[non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

[JKJ]

I wanted to share my gratitude for the BYC members that mentioned that a treatment for Marek's DID exist! Following is a link to a video of my chicken that the Vet said was going to die 10 days ago:

(Title: Appenzeller Recovering From Neurological Symptoms)

This is video of my 20 week old Appenzeller Spitzhauben sisters, one of which has been exhibiting symptoms of progressive paralysis of wings, legs, weakness and incoordination consistent with the neurological form of Marek's for the past 10 days. (Note: she is the lighter of the two sisters, with the lower tail-feather position and the drooping right wing) She had been unresponsive to a course of triple antibiotics prescribed by my vet, who said that if it WAS Marek's, she would be dead soon. She had continued to decline to the point that she could barely keep her balance or hold her wings up. Although she was eating well, I was beginning to lose hope.

Luckily, I stumbled upon several older threads that mentioned a homeopathic remedy, and I figured I had nothing to lose by trying it. That was yesterday....

Since then, I have given her three doses of homeopathic 'Hypericum Perforatum 30x', and she has shown a remarkable improvement within 30 hours!

Her coordination and energy are almost back to normal, and the wing droop is only evident on the right side, and has improved dramatically. I don't think that this is just a coincidence. I wish I had taken video of her yesterday...You would not believe that this is the same bird! Her rapid change in energy and coordination is pretty amazing!

I should also mention that I have been giving her probiotics and ACV water in between antibiotic doses, and gave her 1/2 of a raw Brazil nut yesterday (for selenium and B vitamins), and raw organic juice mixed with water both yesterday and today. Not sure if this made any difference, but thought it worth mentioning.

I will update her progress, which I hope will continue to improve! Wish me luck and say a prayer for my little Dottie.

With much hope and gratitude,

Alys

Do you still have the video, I believe my chicken has this too in the beginning stages.Would love to see if she has some of the same symptoms my girl has.

 

[TwoCrows]

Do you still have the video, I believe my chicken has this too in the beginning stages.Would love to see if she has some of the same symptoms my girl has.

Hello and welcome to BYC!

The member you quoted hasn't been on BYC in 11 years. Let me tag someone here that has experience with Marek's that may be able to help you. Best wishes with your flock!

@2ndTink

 

[2ndTink]

Do you still have the video, I believe my chicken has this too in the beginning stages.Would love to see if she has some of the same symptoms my girl has.

There are a lot of videos on YouTube of symptomatic Mareks chickens, while Mareks is prevalent please also keep in mind that not everything is Mareks!

What symptoms are you seeing, and what age is your bird? Any breed / history information and what you're feeding would be helpful as well.

I have a Mareks positive / exposed flock so I'm familiar with Mareks, at least the strain I have here. If you share the symptoms I can let you know if that's similar to what I have seen or not.