Peacock not behaving normally

[casportpony]

Here is a thread I've been working on in the duck forum:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1022278/drugs-that-can-be-used-in-ducks-no-prescription-needed

Planning on doing one for peafowl, too.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Also did this one:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1022878/oxytetracyline-and-tetracycline-powder-doses

-Kathy

 

[Chicky-Babe]

Not to hijack this thread, but I too have one of my males acting strange over the last few days. here's a picture of my 2, the one in the background is just standing around with his head pulled back like this a lot. Not eating and I haven't seen him drink either. Sorry I can't find any poop to show. I thought this might be his way of staying warm since it turned cooler the last few days, but the other male in the foreground is acting just fine and as you can see not doing that thing with his head/neck. They both eat the same food, treats, and water. No other birds except the occasional Cardinal will come in the cage and eat the some corn. thanks gary

Hi Gary, prefacing this advice with the admittance that I actually lost my peacock with these symptoms I think it looks like Wry Neck. It can be caused by stress or vitamin E deficiency. If it is wry neck (poo should look the same, yellow means a parasite & required worming) it will come & go, but get more dramatic cycles of semi-paralysis until they can't eat. Having said that, if it's vitamin-deficiency causing it you can keep symptoms at bay by feeding scrambled egg &

 

[Chicky-Babe]

Vitamin E gel capsule ideally squeezed over bread (mix with honey for flavour). The egg has much needed selenium. This will stave off bouts of this. I hope it's not & this supplement will do no harm if it isn't.

http://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/wry-neck.html

 

[Chicky-Babe]

Argh, keep hitting Reply too quick. Feed this daily (only one gel capsule) for atleast a fortnight, you should see an improved mobility. But I'm crossing everything in the hope it's not. Horrible thing to watch get worse.

 

[KsKingBee]

Hi Gary, prefacing this advice with the admittance that I actually lost my peacock with these symptoms I think it looks like Wry Neck. It can be caused by stress or vitamin E deficiency. If it is wry neck (poo should look the same, yellow means a parasite & required worming) it will come & go, but get more dramatic cycles of semi-paralysis until they can't eat. Having said that, if it's vitamin-deficiency causing it you can keep symptoms at bay by feeding scrambled egg &

It certainly was not wry neck, most likely blackhead. Thank goodness Kathy got him good information and the bird survived. Following your advise would have turned out like your departed bird.

 

[Chicky-Babe]

No worries. Saw the faultless advice Kath was giving & did myself agree & write parasites were indicated by yellow poo. My hand-raised & much missed Louie took 6 months to be totally claimed by wry neck (vet diagnosis & I'm a vet nurse to boot, no guesswork involved). By the end I was drop-feeding him weetbix through a medicine dropper every 3 hours by hand just hoping this last cycle wouldn't claim him. I did mention multiple times to Gary 'hope not' & 'fingers crossed' re my uncertainty but covering all bases won't hurt since the blackhead probability was being handled. Vitamin E & selenium supplements during worming treatments would only support the health of the bird. I'm sorry if I've offended anyone with my two cents. My medicating actions with my own bird were vet approved & didn't kill him. That's an awful suggestion. I'll leave you guys to it. Good luck Gary!!

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Have we actually gotten an update on this poor blueboy?

 

[sasglm]

My Pea has returned to ~75% back to normal already. He's eating almost normally again and walking and searching like almost normal. One thing I've not really seen him do yet is clean/preen yet.
His brown flying feathers are not drooping anymore and his neck head seam to be back to near normal.
His energy level is not quiet there yet, he still doesn't have the ability to fly up to the perches yet, he tries, but gets about 3-4ft and stalls out.

Kathy, All, I got a tube of the Safe Guard paste, what's the best way to measure out the proper amount? Micro Scale or use the markings on the syringe, or just judge how long the line of paste that your push out?

I'm going to dose my other bird this week after I grab him and get his weight.

thanks
gary

 

[casportpony]

My Pea has returned to ~75% back to normal already. He's eating almost normally again and walking and searching like almost normal. One thing I've not really seen him do yet is clean/preen yet.
His brown flying feathers are not drooping anymore and his neck head seam to be back to near normal.
His energy level is not quiet there yet, he still doesn't have the ability to fly up to the perches yet, he tries, but gets about 3-4ft and stalls out.

Kathy, All, I got a tube of the Safe Guard paste, what's the best way to measure out the proper amount? Micro Scale or use the markings on the syringe, or just judge how long the line of paste that your push out?

I'm going to dose my other bird this week after I grab him and get his weight.

thanks
gary  

I transfer the paste into a 1ml or 3ml syringe and give 0.23ml per pound, which for your other boy should be between 2-3ml.

FYI, I did an experiment that verifies 1 gram of paste = 1ml of paste.

-Kathy