I noticed about 3 or 4 days ago Precious, who is prone to broodiness and has been on the nest for about two weeks, didn't quite look right. Then today all of a sudden she looks BAD!
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
Precious is a silver penciled cochin, about a year and a half, weighing 1 lb. 15 oz. (she's always been a tiny little girl)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
head listing to the right, broody, left eye closed, right eye open
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
about 3 or 4 days
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
no
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
nothing that I have seen
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
since she's been brooding, she's not been eating much but every day I put a handful of Layena pellets and scratch in her box and she always gobbles it down. I make her get out every day so she can stretch and get some water.
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
poop looks normal (to me, but I've always been told I don't know s_ _t)
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
today I gave her two drops of the poly vi sol without iron. gave her plain greek yogurt with a little jam for flavor which she ate a bit of and a little bread and peanut noodles, miniscule amounts, and syringed some water into her
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I'd like to try and treat her myself but if I need to go to a vet which is an hour away, I will but also it is Saturday (of course!)
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use
12 X 8 coop, 3 big windows with hardware cloth, large run, pine shavings which have only been there about two weeks, I just cleaned out the coop from the winter
Thanks in advance!
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
Precious is a silver penciled cochin, about a year and a half, weighing 1 lb. 15 oz. (she's always been a tiny little girl)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
head listing to the right, broody, left eye closed, right eye open
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
about 3 or 4 days
4) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
no
5) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
nothing that I have seen
6) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
since she's been brooding, she's not been eating much but every day I put a handful of Layena pellets and scratch in her box and she always gobbles it down. I make her get out every day so she can stretch and get some water.
7) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
poop looks normal (to me, but I've always been told I don't know s_ _t)
8) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
today I gave her two drops of the poly vi sol without iron. gave her plain greek yogurt with a little jam for flavor which she ate a bit of and a little bread and peanut noodles, miniscule amounts, and syringed some water into her
9 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I'd like to try and treat her myself but if I need to go to a vet which is an hour away, I will but also it is Saturday (of course!)
10) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
11) Describe the housing/bedding in use
12 X 8 coop, 3 big windows with hardware cloth, large run, pine shavings which have only been there about two weeks, I just cleaned out the coop from the winter
Thanks in advance!
