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You can give a combo vitE/selenium gel tab (human) > just make sure the selenium content per tab does not exceed 50 MICROgrams.) Give every other day three times (so three tabs in total ONCE a day) and on the alternate days you do not give put three drops of polyvisol in beak once (the B vitamins are recommended with the E/selenium) I have seen that walmart and kmart and many drugstores carry this (compare prices... there is a lot of price variation between brands). This has been shown to help with toxicities. You can also give a bit of bread smeared with peanutbutter in case it was some kind of metal ingested/heavy metal poisoning.
the only "treatment" I know of for botulism is an antidote > it is very expensive and very hard to come by (and would be of no use if nOT botulism)... from your description IF botulism then a very mild case (I had a case of botulism which knocked my bird unconscious and totally paralyzed until she eventually passed on).
Botulism can also be transmitted through things like beetles/insects etc which may have feasted on an infected source (which can sometimes even be a compost heap!)
I would clean my coop out THOROUIGHLY and keep an eye open for any mold or fungus > replace all bedding and deal with any shallow puddles (and rotting material which may be in them)
the only "treatment" I know of for botulism is an antidote > it is very expensive and very hard to come by (and would be of no use if nOT botulism)... from your description IF botulism then a very mild case (I had a case of botulism which knocked my bird unconscious and totally paralyzed until she eventually passed on).
Botulism can also be transmitted through things like beetles/insects etc which may have feasted on an infected source (which can sometimes even be a compost heap!)
I would clean my coop out THOROUIGHLY and keep an eye open for any mold or fungus > replace all bedding and deal with any shallow puddles (and rotting material which may be in them)
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