Hi!! I'm a new poster, but I've had my ducks and chickens over a year.
On Monday one of my girls got spooked and flew right out of their run while the dogs were out. Both of them chased her and one caught her - her wounds seem to be minor. I washed them out with a saline solution immediately and used BluKote and Hen Healer on them. I also started her on Clavamox for infection that night. She was eating and drinking immediately after and was pretty chirpy still too. Wattle is nice and red and not drooping. She was for sure in pain so I started her on some aspirin (after confirming NO blood in stool or pee) on Tuesday and have given it to her morning and night. She laid an egg on Tuesday and was pooping regularly, but Tuesday night I noticed after she would drink water she would push her neck forward, put her wings out and let out this little cry. Like a seizure. She is still not walking, but her toes react when I touch them, no cries when I touch her legs, and they're both warm. No discharge from her nose either.
The next day I noticed she hadn't pooped and was sure she was egg bound. I put her on wet, warm towels and eventually got her to have the biggest (but apparently healthy!) poop and she laid her egg not long after. However this morning she is still doing the convulsions. She did it after eating some scrambled eggs.
It looks more like she's straining to either poop or get up, but the face she makes and her tiny cry is killing me. I was thinking it was something digestive since it's when she eats and drinks, but her poop was apparently a good sign from threads I've read (I've been up all hours since Monday researching - THANK YOU ALL for your help so far!!)
I'm at such a loss for what this could be since she is in great shape in other departments. Thank you!!
On Monday one of my girls got spooked and flew right out of their run while the dogs were out. Both of them chased her and one caught her - her wounds seem to be minor. I washed them out with a saline solution immediately and used BluKote and Hen Healer on them. I also started her on Clavamox for infection that night. She was eating and drinking immediately after and was pretty chirpy still too. Wattle is nice and red and not drooping. She was for sure in pain so I started her on some aspirin (after confirming NO blood in stool or pee) on Tuesday and have given it to her morning and night. She laid an egg on Tuesday and was pooping regularly, but Tuesday night I noticed after she would drink water she would push her neck forward, put her wings out and let out this little cry. Like a seizure. She is still not walking, but her toes react when I touch them, no cries when I touch her legs, and they're both warm. No discharge from her nose either.
The next day I noticed she hadn't pooped and was sure she was egg bound. I put her on wet, warm towels and eventually got her to have the biggest (but apparently healthy!) poop and she laid her egg not long after. However this morning she is still doing the convulsions. She did it after eating some scrambled eggs.
It looks more like she's straining to either poop or get up, but the face she makes and her tiny cry is killing me. I was thinking it was something digestive since it's when she eats and drinks, but her poop was apparently a good sign from threads I've read (I've been up all hours since Monday researching - THANK YOU ALL for your help so far!!)
I'm at such a loss for what this could be since she is in great shape in other departments. Thank you!!