PLEASE help!! 9 weeks old chick not walking

[casportpony]

Sararoni, go try to dissolve a pill in 8 ounces of water and tell me what it looks like.

-Kathy

 

[rbaker0345]

I hate to be the voice of doom but the green poop tells me that there is a liver issue going on. Mareks will attack all of the bodies systems including the liver, the nervous system and the immune system. What it seems to me is going on is that she has Mareks, and its causing neurological symptoms, attacking her liver and depressing her immune system which is allowing the coccidia to run rampant. I would call a vet, aprise them of the situation, ask for some albon without an office visit or see if the feed store has any sulfadimethoxazine (not a thiamin inhibitor) and keep her as comfortable as possible until the Mareks reaches its inevitable conclusion.


As a Post Script, in my opinion, I would never give amprolium (corid) to a bird with wry neck or some other possible B deficiency issue- you're just shooting yourself in the foot.

PPS, you could also try some milk thistle (available at CVS) to help alleviate the stress on her liver.

 

[casportpony]

The only amprolium drug interaction I could find was B1.

-Kathy

 

[sararoni]

Oh no I already gave her full pill

 

[casportpony]

That drug interaction was mentioned here:
http://www.elephantcare.org/Drugs/amproliu.htm

-Kathy

 

[sararoni]

The messages came late to my phone and I went again like with b complex vitamin. Did I poison the poor thing? I am panicking

 

[casportpony]

She'll probably be fine, but it might make her poop orange.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Did you give just one B2 pill?

-Kathy

 

[sararoni]

Yes a full 100 mg one. The tablet was not coated it was powder in a gelatin cap that dissolved right away.
I made extra sure to give it all to her. Oh my godness

 

[sararoni]

I dont care if she makes that orange poop right on my head as long as she doesnt die because of that.
Oh Kathy, I should have waited and double check with you...