I need HELP, please? Vent Gleet or something more serious?

[ArianDolympia]

Hello ,everyone!
At first, I thought my 1 year old Sapphire Gem has Vent Gleet, because she had poop stick to her vent feathers , and then came the awful smell.I separated her from the flock last night since she didn't want to get on the roost.This morning, I gave her 1 capsule of Acidophilus mixed in with yogurt and some mash, ACC water in the side. She didn't want any. I gave her a Epsom salt bath and trimmed her vent feathers and this is what I saw. I had a pullet with Vent Gleet before and the area underneath the vent wasn't swelling with discoloration like this. Have you seen this before? Please, help my girl! Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[azygous]

Yes, yogurt and probiotics are very good as a followup to treatment of a yeast infection. I usually squeeze out half an inch of cream onto my finger then pull down on the hen's wattles to get her to open her beak, then I wipe my finger with the cream off on the inside of her beak. I even had a hen once who happily gobbled it off my finger, as tasteless as it is.

 

[azygous]

I'm sad for you and for your sick hen. I know the sick feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you feel helpless to make a favorite hen better.

 

[azygous]

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Your hen is more likely to have a crop issue than vent gleet. Both smell pretty bad. If she has sour crop, the treatment is actually the same as for vent gleet - an anti-yeast medicine such as Medistatin or miconazole.

There are some cases of sour crop, though, that don't respond to treatment if there is a more serious underlying issue such as cancer.

 

[ArianDolympia]

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Your hen is more likely to have a crop issue than vent gleet. Both smell pretty bad. If she has sour crop, the treatment is actually the same as for vent gleet - an anti-yeast medicine such as Medistatin or miconazole.

There are some cases of sour crop, though, that don't respond to treatment if there is a more serious underlying issue such as cancer.

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[Fishkeeper]

You shouldn't do anything until you take her to the vet, and you should ask there. It's best not to medicate an animal you're about to take to the vet, because the medication might interfere with whatever the vet is going to want to use.

 

[azygous]

The miconazole is given orally. If you have a vet that sees chickens, that really is the wise decision. Please lets us know what they recommend.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I randomly give my birds yogurt. In the water I put drops of vinegar, also I let them eat left over salad with vinegar, they love it. I also put in electrolights for poultry,(just a pinch) and you can get powder probiotics to put in their water too. Good Luck!

 

[SurferchickinSB]

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Kind of looks like she has been laying internally and has an infection, that is what you smell. I think you will need to bring her to an aviary vet for antibiotics and maybe some fluid removal.

 

[ArianDolympia]

I didn't give her anything other than an Epsom bath and some yogurt. I will keep you posted! Thank you!