I think my hen's vent is infected!!Update, found out what it is!!!!!

[pips&peeps]

I would treat for vent gleet on her and make sure you give her lots of yogurt and probiotics.

This could be an internal issue and what you are seeing is coming from the abdomen, but all you can do is try.

 

[yomama]

pips&peeps :

I would treat for vent gleet on her and make sure you give her lots of yogurt and probiotics.

This could be an internal issue and what you are seeing is coming from the abdomen, but all you can do is try.

I've been doing a ton of research on Vent Gleet, and I am thinking that is what it is. I have read that signs of Vent Gleet can be signs of more internal problems, but I hope not.

I am giving her a couple of TBS of yogurt daily and might try the vaginal yeast infection for women on her. I will also see if I can feel an egg inside. I thought about the soaking her back half too, maybe with Epsom salt.(sp, too tired to look it up)? . Definitely worth a shot.
I'll keep everyone posted.
Thanks!​

 

[yomama]

Just thought I would give an update to all those that were interested in what was going on with my hen. Since Tuesday, I have been treating her for what I thought was Vent Gleet, as her vent area was very stinky and looked to be infected. I have had brought her indoors, so I could keep a better eye on her aw well as keep her isolated from the rest of the group. I because it wasn't sure if it was contagious or not, and to keep any of the other chickens from pecking at it or bothering her. I have been feeding her yogurt, along with her layer pellets, a little bit of cracked corn, BOSS, and water. I was gettng worried, because she just didn't seem to be getting better. Thankfully, I was able to finally afford to get her into our Avian vet. I am so glad I did. Come to find out, Blondie did not have vent gleet. She actually had a kidney infection, and her urine ph was so off, it was giving her urine scald. Poor girl.

The vent area had become infected too. She did a fecal, no parasites. She tried to test the urine, and it was so full of yuck, she couldn't even seperate it out enough to look at it on a slide. Her crop was good, empty, and she had no signs of internal laying or eggbound, even though she hadn't laid in almost two weeks. She said 8 months is kind of a funny age for consistant egg laying, and even though I have a light in the coop, the light might not be bright enough to actually make a difference for her. Anyway, just though I would share this info, since it turned out to be something I totally did not expect. She said that if I had waited any longer, it would of definitely gotten much worse.
Thanks everyone for the support!

 

[pips&peeps]

So what did the vet do for her? Any antibiotics?

 

[pawprint2104]

This was a good learning thread. Good pics. Good ongoing descriptions. And, a final diagnosis. How is she doing...and, what did they prescribe for her?

 

[chkn]

Wow, and letting a kidney infection go untreated is really bad news.

 

[yomama]

pips&peeps :

So what did the vet do for her? Any antibiotics?

Sorry, should of included those details.

. She cleaned all the yuck off of her vent, much to Blondie's disliking, then spread a light layer of Desitan diaper ointment on her area. She said to do it every other day, and not too much. Desitan contains zinc, and if the bird preens themselves and ingest too much, they can actually get zinc poisoning. She actually had a client whose bird did this. Anyway, we are also having her on Clavamox tablets, twice a day. She said that Clavamox is an antibiotic that is gentle on the kidneys. I am still keeping her indoors in a large dog crate, seperated from the group, just ensure that none of the other birds pick at it. Surprisingly, she told me not to give her as much yogurt now, that I need to be careful how much protein she gets. Apparently, yogurt contains alot of protein. I think that too much protein can cause problems. I am going to research that, because she didn't go into detail, and, I didn't push the issue, though I wish I would have, just so I knew. I will still give it to my chickens once a week, for the probiotics. I cleaned her up tonight, and already her tush is starting to scab up, yay! What's weird, is this is my second chicken in one year (have only had chickens for a little over a year) that has had a kidney infection. The dr thought that that one was caused by my hen's decline in drinking water. We had had a stretch of freezing weather, and although I kept the water unfrozen, she said that sometimes, if the water is really, really cold, they won't drink as much. I tell ya, if something weird is going to happen to an animal, or now chicken, it's gonna happen to me.

Thanks everyone for the advice and concern!​

 

[Tala]

Quote:
Sorry, should of included those details.

. She cleaned all the yuck off of her vent, much to Blondie's disliking, then spread a light layer of Desitan diaper ointment on her area. She said to do it every other day, and not too much. Desitan contains zinc, and if the bird preens themselves and ingest too much, they can actually get zinc poisoning. She actually had a client whose bird did this. Anyway, we are also having her on Clavamox tablets, twice a day. She said that Clavamox is an antibiotic that is gentle on the kidneys. I am still keeping her indoors in a large dog crate, seperated from the group, just ensure that none of the other birds pick at it. Surprisingly, she told me not to give her as much yogurt now, that I need to be careful how much protein she gets. Apparently, yogurt contains alot of protein. I think that too much protein can cause problems. I am going to research that, because she didn't go into detail, and, I didn't push the issue, though I wish I would have, just so I knew. I will still give it to my chickens once a week, for the probiotics. I cleaned her up tonight, and already her tush is starting to scab up, yay! What's weird, is this is my second chicken in one year (have only had chickens for a little over a year) that has had a kidney infection. The dr thought that that one was caused by my hen's decline in drinking water. We had had a stretch of freezing weather, and although I kept the water unfrozen, she said that sometimes, if the water is really, really cold, they won't drink as much. I tell ya, if something weird is going to happen to an animal, or now chicken, it's gonna happen to me.

Thanks everyone for the advice and concern!

Ya know, I'd worry about that fact.
I'd want to know exactly what was causing it, coz two in a backyard flock is a very high percentage, and less than a year's time!! Doesn't sound like a random thing to me.

 

[yomama]

Quote:
Sorry, should of included those details.

. She cleaned all the yuck off of her vent, much to Blondie's disliking, then spread a light layer of Desitan diaper ointment on her area. She said to do it every other day, and not too much. Desitan contains zinc, and if the bird preens themselves and ingest too much, they can actually get zinc poisoning. She actually had a client whose bird did this. Anyway, we are also having her on Clavamox tablets, twice a day. She said that Clavamox is an antibiotic that is gentle on the kidneys. I am still keeping her indoors in a large dog crate, seperated from the group, just ensure that none of the other birds pick at it. Surprisingly, she told me not to give her as much yogurt now, that I need to be careful how much protein she gets. Apparently, yogurt contains alot of protein. I think that too much protein can cause problems. I am going to research that, because she didn't go into detail, and, I didn't push the issue, though I wish I would have, just so I knew. I will still give it to my chickens once a week, for the probiotics. I cleaned her up tonight, and already her tush is starting to scab up, yay! What's weird, is this is my second chicken in one year (have only had chickens for a little over a year) that has had a kidney infection. The dr thought that that one was caused by my hen's decline in drinking water. We had had a stretch of freezing weather, and although I kept the water unfrozen, she said that sometimes, if the water is really, really cold, they won't drink as much. I tell ya, if something weird is going to happen to an animal, or now chicken, it's gonna happen to me.

Thanks everyone for the advice and concern!

Ya know, I'd worry about that fact.
I'd want to know exactly what was causing it, coz two in a backyard flock is a very high percentage, and less than a year's time!! Doesn't sound like a random thing to me.

I'm very concerned about what caused this infection. However, the cause of the first hen's kidney infection seemed to be unrelated. I also wonder, how many chickens do get kidney infections, and just don't have them diagnosed? The chicken ends up dieing, and the owner is not sure what they died of, or think they died of something else. The way the dr was describing the anatomy of the bird, as well as how the kidney and other areas work, it is amazing that they don't fall ill more often. I'm tired right now, so I am having a hard time remembering details. However, I remember her saying how the kidneys in chickens don't work quite as efficiently like ours do. Infection is very easy to come by with them. I have been going over my yard, feed, everything to see what could of caused this. I plan of giving the vet a call in a few days, to give them an update on Blondie, and see if I can get a clearer explanation of what could of caused this. It's not that she didn't explain things to me, but she just wasn't quite sure what caused it. Also, what she did explain to me, was just alot of info all at once. Plus I have so many things going on at home right now, that I'm having a hard time keeping everything straight.

I will post an update if I find out anything new.
Thanks!

 

[chkn]

When your other chicken had the kidney infection, did she have all the same symptoms, the real messy butt and everything?