Peacock emergency

[casportpony]

Poop looks good to me, and he looks like a different bird, too! As for your selenium/e supplement, I think I'd keep the birds away from that, but do talk to your vet about it.

-Kathy

 

[MinxFox]

He looks great you have done a wonderful job taking care of him!

 

[DylansMom]

Update on The Bird: He is picking at food and I think our poops are good, do y’all agree? I am taking this sample to the vet clinic for a check.



He looks/acts good and is honking at noises.





Today is Day 7 on pedialyte (120mls twice/day), Day 6 on enrofloxacin and Day 5 on Safeguard. I have to work all day tomorrow and won’t get home till after dark so my plan if the poo sample checks clean is to stop everything after this evening’s dose, keep him confined tomorrow and set him free Sunday morning.

I hope he still likes me and his roosting tree at our house after this treatment!

I’d like to hear your comments and then have one more question. I have wracked my brain to think of anything he could have gotten into to make him so sick. Since he is free-roaming I don’t know about everything. The only change I have made here is to replace the mineral mix used in our sheep feed about a month ago, and here is the label for that.



He does help himself at the feed trough so does anyone see anything here he should not be exposed to? This product is mixed with white agricultural salt intended for livestock and has similar ingredients to the previous product we used. Remember his initial symptoms were: acting off by staying in a tree late in the day, not holding his head up- drooping head, flopping around on a branch in the tree like he was convulsing, and finally falling or coming out of the tree and laying in a puddle letting me catch him. He has not had any of this feed or mineral for the week he has been recovering.

Congratulations on a good save there! I've no doubt he would not be around today if you had not intervened. This thread I'm linking to devolves pretty quickly, so it may provide some laughs, although not much clear information on what salt does to a bird. However, perhaps it can point you in the right direction and the vet may be able to check that feed label and let you know if it could have caused his problem. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/205641/is-salted-popcorn-a-bad-idea-for-a-treat/10

 

[Ersika]

Ha that is hilarious! I was thinking a "chick flick" would be good with that popcorn....
The mineral supplement is made/sold by a veterinary clinic and they are good about answering queries so I shot off an email to them. They are large animal vets who may have more knowledge of turkeys and game birds than my vet.

 

[Ersika]

Thanks for your comments. It is scary to let him go knowing I can't catch him.

 

[DylansMom]

Thanks for your comments. It is scary to let him go knowing I can't catch him.

If you are really concerned, keep him penned a little longer. He really doesn't look all that super-stressed in your photos, but you are there and sometimes these things are not evident in pictures.

 

[Ersika]

He looks great you have done a wonderful job taking care of him!

I never could have done it without the shared knowledge of everyone here!
A million thanks.

 

[casportpony]

 
Thanks for your comments.  It is scary to let him go knowing I can't catch him. 

If you are really concerned, keep him penned a little longer. He really doesn't look all that super-stressed in your photos, but you are there and sometimes these things are not evident in pictures. 

X2. Sometimes treating with Baytril for longer that 4-5 days will cause them to get a yeast infection, or sometimes once the treatment is done they can get an infection like E. coli because all good and bacteria are missing from the gut. Can you get some avian specific probiotics for him?

-Kathy

 

[Ersika]

Can you get some avian specific probiotics for him?

-Kathy

Where do you get this, a pet store? And how do you give it - what form does it come in?

 

[DylansMom]

Where do you get this, a pet store? And how do you give it - what form does it come in?

I have gotten it in powder form from Tractor supply. It can be sprinkled on food or mixed in water.