Please help to tube feed my chick

[Snowingamanda]

She needs to have water first to get hydrated then feed her. @casportpony is the tube feeding expert. If she is taking water on her own, the Corid and sulfa cannot be mixed, but if you are giving everything by feeding tube, they can be given together. The tablet although it may nit dissolve in water could be mixed in some yogurt or wet feed.

Thank you! She does not drink on her own. I’ll start mixing both, Corid and Sulfa into her feeding formula then.
What about the other three Polish that do drink? Do I offer them 2 different waters, one with Corid and one with Sulfa?

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are more tube feeding links:
https://lafeber.com/vet/tube-feeding-birds/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/updated-go-team-tube-feeding.805728/#post-12548717

 

[casportpony]

Should I offer her acetominophen for pain relief?

NO!

 

[Snowingamanda]

NO!

OK, thank you!! Thank you all so much for sharing your knowledge!!

 

[casportpony]

Is she pooping at all?

 

[Snowingamanda]

Thank you everyone! I will keep you updated on her status. Yesterday when I needed the feeding tube and syringe and couldn’t find anything suitable at any pharmacies or medical supply stores I went to a hospital urology department and asked them and they gave all the stuff I needed. Now I can’t find saline solution for sale so heading out to the hospital again and see if I can ask someone to give me some while I continue searching online...

 

[casportpony]

Here are more tube feeding links:
https://lafeber.com/vet/tube-feeding-birds/

Truly the best tubing info on the web!

 

[Snowingamanda]

Is she pooping at all?

Yes! But it looks terrible. This is her poop from the night

 

[casportpony]

Now I can’t find saline solution for sale so heading out to the hospital again and see if I can ask someone to give me some while I continue searching online...

Call the vet and ask if they will sell you a bag. Ask for lactated ringers or 0.09% saline.

 

[casportpony]

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Yes! But it looks terrible. This is her poop from the night

It looks very dry, and that yellow can be from dehydration. If mine I would give Pedialyte or Gatorade orally. At her weight I would give 5 ml now, wait 60-90 minutes and repeat if crop is clear, then repeat again as soon as her crop clears.