Please help scorpion stung my chicken

[Eggcessive]

Do you think she is having a reaction to the chemicals that were sprayed in the yard or do you think she was stung? Some incecticides can be very toxic to animals. I think I would get in touch with the chemical guy and find out what was used, then find out about what to do for toxicity.

 

[fifenashia]

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hey forget the small amount i give my 6 pound chinese cresteds 25 mg of benadryl. you wont kill an animal with 1000 mg do 25 mg sweetie. use a needless syringe, keep the chicken upright so it wont go into the lung ( it will fall out of the beak instead) and slowly admin the med one drop at a time

One of those threads mentioned a lethal dose is 500mg, let me go back and find it...

 

[haidar]

I just gave her a small dose. Shes breathing really hard and shes just starring at me i feel sooo bad i hope she'll make it . Thank you guys for everything i will keep you updated

 

[fifenashia]

In rats, the Lethal dosage (LD50) which means 50% of the subjects were killed when administered this amount is 500mg/kg. A 2pound chicken weighs .9kg which means the lethal dose would be approximately 450mg.

Now when talking about treating animals with Benadryl; the most common is dogs and the accepted rate is up to 1 mg/lb every 8 hours (or 3 times a day -- tid). So if you have a 20 lb. dog, it's 20 mg of diphenhydramine. This is higher than the equivalent dose for humans, but nevertheless seems to be the accepted dose for dogs.

What the heck does this all mean? Effective dose appears to be 1mg per pound, lethal dose is 450mg. The first thread with a previous owner dealing with dosing benadryl used children's benadryl which is 12.5mg/5ml and she gave her 1ml, so 2.5mg total. Which is what I would suggest!

 

[haidar]

Yes fifenashia i gave her a little less than 2.5 gm ..

 

[fifenashia]

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Now I have to print this out and put it into my first aid kit, cause I know i'll FORGET it if I don't!!!

Keep us posted on her progress

 

[haidar]

she seems paralyzed her legs are like pushed out behind her

 

[fifenashia]

That is expected, due to venom. It will pass, other thread mentioned putting her on a towel as it made her feel more secure.

 

[haidar]

okay i will put a towel under her .. shes trying to swallow something idk maybe something is stuck in her throat or something ... but now shes moving her head and looking around before she couldn't keep her head up

 

[haidar]

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I think it was a scorpion because he sprayed it about 1 month ago .. and he told me to keep my chickens in the coop for only 30 mins then they'll be fine