How to treat Vent Gleet?

[Is_it_tasty?]

Hi there!

Our year old blue Andalusian appears to have had vent gleet for several months now, we've treated her with anti-fungal creams and antibiotics from the vets several times. It just doesn't seem to have any affect at all as she still has discharge and messy feathers around her vent. It's getting pretty costly now to keep giving her antibiotics/ antifungals that just seem to have no effect.

Other than being flighty and afraid of humans (can't blame her after all the times we've had to force feed her antibiotics and shove fungal cream up her vent) she seems in decent health and is still appearing to eat/drink/ scratch around.

Any advice on what to do from here?

 

[TwoCrows]

Hi there!

Our year old blue Andalusian appears to have had vent gleet for several months now, we've treated her with anti-fungal creams and antibiotics from the vets several times. It just doesn't seem to have any affect at all as she still has discharge and messy feathers around her vent. It's getting pretty costly now to keep giving her antibiotics/ antifungals that just seem to have no effect.

Other than being flighty and afraid of humans (can't blame her after all the times we've had to force feed her antibiotics and shove fungal cream up her vent) she seems in decent health and is still appearing to eat/drink/ scratch around.

Any advice on what to do from here?

Vent gleet is a yeast infection so you need to stay away from antibiotics. You might get some Acidified Copper Sulfate into her. You can get that here... https://www.twincitypoultrysupplies.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=340

It will kill off all species of yeast from beak to vent. It is mixed 1/4 teaspoon Copper to 1 gallon of water. Make a new batch daily. Use for 7 to 10 days max. After treatment you will need to get her on lots of probiotics to help replentish good bacteria and yeasts that she is so missing. At least a 7 days of probiotics and it might not hurt to go 2 full weeks with probiotics.

In the meantime, use probiotics if you have them, stay away from high carbohydrate foods like pasta, rice, scratch and other grains, stick to greens like broccoli slaw, cabbage, you might pour on a teaspoon of Lemon juice on the greens, lemon juice or anything with citric acid stops yeasts from reproducing. Offer up yogurt, apples are yeast busting, etc...

 

[TwoCrows]

Also, no other water source to drink from...so no puddles.