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Malkaris
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I'm in Atlantic Canada.Where are you located?
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I'm in Atlantic Canada.Where are you located?
Oh alright. Definitely start the amprolium as soon as you get it. Good luck!I'm in Atlantic Canada.
Thanks, will definitely do.Oh alright. Definitely start the amprolium as soon as you get it. Good luck!
Amprolium isn't an antibiotic but probiotics afterwards won't hurt anything. Amprolium starves the coccidia of vitamin B (I believe). Be sure to not add and vitamins or electrolytes to the water during treatment. That amount of blood in the stool is really only seen in coccidiosis. Shed intestinal lining can cause some blood in the stool but that's not what we are seeing here.Thanks, will definitely do.
Is there any other common thing otherwise that causes bloody stool? I found no injuries.
Should I give probiotics afterwards?
That's exactly what I wanted to know, thanks. I'm wondering whether healing from the wound the rooster gave her maybe knocked back the lavender hen's immune system if it's her.Amprolium isn't an antibiotic but probiotics afterwards won't hurt anything. Amprolium starves the coccidia of vitamin B (I believe). Be sure to not add and vitamins or electrolytes to the water during treatment. That amount of blood in the stool is really only seen in coccidiosis. Shed intestinal lining can cause some blood in the stool but that's not what we are seeing here.
I'm planning to bring a stool sample with me just in case they can do a test. We'll see... This is just making me sick.Worms can sometimes cause blood in droppings, but I would treat with amprollium first, unless your vet orders a sulfa drug.
Blood is sometimes found in the coop from a pulled out blood feather or a pecked comb. I have seen some large spots on the roost boards which looked like a massacre, and never found a source. But if it was mostly combined with droppings, it may be coccidiosis. Worming them at some point might be a good idea, but treating for coccidiosis would be something I would do first. Amprollium is very safe.