Please help, out of ideas!

[casportpony]

The book that info came from is available online for free:
Clinical Avian Medicine

Greg Harrison, DVM, Dipl ABVP-Avian, Dipl ECAMS and Teresa Lightfoot, DVM, Dipl ABVP-Avian, have compiled the expertise and experience of 50 international contributing authors (and 50 reviewers) to produce an extraordinary two-volume reference, with over 1000 pages of text and over 1300 color images, for veterinarians and other avian health professionals.
The purpose of the book Clinical Avian Medicine is to provide some highlights of emerging thoughts, techniques and procedures that are currently being assimilated into avian practice.
These are printable .pdf's: Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader

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• Chapter 1: Clinical Practice
• Chapter 2: Companion Bird
• Chapter 3: Concepts in Behavior I
• Chapter 4: Nutrition I
• Chapter 4: Nutrition II
• Chapter 5: Calcium
• Chapter 6: Physical Examination
• Chapter 7: Emergency and Critical Care
• Chapter 8: Pain Management
• Chapter 9: Therepeutic Agents
• Chapter 10: Integrative Medicine
• Chapter 11: Low Risk Pest Management
• Chapter 12: Cardiology
• Chapter 13: Integument
• Chapter 14: Gastrointenstinal
• Chapter 15: Evaluating and Treating the Liver
• Chapter 16: Evaluating and Treating the Kidneys
• Chapter 17: Evaluating and Treating the Nervous System
• Chapter 18: Evaluating and Treating the Reproductive System
• Chapter 19: Endocrine Considerations
• Chapter 20: Overview of Tumors
• Chapter 21: Preventive Medicine
• Chapter 22: Diagnostic Value of Hematology
• Chapter 23: Diagnostic Value of Biochemistry
• Chapter 24: Diagnostic Value of Endoscopy and Biopsy
• Chapter 25: Advances in Diagnostic Imaging
• Chapter 26: Diagnostic Value of Necropsy
• Chapter 27: Update on Chlamydophila psittaci
• Chapter 28: Implications of Mycobacteria in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 29: Implications of Mycosis in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 30: Implications of Macrorhabdus in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 31: Implications of Toxic Substances in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 32: Implications of Viruses in Clinical Disorders
• Chapter 33: Updates in Anesthesia and Monitoring
• Chapter 34: Surgical Resolution of Orthopedic Disorders
• Chapter 35: Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (A)
• Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (B)
• Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (C)
• Surgical Resolution of Soft Tissue Disorders (D)
• Chapter 36: Management of Waterfowl
• Chapter 37: Management of Racing Pigeons
• Chapter 38: Management of Galliformes
• Chapter 39: Management of Canaries, Finches and Mynahs
• Chapter 40: Management of Raptors (A)
• Management of Raptors (B)
• Chapter 41: Management of Captive Ratites
• Chapter 42: Management of Zoos and Park Birds
• Appendix

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[Plucky Duck]

What's her weight today?

-Kathy

2lbs 7 oz

 

[casportpony]

That's not good... How does her poop look?

-Kathy

 

[Plucky Duck]

That's not good... How does her poop look?

-Kathy

Poop is exactly the same, mostly water. I was able to get 120mL in her today for the first time, hopefully that will help.

 

[casportpony]

Do you know anyone with a gram scale?

-Kathy

 

[Plucky Duck]

@casportpony I might be able to track one down

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony I might be able to track one down

I think that the antibiotic might help her, but she only needs a small portion, so weighing the pill would be your best bet.

-Kathy

 

[Plucky Duck]

@casportpony I was a bit excited this morning to see some cecal poop, despite the fact her regular poop is just as watery as ever! Until I weighed her: 2lbs 5.4oz
Despite my best efforts she is dying. I will try this antibiotic as a last ditch effort in the hope it works but I'm realizing whatever is wrong with her might not be curable.
My husband is picking up a gram scale for me today. How much of the levofloxacin should I give her and how often?

 

[casportpony]

My best guess on dose would be probably not more than 20mg twice a day. Weigh the pill, then divide that number by 25, then weigh out that that smaller amount and that should be 20 mg, but please check my math.

-Kathy

 

[Plucky Duck]

We lost our hen today. She was gasping for breath and really suffering so I had to put her down. I had gotten three doses of the antibiotic in her and she hadn't perked up, so I assume whatever she had I found too late or it was just incurable. At least she's not suffering anymore. I would like to send her off for a necropsy, but DH doesn't think it's necessary and doesn't want to spend the money since no one else is sick right now. It sounds morbid, but I might open her up myself to see if I can find what was going on in her. Thoughts??