Massive feather loss

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THANK YOU! Yay! I didn't overdose my chickens. I was wondering how I could have been so wrong before. I wasn't! Fortunately I just discovered a way to give her medicine that doesn't bother her at all. I'm injecting it in leftover cranberries.... jelly doughnut style. One gulp and they're gone. 1.5 ml is going to be a lot of cranberries. She'll be thrilled.

Any suggestions of for the tail? My husband has a camera on his phone and I'll have him take a picture tonight. I've been giving her nuts and oats for biotin for her skin. I've tried putting triple antibiotic with no improvement. She's separated from the rest as they were starting to pick at her. I'm determined to get this girl well.
 
I decided to use fenbendazole because it's got a large margin of safety. I read a lot of posts that metrodinazole has a narrow dosage safety "window" But I think I will order some "fish zole" as a backup. What is the metrodinazole dose? Is it safe to give both at the same time?

Thank you.
 
Wol1 said:
I decided to use fenbendazole because it's got a large margin of safety.  I read a lot of posts that metrodinazole has a narrow dosage safety "window"  But I think I will order some "fish zole" as a backup.  What is the metrodinazole dose? Is it safe to give both at the same time?

Thank you.
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You can give them at the same time, and I think the dose is probably something like 50mg/kg twice a day.

-Kathy
 
Thank you. I didn't think of an oil gland infection. I am researching it now. I started giving her ciprofloxacin last night thinking it must be an infection of some kind, and must be internal as the external antibiotic isn't working. Cipro is just what I had on hand. Got a dosage from an Avian medicine book. That book said to dissolve a 500 mg tablet in 10 ml of water and give 1 ml (50 mg) 2x/day. I cut that to 2.5 ml of water and use 0.2 ml. Want to get this baby girl well.

Thank you for your help, Kathy.
 

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