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I hoping you can help me and my special needs chicken Dolly. Dolly and I have been guided through several health questions and she has gone above my expertise with yet another mind boggler for me. A few months ago my vet gave me some ear medication after I sent him some photos of both ears having discharge and crust around canal opening. The ointment he gave was applied daily for several days and her head shaking and crusty discharge cleared up. About a Week ago she started showing the same signs of discomfort and after a call to the vet I was told to reapply the medication. This time instead of being cooperative she was very combative and she shook her head immediatmey after application of medication into her ears and area around the ears became greasy with ointment. I used a kleenex to remove extra medication from her feathers and applied it again the next day. I realize now she was probably combative because it was burning her. Last night would have been 3 consequtive days of applying ointment but I decided against it when I discovered the irritation around and inside her ear. It looks like a chemical burn and it is very red and has a hard dry crust on it. Her ear canal also looks red and swollen but she isn't making it easy to get a good look at it. My instinct is to apply a clear ointment to keep it soft and give her some aspirin for pain. She isn't very active and sits with her head in the corner so I know it's uncomfortable if not painful. I thought maybe more experienced keepers might have another suggestion to sooth the ears. I am not sure why the medication caused a reaction the second time I have used it, but there has not been any changes in her routine or anything else applied to her ears that would explain it. Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I called the vet who told me to treat ears again with the same medication and he started his vacation after shift yesterday and the other vets in the clinic won't treat poultry. It was hard to get a good photo but I did attach a few of each side, photo of medication that was applied and her stool has changed in last few days as well so sharing it too just in case it fits in here somewhere. She is eating but is off her normal intake Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I hoping you can help me and my special needs chicken Dolly. Dolly and I have been guided through several health questions and she has gone above my expertise with yet another mind boggler for me. A few months ago my vet gave me some ear medication after I sent him some photos of both ears having discharge and crust around canal opening. The ointment he gave was applied daily for several days and her head shaking and crusty discharge cleared up. About a Week ago she started showing the same signs of discomfort and after a call to the vet I was told to reapply the medication. This time instead of being cooperative she was very combative and she shook her head immediatmey after application of medication into her ears and area around the ears became greasy with ointment. I used a kleenex to remove extra medication from her feathers and applied it again the next day. I realize now she was probably combative because it was burning her. Last night would have been 3 consequtive days of applying ointment but I decided against it when I discovered the irritation around and inside her ear. It looks like a chemical burn and it is very red and has a hard dry crust on it. Her ear canal also looks red and swollen but she isn't making it easy to get a good look at it. My instinct is to apply a clear ointment to keep it soft and give her some aspirin for pain. She isn't very active and sits with her head in the corner so I know it's uncomfortable if not painful. I thought maybe more experienced keepers might have another suggestion to sooth the ears. I am not sure why the medication caused a reaction the second time I have used it, but there has not been any changes in her routine or anything else applied to her ears that would explain it. Any thoughts or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I called the vet who told me to treat ears again with the same medication and he started his vacation after shift yesterday and the other vets in the clinic won't treat poultry. It was hard to get a good photo but I did attach a few of each side, photo of medication that was applied and her stool has changed in last few days as well so sharing it too just in case it fits in here somewhere. She is eating but is off her normal intake Thank you for taking the time to read this.