Please help with sick peacock

[KsKingBee]

She weighs two lbs. In grams I dont know im sorry. Her face isnt puffy and no nasal discharge, Im not sure about her throat I will have to have my husband hold her while I look tomarrow. She inhalers through her beak and exhaled with her beak wide open and extends her neck.

If she has no mucus in her throat it is exactly what two of my chicks had, even the vet could not figure what was wrong with her. They had no worms and had been treated for Cocci, Three days of Baytril had no effect on the gasping and sneezing/coughing. After four days of Tylan 200 at point .25 ml/cc per 1000 gm, (2.2lb), one is completely in remission and the worse one is only yawning now and then with no sneezing.

 

[zazouse]

I have some bad news....Little Eagle is starting to wheeze again! Shes starting to breath with her mouth open, sneezing and sounds all clogged up. We done the safe guard and Tylan 50! She was doing well for almost a week and now shes getting bad again. Ibdontb know what route to take next, shes eating and drinking just fine. It seems to me that ever since I added probiotics to her water she started getting sick again...any ideas or advise??? Should I stop the probiotics and dose her with Corid? ??

IMO tylan 50 is very weak compared to what folks give here which is tylan 200 could be she is not getting enough meds to completely clear her up
Have you looked up her nose to see if mabe it is clogged? i know they can get feathers,shaft of the feathers and dirt in there from preening.

 

[casportpony]

Tylan 50 is 1/4 the strength of Tylan 200

• 1 cc of Tylan 50 is equal to 1/4 cc of Tylan 200, both are 50 mg

One can use either, they just have to do a little math.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Glad you posted this... Did you give it orally or by injection? If by injection, was it in the muscle or under the skin?

-Kathy

 

[Shay1Bear]

Okay Kathy so would I be able to give her Tylan 50 at a higher dose to equal out to the same dose as I would give the Tylan 200? Im going to have my husband hold her while I give her a full body exam lol shes going to love this. Like I said she did great for a week or more then just started wheezing again but within the week she was improving the sneeze never went away!

 

[Shay1Bear]

And as far as doing a little math...thats not my gig when it comes to medication lol I will leave that to the brains on backyard chickens.

insolent want to mess anything up and im sure its really basic with the Tylan 50 I was giving it orally on a bit of food which she ate it all for the duration of 5 day.

 

[zazouse]

Okay Kathy so would I be able to give her Tylan 50 at a higher dose to equal out to the same dose as I would give the Tylan 200? Im going to have my husband hold her while I give her a full body exam lol shes going to love this. Like I said she did great for a week or more then just started wheezing again but within the week she was improving the sneeze never went away!

What kind of ground do you have her on? hay?shavings? sand? dirt? is any of it wet? Is she in an open air pen or locked up in a coup?
If this is a reoccurring thing it may have to do with her environment due to weather or other stuff about the only time i worry about my birds here is when it gets real dry and then dusty and the winds make it 10x's worse but so far i have only lost 1 bird to respiratory illness in almost 5 years she was my favorite.

 

[KsKingBee]

Glad you posted this... Did you give it orally or by injection? If by injection, was it in the muscle or under the skin?

-Kathy

I am thinking you are asking me.(?) I gave it both ways, under the skin and in the muscle. I find that injecting in the muscle is easier as I have less tendency to miss and go through both sides of the skin when trying to inject just under the skin. We also hear that it will cause some muscle damage, perhaps that is why Brad recommends just under the skin. Either way I understand that giving injections stays longer in the system compared to giving it orally and has better effects.

 

[KsKingBee]

What kind of ground do you have her on? hay?shavings? sand? dirt? is any of it wet? Is she in an open air pen or locked up in a coup?
If this is a reoccurring thing it may have to do with her environment due to weather or other stuff about the only time i worry about my birds here is when it gets real dry and then dusty and the winds make it 10x's worse but so far i have only lost 1 bird to respiratory illness in almost 5 years she was my favorite.

That is a very good point! One that my vet is always concerned about. Wet crowded conditions and dry and dusty are the worst. Free ranging with the option to get out of the weather when they want to is the absolute best way to keep them but is not always feasible. If keeping in a coop keeping it as sanitary as possible will keep away a lot of problems.

 

[Shay1Bear]

I have her in the house in a coop I built and I have forabout 3 weeks now. I keep it very clean and sanitary its wire on the bottom with a garbage bag underneath it that way when she poos it gies through the wire and shes not walking in it.