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I have a 3.5 month old easter egger pullet around 2.5 lbs in a 10 bird flock. She was treated for a respiratory infection with Amoxicillin and finished dose around 2 weeks ago. 2 days ago she was fine in the morning but found her lethargic in the run around 2PM. Immediately quarantined her inside, gave her access to her food and water, started nutridrench and poultry cell. Her stool was clear and yellowish/whitish. By 4PMish I noticed her third stool/dropping was like ketchup and immediately thought coccidiosis. Started her on corid, the usual moderate dose in water, and gave her some scrambled egg which is the first thing I noticed her actually eat since quarantine. Stopped all vitamins immediately.
Yesterday I picked her up in the morning after noticing she was drinking water like crazy and she immediately started regurgitating some clear fluid. Took her outside to empty her crop and a TON of fluid came out. I thought maybe it was from drinking too much water since I read that coccidiosis can cause dehydration. So I started limiting her water intake and kept her inside. She did not eat at all until later in the evening when I offered her small pieces of bread with an oral dose of corid in them. She rested and slept the rest of the night.
This morning I noticed her chugging water again and immediately took her outside and emptied crop yet again due to liquid pouring out on its own from her own mouth if I barely touch her at all. I'm not really forcing her to empty it, it just kind of does it regardless. So I let as much come out as possible and I wasn't sure what it's supposed to smell like but it did smell "sickly" but not overwhelmingly if that makes sense?
So then I gave her a dose of miconazole that morning, she ate a tiny bit of normal food and is continuing corid in water. I felt her crop around 1pm and it was full and squishy like a water balloon so I brought her out to empty again but hardly any liquid came out so I didn't want to force it again so I decided to give her a tiny bit of coconut oil and withdraw all food except some strawberry yogurt and grit.
I'm taking her to vet tomorrow but I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing or too much or not enough?? Any advice or suggestions at all will be appreciated. I will attach pictures of her stool progress from Friday until today. I'm just heartbroken and super worried. I've searched up and down but everyone's experience is so different yet kind of the same and it's overwhelming.
She is currently mostly tired but seems to perk up every now and again and will peck a bit at grit and still drinks water. Crop still seems a bit full and squishy but I want to give her a break and get some advice before trying anything else to get her through today.
Thank you guys so much.
I have a 3.5 month old easter egger pullet around 2.5 lbs in a 10 bird flock. She was treated for a respiratory infection with Amoxicillin and finished dose around 2 weeks ago. 2 days ago she was fine in the morning but found her lethargic in the run around 2PM. Immediately quarantined her inside, gave her access to her food and water, started nutridrench and poultry cell. Her stool was clear and yellowish/whitish. By 4PMish I noticed her third stool/dropping was like ketchup and immediately thought coccidiosis. Started her on corid, the usual moderate dose in water, and gave her some scrambled egg which is the first thing I noticed her actually eat since quarantine. Stopped all vitamins immediately.
Yesterday I picked her up in the morning after noticing she was drinking water like crazy and she immediately started regurgitating some clear fluid. Took her outside to empty her crop and a TON of fluid came out. I thought maybe it was from drinking too much water since I read that coccidiosis can cause dehydration. So I started limiting her water intake and kept her inside. She did not eat at all until later in the evening when I offered her small pieces of bread with an oral dose of corid in them. She rested and slept the rest of the night.
This morning I noticed her chugging water again and immediately took her outside and emptied crop yet again due to liquid pouring out on its own from her own mouth if I barely touch her at all. I'm not really forcing her to empty it, it just kind of does it regardless. So I let as much come out as possible and I wasn't sure what it's supposed to smell like but it did smell "sickly" but not overwhelmingly if that makes sense?
So then I gave her a dose of miconazole that morning, she ate a tiny bit of normal food and is continuing corid in water. I felt her crop around 1pm and it was full and squishy like a water balloon so I brought her out to empty again but hardly any liquid came out so I didn't want to force it again so I decided to give her a tiny bit of coconut oil and withdraw all food except some strawberry yogurt and grit.
I'm taking her to vet tomorrow but I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing or too much or not enough?? Any advice or suggestions at all will be appreciated. I will attach pictures of her stool progress from Friday until today. I'm just heartbroken and super worried. I've searched up and down but everyone's experience is so different yet kind of the same and it's overwhelming.
She is currently mostly tired but seems to perk up every now and again and will peck a bit at grit and still drinks water. Crop still seems a bit full and squishy but I want to give her a break and get some advice before trying anything else to get her through today.
Thank you guys so much.
