One of my girls is sick, am afraid she might be dying...any help would be appreciated
1) What type of bird , age and weight. Rhode Island Red - about 3.5 years old
2) What is the behavior, exactly. None of my girls (5) have been laying lately, but I noticed Ellen in her laying box, totally lethargic, eyes closed and her butt covered in poop. I picked her up and put her on the ground and she slowly fell to one side and closed her eyes again.
3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.none - but one of her feet looks like it has large blister type swelling on it.
4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. no clue
5) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Hard to tell
6) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Mashed together and she smells a little bit like urine
7) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? none
8 ) 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? Whatever it takes!
9) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
10) Describe the housing/bedding in use - she's in a large coop - gets to run around the yard a couple days a week. Gets scratch, laying mash and oyster shell along with veggies from the garden.
Please let me know what I need to do!
thank you!
1) What type of bird , age and weight. Rhode Island Red - about 3.5 years old
2) What is the behavior, exactly. None of my girls (5) have been laying lately, but I noticed Ellen in her laying box, totally lethargic, eyes closed and her butt covered in poop. I picked her up and put her on the ground and she slowly fell to one side and closed her eyes again.
3) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.none - but one of her feet looks like it has large blister type swelling on it.
4) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. no clue
5) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. Hard to tell
6) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Mashed together and she smells a little bit like urine
7) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? none
8 ) 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? Whatever it takes!
9) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
10) Describe the housing/bedding in use - she's in a large coop - gets to run around the yard a couple days a week. Gets scratch, laying mash and oyster shell along with veggies from the garden.
Please let me know what I need to do!
thank you!
