Lazy Peachick

[Peafowlssssssss]

Most parts of the brooder are 24 or 25 C, just under the heat lamp it will reach 28 C, heat lamps are in the corner.

 

[Garden Peas]

Just gave him 25ml of water, i think this poo belong to him:



This one from the second bird:


Also the sick bird will do this between time to time, i think this means he is dehydrated:

He is breathing through his mouth. I think that means one of two things... he may be too hot, as Kathy is suggesting, or he may be struggling to breath because there is something in his lungs, like a pneumonia, or maybe he aspirated some food or fluid that he regurgitated, or perhaps a bit of his food or fluids went down the wrong pipe.

It looks like he is panting and working pretty hard to breath. There's not any discharge, right? So probably not a sinus infection, and even if so, the Baytril should be helping with that. If the temperature is correct, then the breathing may be due to something in his lungs. Or the poor guy may just not be able to surmount his medical issues at this point.

I'm sorry, I know you are trying valiantly to save this bird.

 

[Garden Peas]

Most parts of the brooder are 24 or 25 C, just under the heat lamp it will reach 28 C, heat lamps are in the corner.

Can he walk well enough to choose where he wants to stand? Is he overheating under the lamp?

 

[casportpony]

Directly under the lamp I could see him getting over heated, but not at 24-25. Maybe try raising the lamp and see if his breathing improves?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

If there is something in his lungs I would suspect that one would hear gurgling or wheezing.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

If there is something in his lungs I would suspect that one would hear gurgling or wheezing.

-Kathy

I dunno, maybe, but I have now had two of my kiddos that had pneumonia discovered only with x-rays, and a whole bunch of first-rate pediatricians had listened to their lungs with stethoscopes... so I am not certain that having a bit of fluid in the lung always produces an audible sound... even to a trained listener with appropriate equipment

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

He stopped that now, after i removed to cooler area he stopped that, stupid can't decide where he should stay

And no he can't walk now, he is staying all the time.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Fair enough... just a guess on my part.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

He stopped that now, after i removed to cooler area he stopped that, stupid can't decide where he should stay

And no he can't walk now, he is staying all the time.

poor both of you

 

[KsKingBee]

I may find these in the pharmacies, but aren't they small for the feed? The large tube i'm using wouldn't push the feed easily, don't how it will work with smaller tube.

I have two 60 ml syringes, one has a very small end on it intended for needles, the other is much larger and is meant for flushing large quantities of liquid. The larger catheters fit it quite well and the fluid comes out of it much easier.

Another note is I killed a turkey using the plastic tubing even though I melted and rounded the end to make it smooth, I tore the esophagus and the feed went into the cavity and it died. Get a soft rubber catheter as soon as you can find one.

ETA
Hospitals throw them out or give them to veterinary after the expiration date.