Hi,
One of my ~1.5 year Plymouth Rock hens started to show paralysis signs three weeks ago. She could hardly walk then, but still managed to move a few meters, walking on her ankles. Gradually the paralysis became more sever. Now she can only drag herself a bit, her toes are completely curled together, sometimes one leg is stretched behind the body, and today I noticed for the first time vibrations in one leg, when she is trying to move.
The strange thing is that apart from that she is totally fine. Her comb is red and thick as always, her feathers look fine, eyes always open, head is not sunk into the body, and she makes normal sounds. Moreover, she even laid one egg about 10 days ago (the egg was fine). And above all, she has excellent, constant appetite (though she doesn't drink when I offer her water, so I'm putting water inside the food).
When I noticed the paralysis 3 weeks ago I immediately started administrating amoxicillin and norfloxacin, since I was sure I was going to lose here in a couple of days. I made afterwards bacterial examination of her poop which came negative. Also, no parasites were found in her poop.
Also by manual outside inspection she doesn't seem to break any leg.
Has someone experienced such a case? I have passed over all diseases in the book I have and found none which suits the age, signs and duration of my case. The closest were Marek and acute Calcium deficiency (I can recall the name). I would appreciate your help!
Yonatan, Israel
One of my ~1.5 year Plymouth Rock hens started to show paralysis signs three weeks ago. She could hardly walk then, but still managed to move a few meters, walking on her ankles. Gradually the paralysis became more sever. Now she can only drag herself a bit, her toes are completely curled together, sometimes one leg is stretched behind the body, and today I noticed for the first time vibrations in one leg, when she is trying to move.
The strange thing is that apart from that she is totally fine. Her comb is red and thick as always, her feathers look fine, eyes always open, head is not sunk into the body, and she makes normal sounds. Moreover, she even laid one egg about 10 days ago (the egg was fine). And above all, she has excellent, constant appetite (though she doesn't drink when I offer her water, so I'm putting water inside the food).
When I noticed the paralysis 3 weeks ago I immediately started administrating amoxicillin and norfloxacin, since I was sure I was going to lose here in a couple of days. I made afterwards bacterial examination of her poop which came negative. Also, no parasites were found in her poop.
Also by manual outside inspection she doesn't seem to break any leg.
Has someone experienced such a case? I have passed over all diseases in the book I have and found none which suits the age, signs and duration of my case. The closest were Marek and acute Calcium deficiency (I can recall the name). I would appreciate your help!
Yonatan, Israel
