Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[preciouskitty]

Have you tried giving her tylan 200?  I don't know the dosage information, but you can find it on the peafowl site, you'll have to weigh her or have a good estimate.

Haven't given her anything yet. Today is the first day of no eating, drinking &'total fail at walking.
She's plopped down on the ottoman on a towel in the living room with me, the 3 cats & dog! I put some food pieces in front of her &'she did eat a few..but only if I play with it first.

I can pick up some Tylan tomorrow..weighing her will be no problem. How is tylan administered? I'll rephrase...better IV or orally?

 

[fuzzybutt love]

I use tylan 50 at 1/2 a cc orally, but it is for respiratory.no bumble? No impacted crop? No swollen and/or warm joints? What exactly were the previous symptoms? She been pooping normal ? Before, too? It kinfa dors sound like mareks, but only one bird? You are the second case today i've run across, but the other isn't in mi. (( )) Get her to eat and drink if you can!

 

[Trefoil]

Check to make sure but from what I've read the dosage is 10-40mg/kg of bird given IM. 2 or 3 x daily. Check this out with somebody else.

 

[preciouskitty]

I use tylan 50 at 1/2 a cc orally, but it is for respiratory.no bumble? No impacted crop? No swollen and/or warm joints? What exactly were the previous symptoms? She been pooping normal ? Before, too? It kinfa dors sound like mareks, but only one bird? You are the second case today i've run across, but the other isn't in mi. (( )) Get her to eat and drink if you can!

Crop seems fine, don't think joints swollen.
About a week ago she just started moving slowly, kind of hanging by herself. Brought her in for a day/night to monitor food & water intake & check poops. All good.

About 2 days ago she seemed to be limping a bit & her right wing droopy. Brought her back in. Still eating, drinking & pooping okay. Yesterday, I went to put her in deck & her right foot seemed pretty useless. Still poops looked good (she was kind enough to leave a sample as soon as I set her on the deck).

Today. She simply can't walk..if I pick her up, set her down, she just kind of flops trying to get up....very sad. She did just chow down on the pieces of food I put in front of her & took a small sip of water. She seems very alert, eyes clear. She is one of the 3 pullets that my Marans hatched back on Mother's Day....

 

[birdman55]

Haven't given her anything yet. Today is the first day of no eating, drinking &'total fail at walking.
She's plopped down on the ottoman on a towel in the living room with me, the 3 cats & dog! I put some food pieces in front of her &'she did eat a few..but only if I play with it first.

I can pick up some Tylan tomorrow..weighing her will be no problem. How is tylan administered? I'll rephrase...better IV or orally?

here is a great website
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart
all the doses are for birds and not any other animal...
this should get you in the right direction

silver golden pheasant

 

[tntchix]

Crop seems fine, don't think joints swollen.
About a week ago she just started moving slowly, kind of hanging by herself. Brought her in for a day/night to monitor food & water intake & check poops. All good.

About 2 days ago she seemed to be limping a bit & her right wing droopy. Brought her back in. Still eating, drinking & pooping okay. Yesterday, I went to put her in deck & her right foot seemed pretty useless. Still poops looked good (she was kind enough to leave a sample as soon as I set her on the deck).

Today. She simply can't walk..if I pick her up, set her down, she just kind of flops trying to get up....very sad. She did just chow down on the pieces of food I put in front of her & took a small sip of water. She seems very alert, eyes clear. She is one of the 3 pullets that my Marans hatched back on Mother's Day....

oh no. no Kaia. Hope you can help her, Kat.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

My other thought had been synovitis, there are different types and one affects joints; there was another byc poster a long while back that said it usually affected the right side? I would treat for that as marecks is not treatable anyway.
Let me look to be sure tylan is best for that...

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou...nfection_in_poultry_infectious_synovitis.html

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Denaguard is best, but mail order only and pricey. Of the easy access meds tylan is the best. It can also be given as a shot, in your shoes if this is what you get at least the first couple doses i'd do that as she is pretty bad off. I don't prefer to stress them but in this case....

 

[preciouskitty]

Thanks everyone..
She actually finished all the food I put in front of her..even if it did take me kind of pushing it around!

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Ok. Keep me updated! I will try to pop in a little more often.