- Feb 11, 2007
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My big older Brahma roo is not doing well at all. I feel really awful that I didn't see it quicker. With the time change and changing season it's getting dark by 5p. They are generally bedded down when I get out there to give food and water and lock them down for the night. He beds down on the floor on straw with the turkey and a really, really old hen. He can't roost as he had lost his toes to frostbite, I think. Can't remember where we got him or when.
I've seen him eat. He has food in his crop now. As I was drying him though, I noticed he feels thin. They free range, also. Not so much the past couple days. They have access to scratch and 16% layer mash from the feed store.
When I went out to unlock them I found him half frozen. He either fell in the small water dish or tipped it partially and was wet and just laying there.
I quickly brought him in, wrapped him in a towel, then put some straw in the bottom of a covered kitty litter box (minus the cover). He went in that and I set that over the register, resting each end on a small stack of books so air could warm the bottom and circulate in the room. He also got a bit dried with the hair drier but is still damp under the wings.
I made a mix of water, electrolyte/vitamin powder, molasses and a little sugar and floated that in hot water as I syringed him. Molasses for iron and carbs.
I checked his skin and found tiny black critters running around. Not sure if they are lice or mites. We fought lice and scaly leg mites late winter. We won the lice battle. Still fighting with the leg mites. These don't look like the lice from last winter. I put about .3 mL of ivermectin cattle pour-on between his shoulder blades. Thought about bathing him with the Adams shampoo but he's so fragile and I wanted him to save his strength. The directions I was given was 2 drops every 7 days for a total of three doses. (1 drop for bantams. 28 days after last dose before using eggs.- FYI)
There has been one poo. Runny, but I did feed him weird stuff earlier.
I'll be taking care of him myself. No quick access to a grocery store, btw.
Any suggestions on what to do about the lice or mites if he makes it through the night? Shampoo with Adams flea shampoo or stick with the ivermectin?
He seems a tad better. I'm going to give him more of the mix. Any thought on raw egg yolk? Duck (more fatty) or chicken available. Anything has to be liquid, at this point.
Any suggestions welcome.
Additional info... DH just came home and said Sasquach hasn't been looking well for the past few days/week.
Lylene
I've seen him eat. He has food in his crop now. As I was drying him though, I noticed he feels thin. They free range, also. Not so much the past couple days. They have access to scratch and 16% layer mash from the feed store.
When I went out to unlock them I found him half frozen. He either fell in the small water dish or tipped it partially and was wet and just laying there.
I quickly brought him in, wrapped him in a towel, then put some straw in the bottom of a covered kitty litter box (minus the cover). He went in that and I set that over the register, resting each end on a small stack of books so air could warm the bottom and circulate in the room. He also got a bit dried with the hair drier but is still damp under the wings.
I made a mix of water, electrolyte/vitamin powder, molasses and a little sugar and floated that in hot water as I syringed him. Molasses for iron and carbs.
I checked his skin and found tiny black critters running around. Not sure if they are lice or mites. We fought lice and scaly leg mites late winter. We won the lice battle. Still fighting with the leg mites. These don't look like the lice from last winter. I put about .3 mL of ivermectin cattle pour-on between his shoulder blades. Thought about bathing him with the Adams shampoo but he's so fragile and I wanted him to save his strength. The directions I was given was 2 drops every 7 days for a total of three doses. (1 drop for bantams. 28 days after last dose before using eggs.- FYI)
There has been one poo. Runny, but I did feed him weird stuff earlier.
I'll be taking care of him myself. No quick access to a grocery store, btw.
Any suggestions on what to do about the lice or mites if he makes it through the night? Shampoo with Adams flea shampoo or stick with the ivermectin?
He seems a tad better. I'm going to give him more of the mix. Any thought on raw egg yolk? Duck (more fatty) or chicken available. Anything has to be liquid, at this point.
Any suggestions welcome.
Additional info... DH just came home and said Sasquach hasn't been looking well for the past few days/week.
Lylene
