How to get your chick to swallow meds!?

[missalyshaann]

Hi there,

Im currently treating my new 2 week old chicks for coccidiosis and the directions say 3 drops 3 times a day as well as in their water.. now first of all that seems like alot to me for little chickies.. and second how can i get them to open their little beaks and let me give them medicine?!

3 of them are great and i found that i can use the lid to the bottle and place 3 drops on it and sort of tap their beak to wear the drops are and they happily drink it but ONE will have no part in this! She/he will not open their beak or swallow and most often just shakes her/his head and gets it everywhere!
Little brat....
Any ideas?
Thank you

 

[threehorses]

Honestly - just treat their drinking water with Corid or Sulmet, Corid preferred. THey treat themselves. Just in their water is usually ok. Otherwise - you could try making a tiny tiny bit of wet mash and feeding that as the very first bit of food during the day. Or mix it with a little boiled egg - make a loose ball of the yolk of a boiled egg, mashed, and put the drops on that.

What medicine are you using?

 

[missalyshaann]

Im using something called Sulfa Remedy.. since i live in australia i havent been able to find a source for sulmet or corrid here as of yet. I will try to boiled egg mix for them.. and im sure they will be much happier with that!

 

[missalyshaann]

Am i able to give them yoghurt mash while doing this treatment?

 

[missalysha]

 

[threehorses]

Quote:
Sorry your post was when I was sleeping (I'm in the U.S.)

This is your product:
Active Constituent/s: 64.9mg/mL sulfadimidine
as the sodium salt
Applicant Name: Universal Manufacturing &
Laboratories Pty Ltd
Applicant ACN: 010 668 729
Summary of Use: For treatment and control of
bacterial infections in caged ornamental birds
including enteritis, caecal coccidiosis, pneumonia,
white scours.
Date of Registration: 7 August 2000
Label Approval No: 52402/0700


Yours would thus be Sulfadimidine sodium 64.9mg/mL strength. Sulfanomides (sulfa drugs, often the salts) are often used for coccidiosis and yours is indeed for that, but labeled for cage birds. For that reason I wonder if it would be the right strength. Baycox is a drug that I'm more familiar with and is labeled for poultry use at poultry strength, which for that one med differs from the labeled dosage for caged birds and pigeons - three different strengths recommended.

So if you want to try it, I'd still think something like a piece of bread, etc. Or a little 'pill' made of egg yolk - they love that stuff.