My hen escaped and came back badly injured

[MindiWynne]

Marsala has really bad diarrhea today. Its white and yellow. Should that worry me? She had a dose of antibiotics so Im hoping thats all it is.

 

[Eggcessive]

Pictures can be helpful. If you can give her some probiotics in her diet such as Probios, or a teaspoonful daily of plain greek yogurt such as Chobani or Fage in her food, that might help. I also will use a little cottage cheese to help with diarrhea.

 

[MindiWynne]

I almost took a picture but I was afraid of being offensive. I put probiotic powder in her water and I'll give her some yogurt. She loves yogurt.

 

[casportpony]

Marsala has really bad diarrhea today. Its white and yellow. Should that worry me? She had a dose of antibiotics so Im hoping thats all it is.

I meant to mention this earlier. You said you're giving 0.1 ml? I'm not positive, but I don't think that enough. If it's like Baytril, Cipro, and Marbofloxacin, I think the avian dose is probably much higher. I did a quick check and I think the cat dose is ~0.1 ml per pound once a day (5 mg/kg). What were you told to give your cat?

 

[casportpony]

I almost took a picture but I was afraid of being offensive. I put probiotic powder in her water and I'll give her some yogurt. She loves yogurt.

Poop picture are welcome in this forum. Have you been weighing her daily?

 

[Kathy Golla]

You mentioned at some point you were feeding her people food. Per post #99, transition her to wet mash (her regular feed) with some egg or only a little of something else like wet cat food if she’s being picky.
If she is drinking fine, stop the electrolytes if you are still giving them. It’s coming up on a week since the accident and unless she is not drinking at all she doesn’t need those now. Those aren’t good to give chickens unless there is a very specific goal you are trying to reach with the electrolytes.
Both of them are probably contributing to that diarrhea.

 

[micstrachan]

Marsala’s wounds are looking great! Sorry about the diarrhea. You are receiving good advice already. How is her body language/demeanor?

 

[MROO]

I almost took a picture but I was afraid of being offensive. I put probiotic powder in her water and I'll give her some yogurt. She loves yogurt.

Poo pics are not offensive ... unless you're throwing them at someone! Sometimes they're necessary. In fact, sometimes it feels like THROWING them at someone is necessary, too, but we "civilized" chicken people here on BYC tend to frown on such behavior ... at least while someone else is looking ...

 

[MindiWynne]

I meant to mention this earlier. You said you're giving 0.1 ml? I'm not positive, but I don't think that enough. If it's like Baytril, Cipro, and Marbofloxacin, I think the avian dose is probably much higher. I did a quick check and I think the cat dose is ~0.1 ml per pound once a day (5 mg/kg). What were you told to give your cat?

I have no idea what the cat dose was, I dont even remember which cat it was for or why. I gave her rhe most minimal dose because I was afraid to venture into unknown territory. And I have been weighing her daily. There has been no decline in her weight. Yesterday she as 2 ounces lighter, but today she was right back to her starting weight.

 

[MindiWynne]

Marsala’s wounds are looking great! Sorry about the diarrhea. You are receiving good advice already. How is her body language/demeanor?

She's still tolerating me without pecking my eyes out LOL. She actually still seems like her normal.self, just sleeping more than usual. Ive been letting her roam my kitchen when Im in doing dishes or cooking and she as seems agile and active as usual, but she stops to sleep more often.