Rooster about to die from anemia/dehydration caused by mites! HELP!

[MountainHouse]

I have a BIG emergency with my incredible Welsummer rooster...he has the most horrible mite infestation, and we realized it FAR too late. He's horribly anemic now and even tho I got him to eat yesterday (scrambled eggs for mositure, protein, and iron), we haven't seen him drink in days and his body is giving up. Yesterday I was giving him pedialyte by dropping it on his beak so he reflexively caught it on his tongue, but today he doesnt even have the reflex.

Does anyone know any way to get him hydrated and replenish the iron in his blood and his strength??? And QUICKLY?? We think we only have a few hours at best!

Thank you

 

[realsis]

you can tube him. you can possibly get a tube from the feed store. look up tube feeding a chicken and follow directions carefully! you can use a mix of pediolyte and vitamins and baby food even to get his strength up but he must be tubed! I'd call around and see where you can find the tube FAST. the tube hooks to a large syringe and the mixture goes directly into the crop. my prayers are with you. I sincerely hope he recovers! I'm praying for him! best wishes and hope this is helpful.

 

[JesBarthel]

I think the only thing you can do is keep trying to get liquid in him. You could try mixing water with some sav-a-chick vitamins, or even poly-v-sol which is an infant vitamin you can find at pretty much any drug store or grocery store. You could aslo try tempting him with wet fruits and veggies like watermelon or tomatoes.


Make sure he's in a warm ( not too warm ) quiet and dark place where he can get some rest.

 

[JesBarthel]

The tube thing is a great idea!

 

[thejustus7]

Our roosters had mites really bad. We used sevens powder to get them off at least. He recovered luckily. This might not help your roo but you can prevent it with sevens next time. Good luck!

 

[casportpony]

I have a BIG emergency with my incredible Welsummer rooster...he has the most horrible mite infestation, and we realized it FAR too late. He's horribly anemic now and even tho I got him to eat yesterday (scrambled eggs for mositure, protein, and iron), we haven't seen him drink in days and his body is giving up. Yesterday I was giving him pedialyte by dropping it on his beak so he reflexively caught it on his tongue, but today he doesnt even have the reflex.

Does anyone know any way to get him hydrated and replenish the iron in his blood and his strength??? And QUICKLY?? We think we only have a few hours at best!

Thank you

It might be too late, but get him warm then tube feed fluids 30ml/kg every 6-8 hours until he is hydrated. You'll need to find a vet office and ask them for a 35ml or 60ml catheter tip syringe and an 18 french tube/catheter.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...cken-and-give-subcutaneous-fluid#post_9910754

 

[casportpony]

From: http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/cam/07_emergency_and_critical_care.pdf
Supportive Care
SICK-BIRD ENCLOSURES
Sick birds are often hypothermic and should be placed
in heated (brooder-type) enclosures


b (Fig 7.7) in a quiet
environment (see Chapter 1, Clinical Practice). A temperature
of 85° F (29° C) with 70% humidity is desirable
for most sick birds. If brooders are not equipped with a
humidity source, placing a small dish of water in the
enclosure will often supply adequate humidity. A moist
towel that is heated and placed on the bottom of a cage
or incubator rapidly humidifies the environment, as indicated​

by the fogging of the acrylic cage front.

FLUID THERAPY
Oral Administration
Oral administration is the ideal method of giving fluids.
This method is more commonly used in mildly dehydrated
birds or in conjunction with subcutaneous (SC)
or intravenous (IV) therapy. Oral rehydration (30 ml/kg
PO q 6-8 h) also may be used in larger birds (eg, waterfowl)
that are difficult to restrain for parenteral fluid​

therapy.

ORAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
Below are listed some of the oral nutritional supplements
that can be gavage-fed to debilitated birds. Various
hand-feeding formulas are on the market and, as a
whole, are far superior to the homemade formulas used
decades ago that contained monkey biscuits, peanut butter
and ground seeds. Commercially available hand-feeding
formulas for baby birds are often utilized in the treatment
of sick and debilitated adult birds. The quantity
that can be fed at one time to a sick bird is greatly
reduced from that of baby birds. On the average, a baby
parrot can accommodate 10% of its body weight per
feeding due to the elasticity of the crop and its rapid
emptying. Adult birds have a greatly decreased crop
capacity, averaging 3% of their body weight. Additionally,
sick birds are less tolerant of food in the crop and care
must be taken to avoid regurgitation and/or aspiration.
A sick or debilitated bird should always have its
hydration corrected prior to attempting to initiate​

oral gavage-feeding.

 

[casportpony]

you can tube him. you can possibly get a tube from the feed store. look up tube feeding a chicken and follow directions carefully! you can use a mix of pediolyte and vitamins and baby food even to get his strength up but he must be tubed! I'd call around and see where you can find the tube FAST. the tube hooks to a large syringe and the mixture goes directly into the crop. my prayers are with you. I sincerely hope he recovers! I'm praying for him! best wishes and hope this is helpful.

Temperature and hydration must be corrected *before* food is given. Adding some corn syrup would probably help.

 

[JesBarthel]

How is he doing?

 

[Georgia Nana]

If you have a wildlife rehabilator close by, call them. They KEEP French Catheters onhand for tubing the orphaned wildlife, and may have a unique treatment for re-hydration. I know I always got babies After the vet closed, so I learned all kinds of tricks to save a life, Including keeping bottles of saline on hand (which can be injected under the skin). Oh, how I wish that I had had access to Pedialyte back then!