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They charge $76 a visit to see birds....even for chickens....I called a couple of weeks ago.
Dr. Bennett will treat your birds and you right and make it worth your while going in. In the end, he has saved me money with a correct diagnosis and timely effective treatment whenever I have run into trouble. If Ferret is going to spend money on vaccines and try to treat this bird and save his flock, he should get an accurate diagnosis first. Some things are easy to identify and easy to treat but his Silkie's symptoms sound more serious.
All the information and pictures I have looked at point to Wet Pox, which is listed to have no treatment available on many different sources.
Vaccines for Fowl Pox are readily available to order, so treating the rest of my flock should be easily done. Dr. Bennett is a two and a half hour drive from me which makes a visit cost closer to $180+, including gas. I don't know what the closer vets would charge even if there was a treatment for my silkie.
This is going to sound a bit cold and mean, but BF and I don't have the money or time to run around all over the state over a chicken. We've been running around, burning cash, as it is for doctors visits and a recent death in my family. I love my pets, I want to keep them in good health, but I don't always have the resources to take a 50/50 chance at recovery. If there is something I can do at home that may help her, I am all for it, but I currently don't have time to visit with veterinarians only to be told there's nothing that can be done.
I did manage to get much of the gunk out of her mouth with a q-tip and she seemed to be breathing easier and drinking. I even got her to nibble some softened food, not as much as I would have liked her to eat, but it's progress. Maybe she'll recover, maybe she'll need to be put down, right now I have no idea.
They charge $76 a visit to see birds....even for chickens....I called a couple of weeks ago.
Dr. Bennett will treat your birds and you right and make it worth your while going in. In the end, he has saved me money with a correct diagnosis and timely effective treatment whenever I have run into trouble. If Ferret is going to spend money on vaccines and try to treat this bird and save his flock, he should get an accurate diagnosis first. Some things are easy to identify and easy to treat but his Silkie's symptoms sound more serious.
All the information and pictures I have looked at point to Wet Pox, which is listed to have no treatment available on many different sources.
Vaccines for Fowl Pox are readily available to order, so treating the rest of my flock should be easily done. Dr. Bennett is a two and a half hour drive from me which makes a visit cost closer to $180+, including gas. I don't know what the closer vets would charge even if there was a treatment for my silkie.
This is going to sound a bit cold and mean, but BF and I don't have the money or time to run around all over the state over a chicken. We've been running around, burning cash, as it is for doctors visits and a recent death in my family. I love my pets, I want to keep them in good health, but I don't always have the resources to take a 50/50 chance at recovery. If there is something I can do at home that may help her, I am all for it, but I currently don't have time to visit with veterinarians only to be told there's nothing that can be done.
I did manage to get much of the gunk out of her mouth with a q-tip and she seemed to be breathing easier and drinking. I even got her to nibble some softened food, not as much as I would have liked her to eat, but it's progress. Maybe she'll recover, maybe she'll need to be put down, right now I have no idea.
