Nightmare, Jumping, and Gasping

[micstrachan]

I’m sorry to hear about Shaggy. I do wonder about seizures. Are you using any artificial light at night? Wondering g if the flickering (even if you can’t see it) might be triggering
something.

I’d probably give the aspirin therapy a try if he were mine.

 

[Sleek]

I’m sorry to hear about Shaggy. I do wonder about seizures. Are you using any artificial light at night? Wondering g if the flickering (even if you can’t see it) might be triggering
something.

I’d probably give the aspirin therapy a try if he were mine.

I have a solar charging mosquito zapper nearby, about 8 feet away from the coop, but I think that LED light is too weak to reach him. And it doesn’t look like a seizure. He’s unconscious. But I will take that light away tonight.

The aspirin therapy might also help. Thank you.

 

[micstrachan]

Sounds like a good plan. Please keep us posted.

 

[Sleek]

Update:

1. I changed his bamboo bedding. I think the scenario started when I placed that inside his coop. I replaced it with his favourite flat rock that he love to perch on. He seems happy to have it inside.
2. Removed the mosquito zapper.
3. I failed to get some Aspirin because the pharmacy requires me to show a prescription.

 

[Sleek]

Update:
I patiently observed him tonight. I think his having problem getting his sleeping position. When he sleeps while perching, his having trouble breathing. I think something is blocking his airway because of his heavy comb. That’s when he starts to jump and gasp. He can breathe well while laying down on his side. I think my Instagram friend @Saaniya posted about that before. I just can see the thread anymore.

 

[Saaniya]

Update:
I patiently observed him tonight. I think his having problem getting his sleeping position. When he sleeps while perching, his having trouble breathing. I think something is blocking his airway because of his heavy comb. That’s when he starts to jump and gasp. He can breathe well while laying down on his side. I think my Instagram friend @Saaniya posted about that before. I just can see the thread anymore.

That's the attack they got when theirs no oxygen that time u have to let him breath my rooster tootoo have this for about 4-5 times his face comb goes black that happen cause of his comb @Wyorp Rock and many members here know his case I remove his comb at my home with lovely support of all members here I attach here that thread ..you should Remove his comb asap otherwise he will die

 

[Sleek]

That's the attack they got when theirs no oxygen that time u have to let him breath my rooster tootoo have this for about 4-5 times his face comb goes black that happen cause of his comb @Wyorp Rock and many members here know his case I remove his comb at my home with lovely support of all members here I attach here that thread ..you should Remove his comb asap otherwise he will die

Yes, I need to find someone who can ASAP.

 

[Saaniya]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/this-is-my-4th-thread-about-dubbing.1269211/page-18

 

[Saaniya]

I will relate my experience with a Wyandotte rooster that was prone to the same scary behavior.

The first time I saw this happen, I was just putting my chickens into the coop when he flapped his wings madly and fell off his perch. I grabbed him up, and like you, I panicked, not knowing what to do. He wasn't breathing and his comb was dark. I shook him and he regained consciousness.

Like a human with heart problems, the heart can stop, plunging the victim into a near death experience. A sudden shock or normal movement can start the heart pumping again. I gave my rooster a half a baby aspirin daily for a few months, and when nothing like that episode happened again, I stopped the aspirin. A few months later, I found him dead one morning under his perch.

I don't know for sure what his problem was. But some chickens hatch with genetic defects, and it's likely he had a heart with a congenital defect. Your rooster may also have such a defect.

This exactly happened with my boy tootoo when hes having his giant comb we we're so scared that comb block all airway.i remove that comb and he is all good

 

[Saaniya]

Yes, I need to find someone who can ASAP.

Yes pls it's similar like a heart attack I know cause we encountered several times with Comb
You can hire a person from meat shop and give him money to remove the comb