Please help!!!

[tvarner5589]

I have a bantam hen that is breathin with her mouth open and holding one eye closed is this crd just noticed it today I put a few drops of vet rx down her throat and in her nostrils her breathing is a little croopy

Is this crd? If so can a human catch it? What should i do? If a human can catch it what are the chances of it? Can it be treated in humans?

 

[chkn]

It's not contageous to humans as far as I know. But Vetrx is pretty useless. Pick up some Duramycin (has tetracyclin in it) and dropper it on top of her beak. Needs a good antibiotic right now if it's respiratory. It might be a good idea to treat for mites/lice if you haven't already. Maybe about 2 drops of Ivermectin pour on would be the least invasive. Sometimes open mouth breathing may indicate gape worm so rather than Ivermectin, get Valbazan instead (1/4 ml or cc for small bird). How's her crop feel?

 

[leadwolf1]

I doubt that it would be gapeworm...

I would treat with Tylan 50. You can use it either as an injectable or orally. The dosage is .5mls for large fowl and .25 mls for bantams. If using injectable dose for 3 days if orally, dose for 5.

You can find Tylan at any Tractor Supply.

Duramycin will be fine if that is all that you can find. She will need to be quarantined and given the duramycin as the only thing to drink for 7 days. Please read the package to make sure of the duration of dosing.

Do not medicate with antibiotics and deworm at the same time..this is too much at once for their systems to handle.

 

[chkn]

I always think of worms/mites/lice with droopy chickens. Antibiotics is also useful for any type of infection. Leads probably right. Unless the eye isn't swollen. Usually a closed eye is a swollen eye with the respiratory infection. Valbazan for worming though is very easy wormer. Easy on the chickens (in my experience) and basically eliminates worms as the cause.

 

[chkn]

BTW, I hear people always say "my chickens don't have worms" but I say "all chickens have worms". They can do alot of damage internally besides sucking the life out of them in nutrients. I think alot of the causes of death here, besides predation, are worms, worms, worms (and external parasites). But worms are damaging to internal organs. It's the horrible, ugly nightmare fact of raising chickens.

 

[leadwolf1]

I can safely say that my chickens don't have worms...I have fecal samples sent in regularly for examination and they have always come back negative. I make sure that I go around the yard and get a good mixed sample to send. I am one of those rare few that do not care to deworm indescriminately. I want to know exactly what I am worming for and utilize the appropriate medication to get rid of what I am dealing with. Deworming medications are very hard on an animal's system.

BTW, I hear people always say "my chickens don't have worms" but I say "all chickens have worms". They can do alot of damage internally besides sucking the life out of them in nutrients. I think alot of the causes of death here, besides predation, are worms, worms, worms (and external parasites). But worms are damaging to internal organs. It's the horrible, ugly nightmare fact of raising chickens.

 

[chkn]

I don't know how many times I have heard people send in poop samples in to check for worms and they come back negative even when they are infested with worms. Chickens eat soil, or eat from the soil, and that's why I always say that...because there are always nematodes in the soil and in many of the ground dwelling things they eat. Besides, not all types of worms are evident in poop samples because not all live in the intestine. It's just not gonna show up on a fecal test. Valbazan is very benign. I know people that have horses, they use a wormer. Other grazers, they should do the same thing. One gal here swore up and down the vet told her, no worms in the fecal test. The chicken later died. They sent it in for a necropsy (autopsy, whatever) because she was worried it was a contageous disease that might spread to the rest of the flock. Guess what? Chicken absolutely loaded with worms. The vets just don't always have all the answers.

 

[leadwolf1]

You are right but, I am also planning on getting the supplies to do them myself. Yep, trained in parasitology, that's me. I've also had two birds necropsied...guess what? No worms Unfortunately, I wish I was dealing with worms cause, instead, I found out that I have Marek's in my flock. So, I will stand by the fact that my birds are parasite free as are my dogs/cats/etc. I haven't had worms diagnosed in anything for over 15 years. No deaths due to worms, ever.