- Mar 9, 2014
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We live in the Houston area and it has literally rained for days. Everything is wet. After dropping my son off from school, I noticed that my Tom turkey was huddled by an Oak tree in the yard. I think he must have flown over the fence in the run. We don't trim his flying feathers because we want him to be able to roost in the trees or get away from predators should he need to. He doesn't like sleeping in the coop. Anyway, he NEVER lets us hold him or even get near enough to him to pet. But as I walked over to him, he didn't even move.
I rolled him on his side to see if maybe he had broken something. Didn't appear to. I picked him up out of the water and the wet ground and put him on the patio where I could see him from inside the house. He looks almost like he is sitting on a clutch of eggs but his tail feathers are sticking straight up. He is holding his neck very close to his body. Ever so often, he gets up, but with extreme difficulty. He will walk a few steps and then he will sit down. When he sits, he is sort of at an angle but not really on his side. He is seeming to just sort of lean a little bit. Nothing appears swollen or out of the ordinary. He has no lesions or bites. His foot pads are fine. When I picked him up and carried him, his legs were working and going back and forth as we walked to the patio. He has very bright yellow poop.
I literally wore him when he was a few days old. I would put him in my front shirt pocket and walk around the house with him. We call him the "Guard Turkey" because any time a person walks up our driveway, he starts stomping and gobbling and letting us know a stranger is in our yard. Please tell me that keeping him warm inside and some antibiotics will help him. Please don't let it be histomoniasis. If it is, can he be cured???? What about my other turkey and the 10 chickens???
I rolled him on his side to see if maybe he had broken something. Didn't appear to. I picked him up out of the water and the wet ground and put him on the patio where I could see him from inside the house. He looks almost like he is sitting on a clutch of eggs but his tail feathers are sticking straight up. He is holding his neck very close to his body. Ever so often, he gets up, but with extreme difficulty. He will walk a few steps and then he will sit down. When he sits, he is sort of at an angle but not really on his side. He is seeming to just sort of lean a little bit. Nothing appears swollen or out of the ordinary. He has no lesions or bites. His foot pads are fine. When I picked him up and carried him, his legs were working and going back and forth as we walked to the patio. He has very bright yellow poop.
I literally wore him when he was a few days old. I would put him in my front shirt pocket and walk around the house with him. We call him the "Guard Turkey" because any time a person walks up our driveway, he starts stomping and gobbling and letting us know a stranger is in our yard. Please tell me that keeping him warm inside and some antibiotics will help him. Please don't let it be histomoniasis. If it is, can he be cured???? What about my other turkey and the 10 chickens???
