I have a little bantam rooster I bought off a lady from Facebook. I was brand new to chickens. I brought him home it will be two years this coming April. She told me he was around 9 months old. I bought another rooster at the same time. Honestly she had around 100 in her back yard so I was a little curious how she could remember the ages of all her chickens. Anyways, I brought them home. The one in question had an occasional wheezing the day I brought him home. He has done it all along no matter the temperature. I have a very large coop/building for them. I keep clean fresh bedding. So about 4 weeks ago my husband was checking in on them and my little guy was injured...ge couldn't stand. His eyes were very bloodshot. I scooped him up quickly and he just laid over on me. I thought he was dying right there. He had just a tiny bit of blood on the base of his talon. I thought maybe he got stuck on his perch and was fighting it and possibly fell. I brought him in my house and he has been since. After rest and being kept quiet for a few days he was fine but limping. I thought he was going to recover just fine. Well then he started kind of not moving around much. I panicked and called my vet. They couldn't get him in for like 3 days. Not sure they wanted to see a rooster. Called everywhere and finally found a vet that got him in a couple hours later. Explained everything and she prescribed antibiotics and pain meds for 5 days. Hes still on antibiotics. She was worried he was septic. First few days he was great. Walked quite a bit but limped on the left side. Then he just sat down and did not get back up. I've been hand feeding him. First time the vet has seen a rooster so I don't know she really knows what's going on with him.
So here it is...he has stopped eating. Six days ago he didnt eat much. Five days ago he acted like he was starving and ate all day. Four days ago he picked at very little food. Three days ago I got him to eat one worm and maybe three bites of cucumber. Not a thing since.
He is my baby! I'm very close to this one. I've cried so much because I know he's dying. He seems paralyzed on his left side. He is keeping his left leg thrown completely behind him. He is just lifeless.
So I don't know if he was injured or if possibly he could have mareks. This seems like its way more than an injured leg. There were no breaks either. At times he will sit right up and want a drink but will not even attempt to eat. Talks to me all the time no matter what. I'm willing to put any amount of time into rehabbing him but at this point im sure there is no bringing him back. I can't believe he's still even here. He's lost a lot of weight.
Does anyone think this could be mareks? Or have you had similar experiences with leg injuries? I mean wasn't broken. Vet said maybe a little nerve damage. And that could take months to heal. But he won't even attempt to eat. He can't last much longer like this I would think.
So here it is...he has stopped eating. Six days ago he didnt eat much. Five days ago he acted like he was starving and ate all day. Four days ago he picked at very little food. Three days ago I got him to eat one worm and maybe three bites of cucumber. Not a thing since.
He is my baby! I'm very close to this one. I've cried so much because I know he's dying. He seems paralyzed on his left side. He is keeping his left leg thrown completely behind him. He is just lifeless.
So I don't know if he was injured or if possibly he could have mareks. This seems like its way more than an injured leg. There were no breaks either. At times he will sit right up and want a drink but will not even attempt to eat. Talks to me all the time no matter what. I'm willing to put any amount of time into rehabbing him but at this point im sure there is no bringing him back. I can't believe he's still even here. He's lost a lot of weight.
Does anyone think this could be mareks? Or have you had similar experiences with leg injuries? I mean wasn't broken. Vet said maybe a little nerve damage. And that could take months to heal. But he won't even attempt to eat. He can't last much longer like this I would think.