We have two of these little ladies and they've never been very friendly. Yesterday, I noticed this one standing off by herself while the other was eating scratch with the rest of the flock. I was able to catch her fairly easily and brought her in. Nothing seemed wrong, she was just quiet. I offered her feed and water, but she wanted neither. When I offered her scratch, I thought she was going to take it, but no. I put her in a dark, quiet room with food and water (with vitamins, electrolytes and probiotics) and checked on her a few times in the night. At one point I notice she was perched on the water bowl and then this morning I found her laying down with her neck stretched out. She isn't gasping for air, I don't see anything in her throat or mouth, she's not star-gazing. I've looked for mites and other crawlies, but I don't see anything -- she gets very upset when I try to turn her over to look at her underside. She's alert, but she still isn't drinking or eating and I haven't seen a poop this whole time, and its going on 24 hrs that she's been inside now. Any ideas on what I might be dealing with? And what I should do to help her? I've got LA200, Nutridrench, VetRx and some other things on hand.
As far as food and water, I've tried dipping her beak in water to get her to drink but with no luck. I've carefully syringed a bit into the front of her beak. I've tried offering her a scrambled egg, yogurt, smooshed blue berries, and a banana, but she won't 'bite'. She 'smacks' her beak when I put it on the banana, and a little bit in the yogurt. I feel like my next move is to force feed her water
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As far as food and water, I've tried dipping her beak in water to get her to drink but with no luck. I've carefully syringed a bit into the front of her beak. I've tried offering her a scrambled egg, yogurt, smooshed blue berries, and a banana, but she won't 'bite'. She 'smacks' her beak when I put it on the banana, and a little bit in the yogurt. I feel like my next move is to force feed her water
