Is tubing helpful or prolonging the inevitable

[casportpony]

Can you take a stool sample to the vet and have it checked for coccidia, worm eggs, bacteria and yeast?

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

She was wormed with Valbazen last week and put on a 5 day course of Tylan and Sulfadimethoxine. I have to look around for a larger tube. I may have one.

 

[seminolewind]

I gave her a bit of pepto bismal to try to stop the diarrhea. I also will increase the feedings today from 30 ml twice to 40 ml 3 times a day. I wish she'd stop laying eggs.

 

[seminolewind]

Why is she still not eating herself? It's been a few weeks and I've tempted her with all her favorites every day. Is she ever going to eat on her own? She looks cheerful, and lays an egg every 2-3 days. I just don't know.

 

[casportpony]

I had a peahen that I had to tube for two weeks before she would eat.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Might be a good idea to have her poop checked for bacteria and yeast.

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

This is her poo today.

 

[seminolewind]

I was feeding 30 ml twice a day, now I'm at 40-50 ml 3 times a day. I wish she'd stop laying eggs, she wasting calories!

 

[casportpony]

Is she still getting antibiotics?

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

She did a 5 day course and got a lot because she was drinking a lot. I was glad to stop after 5 days because of the diarrhea. Prior to that she got a dose of Valbazen.

She is chipper, bok boks, lays an egg every other day, drinks well, and will eat a piece of bread from my hand. Other than that, she frowns on the food. Today she had yogurt with some crumbled up cereal. No. Yesterday she had brown sugar oatmeal. No. She had store bought potato salad and ate that. It was eggy so I made her a scrambled egg. No. I made her French toast real mushy. No. Cat food-2 different types-no.

Another worming and course of antibiotics? I did some 40ml feeds, and one 50 ml feed yesterday and her poo was more brown than green. She seems to poo once a day . Would Gatoraid help with the diarrhea?