like that at all. No big balloon looking crop, just empty and wasting away. I wish I had known sooner cause I bet if I treated her a week and a half ago it would be easier. She was able to eat a little at that point.
Wish me luck with the future feedings, and if I can get it down good I will try to video tape it. She actually swallowed when I got it right. Poor girl, hope this has a happy ending! She has had a hard last year and is easily stressed. I wish I could make her a house chicken! (my DH didn't really agree there)
