Raccoon attack! Help!

[Eggcessive]

Betadine is what you need. It is povidone-iodine. The Equate one at Walmart is more affordable that what they sell in feedstores. Tincture of iodine is weaker more for minor wounds and scrapes, and it has alcohol which can sting.

 

[floppysquirrel04]

ok, I was just wondering because at the barn there is a big bottle of if for livestock that we use for pigs and goats.

 

[floppysquirrel04]

if I did baytril, penicillin or amoxacilin, how would I administer them? I can't find a place to get the fishmox, and ordering it may take too long.

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post any pictures of the iodine? Or the baytril or amoxicillin? If you have the bottle of iodine, go ahead and use it. Baytril is a pretty powerful antibiotic, treating both gram negative and positive bacteria. If you have the 10% liquid the dosage is 0.05 ml per pound which is 0.25 ml or 1/4 ml for a 5 pound chicken. If you use the amoxicillin instead of the Baytril, dosage is 250 mg twice a day for a 5 pound chicken.

 

[floppysquirrel04]

Ok, I will tomorrow morning. Do you mean 10% baytril? And is it a shot or orally? Ive given my fair share of animal shots, but I’d rather try to stick to orally. I may be able to get my hands of amox. How much, and orally?

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes the 10% is Baytril, and I would give it orally, including any of those. I would use the Baytril instead of amoxicillin.

 

[floppysquirrel04]

Ok. So they have not 10%, but a higher concentration. Can I dilute it with water to make it 10%(Using actual math LOL)? To administer it can I just slowly put a few drops on her lower beak, let her swollow it, and do that until it’s gone? How many mL?

 

[floppysquirrel04]

Haha, I see that you have already told me how much a dose is. How long should I give it to her? I would assume no longer than 2-3 days like most livestock but just to be sure. Thank you guys for all the help BTW . Do I give it to her in her beak or do I put it in her food if I separate her while she eats? I’m sorry for being such a noob to chickens still . Still learning that poultry are quite different than cows and pigs!

 

[Eggcessive]

Baytril is given once daily for 5 days orally straight and undiluted and if you use amoxicillin instead, it is given twice a day for 7 days.

 

[SimplyLivinthatFarmLife]

Put her down. Trap the raccoons.

Definitely trap the raccoons. We had the same problem-raccoons took out all but one guinea and 4 hens-with one rooster barely escaping. If you don't trap them, they will definitely come back day after day and week after week. It took us a few weeks to trap them.