Over treatment with medication?

[aart]

She gained weight some days, but still lost a bit on average

How are you weighing her...and what are the numbers?

I am considering giving her some coconut oil, to soften the lump(s). I offered a few tiny shavings, to see if she was interested. She ate one, but, of course, it melted in her mouth, so I would pop a small ball in, instead.

So did she eat the small ball of CO?
I mixed it with crumble feed, as much warmed CO as a tablespoon of crumble would soak up and she'd chow it down. get her to eat that then massage a bit to help break up the lumps.

 

[BugStalker]

I think the grass in the middle image came from some that had grown within her reach, or possibly were on the newspaper already, but the following most recent dropping looks like it could have finely chopped older greens? If there's been any sour smell, it's really faint. I think it's just one lump, maybe a teaspoon in size.

 

[BugStalker]

I'm weighing on a spring scale, when she has a flat crop in the morning. She was staying about the same weight, losing 2 ounces, overall, until yesterday, when she lost a few.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Did you treat her with the Nystatin?

 

[BugStalker]

I only tried some on her foot, then her weight loss slowed, and her droppings were less watery, so no, I didn't give her Nystatin internally.

 

[aart]

I'm weighing on a spring scale

The kind you hang a bucket, or whatever is being weighed, from?

I only tried some on her foot

Nystatin on her foot...for a crop issue?!

 

[BugStalker]

She would prefer the soaked feed, so I am trying that. She seems to like it.

The scale has a platform on top, where I usually get them to roost. I often try several measurements, and check the zero setting, but seems accurate within an ounce. I assumed higher variation was due to water, and she was about 3lbs.

I tested the Nystatin on her foot to check for reaction before giving internally.

 

[BugStalker]

She ate about a third of the feed, then decided she didn't want anymore, so I might need to give her the ball. I'm trying to massage some, anyway...

 

[BugStalker]

Up to now, her weight stayed within 2 ounces of three pounds, which depended some on whether she had just drank water or left a dropping. I have a tripple beam balance I use for chicks, but I could see if its limit is high enough for 3 lbs.

 

[aart]

She ate about a third of the feed, then decided she didn't want anymore, so I might need to give her the ball. I'm trying to massage some, anyway...

I just leave the cup of CO soaked feed in the crate....she'll eat more later.
Check her every couple-few hours, add more soaked feed and give a bit of massage.
Could take a couple day for lump to dissolve.