Overheated Roo, what to do?

[WagarFamilyFarm]

Group,

This is an emergency, we don't want to lose our roo. We just finished our coop last night and I put all the 9 week old girls in it along with the roo.

I had not let them out yet and it was about 90 degrees outside. The girls were laying on each other. We acted quickly to get them out and place them in shade with plenty of fresh water and a breeze. the roo however was on the bottom of the pile and is limp. He is breathing. we have brought him into the basement and have tried to use a syringe to give him water. At times he perks up but only for a second and goes back to being limp. We have placed a fan on him and cooled him down. is there anything else we can do?

HELP

 

[laughingllama75]

can you cool him off with ice packs around his body? not directly on him, so as not to burn his skin., also put electolytes in the water you give him. best of luck,

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

If he is that overheated, I would immediately put him in a tub of cool water...not cold. This will bring his body temperature down quickly. If the water warms up a bit, add some ice to keep it cool. Feed him electrolytes in water...dribble along his beak. He's likely dehydrated and may need you to keep at giving him fluids.

 

[jjthink]

I hope very much that he will recover. Poor boy

This blasted heat.....


I have 4 fans on my 2 birds. Plus cold fruit at frequent intervals, plus ice in water, plus electrolytes. It's 100 humid (READ: soaking wet] degrees out. Just forced them into the coop to be in a darker cooler environment for the next few hottest hours with all the fans running as it's so bloody hot out. Annie is ticked off at me, but....she's the one that begins panting later in the day and was still panting after 10 p.m. last night when I got home from a meeting, despite fans full blast aimed right at her!

I'll be thinking about your poor roo and will check back.
JJ

 

[dlhunicorn]

how is your roo doing?

 

[spook]

If its way to hot, place milk jugs (for example) fill with ice from your trays , place in your chicken coop adding more ice as needed to keep them cool. Make sure you shade your open windows to allow a breeze with out sun shine and heating up the coop. Also, change your pans of water with fresh cool tap water.
Mother nature can be cruel. Good luck and hope he turns out well!

 

[WagarFamilyFarm]

He's not doing to well, we've kept him cool and have been providing him with some water via syringe, he has perked up to the point of not being limp but he still is not moving and seems to just sleep. He keeps his eyes closed almost all of the time. It's very sad and disappointing.

 

[MonkeyZero]

ok

Do you have a bathtub?

Fill it with some cool water and let him stand in about 2-3 in of water(if hes big)

OR

What i have done with one of my overheated Leghorn roos long ago is to fill the tub half full
throw in ice pack, and ice cubes, and let him roost.

I hope you lil roo gets better

 

[sootman]

Why do they lay on top of each other if they are hot?

 

[jjthink]

It's a good question - it's possible they got so hot they weren't thinking straight...

Dribble the electrolyte water mix very slowly along the edge of his beak so he doesn't choke getting it down. Hopefully he's swallowing on his own okay?

Rooting for your roo big time.
JJ