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

[Surehatch]

Looks uncomfortable

 

[yomama]

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No, she had completely opposite symptoms. My other hen was lethargic, wanted to roost all the time, didn't want to eat. Her vent never showed any signs of infection. That's why I was so sure this time was Vent Gleet. The only symptom Bondie had was a yucky rear end, with a nasty stink. She was very active, eating drinking all that. The vet did think she was a little underweight. Of course, now I'm a little worried about the rest of my group, since she feels the same as them, body fat wise. Guess that will have to be one more thing to watch.

I noticed that Blondie had diarrhea this morning, so I think I am going to call the vet today, instead of waiting. I'm pretty sure it is just a side effect of being on antibiotics, but just want to check. I think I will go ahead and see if I can get any better idea of what the dr though may have caused this, too.

 

[BWKatz]

Diarhea is common sideeffect of antibiotics. A high protein diet puts a strain on the liver & kidneys.

 

[Carrie Lynn]

Yomama,
Can you post a picture of Blondie when you get the chance?
Glad you got a diagnosis.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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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!

You don't have to give them yogurt at all, there is a product called ProBios that your feed store probably carries that you can add to the water instead of giving yogurt.

 

[yomama]

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I've got a pic of her ucky vent on page one. Or are you wanting a pic of the rest of her? lol Here's her "good side"

 

[yomama]

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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!

You don't have to give them yogurt at all, there is a product called ProBios that your feed store probably carries that you can add to the water instead of giving yogurt.

I've seen that stuff in the feed store, but I have never really looked at the label. Does it have alot of protein, if any?

 

[emvickrey]

I've got a hen that has bouts of being lethargic. It seems everytime I spend time trying to figure out what her problem is and make her feel better she gets better. First time she had the nasty behind and I thought she may be egg bound maybe so she got a good soak in the tup of nearly hot water and then a bath to wash off all the stuck on poo. Then I looked her over and she had bumble foot wiwth 2 places on the foot. I took care of that. She was fine till a few weeks ago and she was just standing all puffed up on one foot. I looked and the foot was swollen. So back in the hot soak and I took a look and she has bumble foot again. Apparently I didn't get it all the first time. So I spent 3 days soaking and digging. She is back to herself with a bandage wrapped foot. I really think she likes all the attention she gets. She doesn't give me any problems at all when tending to her and will soak till I take her out.

I would have never thought of a kidney infection. I'm glad your girl is doing better and you found out the problem. I'm sure that goes un noticed alot and chickens die from it.

 

[Tala]

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I've seen that stuff in the feed store, but I have never really looked at the label. Does it have alot of protein, if any?

I don't think there's much of *anything* in it, maybe some protein from the whey, but it's not like you are feeding a lot of it to a chicken, microorganisms are well, SMALL so lots of them fit in a tiny amount of powder.
I feed it to my dogs some. It's faaaaaaar more economical to buy the feed store powder, rather than the tablets of the same stuff that they sell at Petco (it's the same stuff I checked the lables) plus my Lab dog who needed it most would only take it in water when we first got him so the powder form was best.

ProBios
dispersible powder Contains a source of live (viable) naturally occuring microorganisms
Guarantee lactic acid bacteria not less than 10million CFU/gram (cfu=colony forming units)

Ingredients: Sucrose, dried whey, sodium silico aluminate, dried enterococcus faecium fermenation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, and sodium thiosulfate.
(I assume the sugar/sucrose and whey are from growing the bacteria, the silica stuff is probably a "base" for the powder, and the thiosulfate stuff is probably a preservative, all the other stuff is the bacteria)

Store in a cool, dry area for maximum stability. This product is intended as a stabilized source of ------bacterias only. no claims of warranties, etc.

Directions for dogs/cats/rodents/exotic birds/reptiles/all other pets = under 1.0lb-1/4tsp, up to 10lbs-1/2tsp, over 10lbs-1tsp, per pet per day, mix in food or fluids

 

[yomama]

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I've seen that stuff in the feed store, but I have never really looked at the label. Does it have alot of protein, if any?

I don't think there's much of *anything* in it, maybe some protein from the whey, but it's not like you are feeding a lot of it to a chicken, microorganisms are well, SMALL so lots of them fit in a tiny amount of powder.
I feed it to my dogs some. It's faaaaaaar more economical to buy the feed store powder, rather than the tablets of the same stuff that they sell at Petco (it's the same stuff I checked the lables) plus my Lab dog who needed it most would only take it in water when we first got him so the powder form was best.

ProBios
dispersible powder Contains a source of live (viable) naturally occuring microorganisms
Guarantee lactic acid bacteria not less than 10million CFU/gram (cfu=colony forming units)

Ingredients: Sucrose, dried whey, sodium silico aluminate, dried enterococcus faecium fermenation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, and sodium thiosulfate.
(I assume the sugar/sucrose and whey are from growing the bacteria, the silica stuff is probably a "base" for the powder, and the thiosulfate stuff is probably a preservative, all the other stuff is the bacteria)

Store in a cool, dry area for maximum stability. This product is intended as a stabilized source of ------bacterias only. no claims of warranties, etc.

Directions for dogs/cats/rodents/exotic birds/reptiles/all other pets = under 1.0lb-1/4tsp, up to 10lbs-1/2tsp, over 10lbs-1tsp, per pet per day, mix in food or fluids

Thanks for the info!