Is Ivermectin recommended?

[RoosterOnWatch]

I've given her 0.4mL of cattle pour on Ivermectin today and I applied some Pestene to her yesterday (6th of April in Aus), I checked mid-day today and could find barely any mites on her or around her vent which was pleasing.

However, her ability to walk/stand hasn't improved. On the 5th she could barely walk/stand, on the 6th (shortly after when I made this thread) she lost the ability to stand properly (she rocks or tips over when she tries to stand). Today was the same as yesterday, still can't stand. She still isn't interested in raw or cooked beef or her regular feed, but she goes nuts for Livamol and also a Strawberry when I fed one to her. She didn't drink a lot today, only 1 or 2 sips.

Now that the mites have nearly been eliminated, I'm hoping she'll start to improve.

 

[RoosterOnWatch]

She's free of mites completely now but we also took her to the vet yesterday due to her inability to stand or walk. Turns out that it wasn't mites that was causing her inability to walk, but a bumblefoot infection that I thought I had fixed/treated back in Early-Mid February. Worst case scenario is that the infection has spread to her bone.

She's on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory now and she can stand statically but we'll see how the medicine goes before properly deciding on surgery. I just feel bad for her, like I failed her, but hopefully it's not too late and we can save her yet.

 

[RoosterOnWatch]

If anyone was curious, parents couldn't afford to get sugery for her ($450-$500+), so I gave her a cycle of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory, as well as a whole bunch of TLC. I removed the bumblefoot scab (couldn't find a kernel) and there doesn't look to be anymore signs of infection in her foot. She can now stand, walk, dig, and run. She is still a bit wobbly but has been slowly getting better each day.

My rooster also had a scab on his foot, which I removed, but couldn't see any kernel (again ugh), and that's all bandaged up.

Here's a picture of her from today.

 

[Down Under]

It is great that they are making a recovery but I wish I had of caught this thread earlier as cattle pour on is the expensive way to buy Ivermectin when you are only going to use a few ml before it expires, Avimec from the stock 'n' feed or Petbarn is usually cheaper and comes in smaller amounts.

Bunnings sells coopex and you can get Inca Pestene from Petbarn too but I have found that the Pestene makes them sneeze a lot. Garlic crystals in their bedding helps keep mites out of the coop.

As for the bumble foot check their area for things that they can cut their feet on and have a look at where they are digging to see if they are digging up anything that is sharp and remove anything that you can see. Don't remove any scabs, a scab means that it can heal, just keep the scab bandaged up to stop them knocking the scab off.

 

[RoosterOnWatch]

It is great that they are making a recovery but I wish I had of caught this thread earlier as cattle pour on is the expensive way to buy Ivermectin when you are only going to use a few ml before it expires, Avimec from the stock 'n' feed or Petbarn is usually cheaper and comes in smaller amounts.

Bunnings sells coopex and you can get Inca Pestene from Petbarn too but I have found that the Pestene makes them sneeze a lot. Garlic crystals in their bedding helps keep mites out of the coop.

As for the bumble foot check their area for things that they can cut their feet on and have a look at where they are digging to see if they are digging up anything that is sharp and remove anything that you can see. Don't remove any scabs, a scab means that it can heal, just keep the scab bandaged up to stop them knocking the scab off.

I got half a litre of Mectec at my local for about $45, so wasn't too bad luckily.

The two that got scabs are my two heaviest chickens, which I think is a big contributer. I'll keep an eye out where they are digging to see if there's anything sharp though, thanks.

 

[Down Under]

That is not too bad, but what are you going to do with half a litre? Do you keep livestock as well? Avimec usually costs me about $19 for 50ml from the stock 'n' feed and I never get through it in the 12 month expiry period.

You want scabs when the kernel comes out, if it is just a crater left in the foot the crater just keeps filling up with dirt before the foot can repair itself even with a clean bandage everyday. With a scab it only takes a week or two for the foot to get back to normal.