Possible poisoning? Please help

[SemiSweet2391]

Her appetite is decreasing. She only took a few bites of the crumbles wetted with electrolyte water. She won’t drink any water and didn’t eat any scrambled eggs I made for her just now.

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you considered that she may not have been poisoned, but may be suffering from wry neck (torticolis?) How old is she? Wry neck is a neurological symptom that can be from a head injury, a vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, and sometimes a sign of a disease such as Mareks, and others. Is she having problems standing? Is she weak from the Epsom salts flush and dehydration? I would stop the flushes and give her more electrolytes. For wry neck usually I suggest giving human vitamin E 400 IU orally along with 1/4 tablet daily of super B complex crushed into a spoonful of water or food. A little scrambled egg also helps with vitamin E uptake. I hope that she starts to perk up again. Do you happen to know what chemical was used on the yard?

 

[notabitail]

One of my roosters did something similar, @CCsGarden knows what fixed him.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Have you considered that she may not have been poisoned, but may be suffering from wry neck (torticolis?) How old is she? Wry neck is a neurological symptom that can be from a head injury, a vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, and sometimes a sign of a disease such as Mareks, and others. Is she having problems standing? Is she weak from the Epsom salts flush and dehydration? I would stop the flushes and give her more electrolytes. For wry neck usually I suggest giving human vitamin E 400 IU orally along with 1/4 tablet daily of super B complex crushed into a spoonful of water or food. A little scrambled egg also helps with vitamin E uptake. I hope that she starts to perk up again. Do you happen to know what chemical was used on the yard?

Can wry neck happen suddenly? I don’t know much about it. She was completely symptomless the day before. We worried about poisoning because we found her lying next to the place he sprayed in the backyard, but that could just be a confusing coincidence. My husband sprayed concrete by the door, mostly.

I can give her those vitamins. I have also decided to stop the flushes and focus on hydration.

Still working on what kind of pesticide it was. Unfortunately it was from my husband’s dad, who is out of the country and hard to contact right now.

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Have you considered that she may not have been poisoned, but may be suffering from wry neck (torticolis?) How old is she? Wry neck is a neurological symptom that can be from a head injury, a vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, and sometimes a sign of a disease such as Mareks, and others. Is she having problems standing? Is she weak from the Epsom salts flush and dehydration? I would stop the flushes and give her more electrolytes. For wry neck usually I suggest giving human vitamin E 400 IU orally along with 1/4 tablet daily of super B complex crushed into a spoonful of water or food. A little scrambled egg also helps with vitamin E uptake. I hope that she starts to perk up again. Do you happen to know what chemical was used on the yard?

Forgot to say that she does have some problems standing. When she holds her head up, she looks almost normal, with just barely a tilt. But when she lowers her head it goes completely upside down and then she starts scrabbling backwards, like she’s trying to right herself. I don’t think she’s weak per se, more uninterested in food and water.

Also update that we think it was Ortho Home Defense for the spray

Also update update she laid an egg (I’m sad she did that with how unwell she is) and she did eat the scrambled eggs I left for her. I doused them with water to help her get some more hydration.

 

[CCsGarden]

Give immediately Vitamins E and B complex this saved my rooster when I found almost like that (he wasn't as bad as yours)
Next you can make a brace like this one.
I used a paper towel roll

Before

and when he had it on. And yes he did not like it!

Hope this helps! Even if you can't make the brace, give the vitamins! My rooster recovered within 5 days of the vitamins.

( I didn't read thru all the post on this thread)

 

[CCsGarden]

Syringe some mashed feed or yogurt into her along with water or electrolytes.

 

[sillyduckz]

Give immediately Vitamins E and B complex this saved my rooster when I found almost like that (he wasn't as bad as yours)
Next you can make a brace like this one.
I used a paper towel roll

Before

and when he had it on. And yes he did not like it!

Hope this helps! Even if you can't make the brace, give the vitamins! My rooster recovered within 5 days of the vitamins.

( I didn't read thru all the post on this thread)

great idea!

 

[CCsGarden]

great idea!!

Yes for sure!

 

[SemiSweet2391]

Give immediately Vitamins E and B complex this saved my rooster when I found almost like that (he wasn't as bad as yours)
Next you can make a brace like this one.
I used a paper towel roll

Before

and when he had it on. And yes he did not like it!

Hope this helps! Even if you can't make the brace, give the vitamins! My rooster recovered within 5 days of the vitamins.

( I didn't read thru all the post on this thread)

Ok thank you!! Getting the vitamins now. Yeah her head is really twisted