Please help scorpion stung my chicken

[fifenashia]

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You should continue to see slight improvement from here, if she can hold her head up maybe offer her something to drink.

It will take a few hours, but if she appears in pain you can offer her baby aspirin. Just found dosage here on BYC- 1 baby aspirin crushed per cup of water Or #5 325 mg pills crushed in a gallon of water. Lets see so that would be #1.25 325 mg pill per quart water. Dissolved in warm water and then added to cooler water.

 

[haidar]

At this moment I wont give her anything else. Shes breathing and holding on to the towel. If her condition worsens then i will take action but now shes doing so much better than the first time

 

[BrattishTaz]

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The Benadryl will probably knock her out for a while and her legs will be stiff. Don't let it freak you out.

 

[naakte]

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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...

Thankyou for the pm. a rat is quite a bit smaller than a chicken 500 mg is equal to twenty 25 mg capsules. My 1000 mg was excessive for sure, but my point was to give enough. with benydryl, a tiny amount ( say 2 mg) may not do any real good, where 25 mg for a 7 pound chicken/ dog may be perfect and will not do harm other than make the animal sleepy. Benydryl wont help the chicken if the above poster is correct and this poor chicken is suffering from whatever the guy spraying put out. the original poster to this thread lost a chicken prior to the spraying, maybe comparing the symtoms would help. I really do not know a whole lot about chickens, but i do know about dogs, i am very curious about the correct dosage for a chicken, and will call my retired vet friend in the am to see what the correct dosage for a chicken would be. I sure hope this chicken makes it through. If this turns out to be the spray, then IMO the poison guy is to blame for not telling her not to let the chicken out for an amount of time. a great idea would be to call this person, find out what exactly was sprayed and look at symptoms of ingesting the poison and see if it matches with the chickens symptoms. I dont know about chickens but when one of my cresteds got a hold of sugarless gum from a visiting friend setting the package on the table, I immediately gave my crested a teaspoon of peroxide, she puked in our medical crate for an hour then i followed with charchol (SP) pills. she never had an ill effect from the gum because i acted swiftly. I dont know if you can do this with a chicken or not but i do know after an hour doing this wouldnt do a bit of good if it was the poison. I will be following this thread Hugs Donna

P S make sure there is no tylenol in the liquid childrens benydryl should be just benydryl

 

[BrattishTaz]

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

Thankyou for the pm. a rat is quite a bit smaller than a chicken 500 mg is equal to twenty 25 mg capsules. My 1000 mg was excessive for sure, but my point was to give enough. with benydryl, a tiny amount ( say 2 mg) may not do any real good, where 25 mg for a 7 pound chicken/ dog may be perfect and will not do harm other than make the animal sleepy. Benydryl wont help the chicken if the above poster is correct and this poor chicken is suffering from whatever the guy spraying put out. the original poster to this thread lost a chicken prior to the spraying, maybe comparing the symtoms would help. I really do not know a whole lot about chickens, but i do know about dogs, i am very curious about the correct dosage for a chicken, and will call my retired vet friend in the am to see what the correct dosage for a chicken would be. I sure hope this chicken makes it through. If this turns out to be the spray, then IMO the poison guy is to blame for not telling her not to let the chicken out for an amount of time. a great idea would be to call this person, find out what exactly was sprayed and look at symptoms of ingesting the poison and see if it matches with the chickens symptoms. I dont know about chickens but when one of my cresteds got a hold of sugarless gum from a visiting friend setting the package on the table, I immediately gave my crested a teaspoon of peroxide, she puked in our medical crate for an hour then i followed with charchol (SP) pills. she never had an ill effect from the gum because i acted swiftly. I dont know if you can do this with a chicken or not but i do know after an hour doing this wouldnt do a bit of good if it was the poison. I will be following this thread Hugs Donna

Peroxide by mouth will not help a chicken because it can not vomit. Charcoal would probably help absorb toxins that are in the digestive system. It sounds like the bird is reacting to a scorpion sting though so benadryl is her best option.

 

[haidar]

Thank you so much naakte for your time. I gave her about 2.5 mg of benydryl she has her mouth a little open and breathing she tried to move her legs and walk a little but she failed .. i will call the company and ask what was sprayed .. he said it won't harm my chickens when i asked him .. but he sprayed it about a month ago. I saw my white hen kill and a small scorpion in the back yard and the hen was just fine but now i suspect that it could be from the chemical he sprayed . I really hope she makes it.. she was running around in the back yard couple hours ago eating grass and rice my sister gave them.. then i went out side to make sure my chickens are in the coop before it gets too dark and i saw her there i thought she was taking a dust bath but she was just laying there .. but now i see a huge progress from the first time i really hope she makes it

 

[naakte]

you poor girl, i feel so sorry for you. some people would think we are nutty to care so much about a chicken, but when we have them their whole lives, we do love them and want to do what is best for them.. when i was researching for your chicken I saw people saying their chickens ate scorpions like it was no big deal. hey if it turns out to be the poison, please know it is just too late to puke the chicken and it will have to run its course. I wish my friend was awake right now he is a wonderful retired vet and has helped me pull a few of my dogs thru some hard stuff. I am going to call him when i wake up. I hope your chicken is doing ok right now.

Hugs Donna from Branson Mo

 

[naakte]

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Thankyou for the pm. a rat is quite a bit smaller than a chicken 500 mg is equal to twenty 25 mg capsules. My 1000 mg was excessive for sure, but my point was to give enough. with benydryl, a tiny amount ( say 2 mg) may not do any real good, where 25 mg for a 7 pound chicken/ dog may be perfect and will not do harm other than make the animal sleepy. Benydryl wont help the chicken if the above poster is correct and this poor chicken is suffering from whatever the guy spraying put out. the original poster to this thread lost a chicken prior to the spraying, maybe comparing the symtoms would help. I really do not know a whole lot about chickens, but i do know about dogs, i am very curious about the correct dosage for a chicken, and will call my retired vet friend in the am to see what the correct dosage for a chicken would be. I sure hope this chicken makes it through. If this turns out to be the spray, then IMO the poison guy is to blame for not telling her not to let the chicken out for an amount of time. a great idea would be to call this person, find out what exactly was sprayed and look at symptoms of ingesting the poison and see if it matches with the chickens symptoms. I dont know about chickens but when one of my cresteds got a hold of sugarless gum from a visiting friend setting the package on the table, I immediately gave my crested a teaspoon of peroxide, she puked in our medical crate for an hour then i followed with charchol (SP) pills. she never had an ill effect from the gum because i acted swiftly. I dont know if you can do this with a chicken or not but i do know after an hour doing this wouldnt do a bit of good if it was the poison. I will be following this thread Hugs Donna

Peroxide by mouth will not help a chicken because it can not vomit. Charcoal would probably help absorb toxins that are in the digestive system. It sounds like the bird is reacting to a scorpion sting though so benadryl is her best option.

cool someone who knows chickens. is there anything else she can do for her chicken if it was a scorpion bite ? is it too late to do cold compresses?

 

[BrattishTaz]

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Peroxide by mouth will not help a chicken because it can not vomit. Charcoal would probably help absorb toxins that are in the digestive system. It sounds like the bird is reacting to a scorpion sting though so benadryl is her best option.

cool someone who knows chickens. is there anything else she can do for her chicken if it was a scorpion bite ? is it too late to do cold compresses?

As far as I know (and I am no expert) the cold compress just helps reduce the inflammation. It wouldn't hurt to apply one if there is swelling. I think it is too late to put anything on the chicken to draw out the toxin. It looks like it will be wait and see.

 

[haidar]

the chicken seems to be doing fine now .. .. but when she tried to walk she couldn't it almost looks like shes doing the splits .. but she's doing much better since she can stand up and drink water by her self and she's breathing normally now .. i will post pictures as soon as she gets better and start to walk again