Problems walking, weak leg, curling toes.

[Pixiejan]

Yes

 

[casportpony]

I wonder if the leg weakness is from a calcium deficieny?

 

[Pixiejan]

She's been getting dried black soldier fly larvae as treats multiple times per day since she's been inside (over a month now). Probably about a tablespoon per day. As I understand it, they're quite high in calcium (5%)?

But I just cracked her egg from this morning and the shell is on the thinner side (though not soft by any means). I'll start feeding dried and crushed eggshells back to her asap and get oyster shells tomorrow when hubby goes to town (it's been on my list of things to pick up from the feed store, hubby was supposed to go a few weeks ago).

 

[casportpony]

Do you have any human calcium pills?

 

[Pixiejan]

I actually probably have some powder. I’ll check.

 

[Pixiejan]

Her most recent poop.

 

[casportpony]

That's not normal! Is a vet an option?

 

[Pixiejan]

That's not normal! Is a vet an option?

No, it's not. It hasn't been completely normal since she ate the puppy pad and this all got set off. Vet is not an option where we live.

I looked for calcium, but I'm not finding anything (I thought I bought some for making toothpaste, so it's probably in a weird spot). I'll keep looking. In the meantime I'm drying out some eggs to powder in the oven.

 

[casportpony]

Do you know how to tube feed?

 

[Pixiejan]

I've seen a video on how to do it, but I don't have any tubes. She is very willing to eat if the grain is wet down. I've just been giving her scrambled eggs today. But I could switch her back to the wet down grain and she would eat until her crop was very full. I took it away because I thought the grain could be feeding the yeast and most recommendations for sour crop recommend fasting, then feeding egg/yogurt and then moving to grain.

I just gave her more egg with another 1.5 cc of the poultry cell (so that's the full amount for the day now). I do think she has a little more strength in the one leg than she did this morning.

I do have activated charcoal I could give her away from the vitamins, and I could put her back on the slippery elm. Her poop was more mushy yesterday, with only one being watery like above.

I really appreciate all your time.