I heard a chicken ‘yelp’, went outside and my rooster is in respiratory distress with stridor, gurgling and high pitched cough- like a small dog yapping- shaking head while cough. comb purple—looked panicked.
Mouth clear, no swelling of face or tongue, no foreign body in throat. I popped in a 1/4 benadryl tab…all I could think of in case of allergic rxn —and VetRx to comb and nares, and kept him quiet on my lap.
It’s been 2 hours. He’s isolated in my basement- but still with inspiratory wheezes, worse when he gets excited but no more stridor. Comb now red but gets dusky when excited or disturbed.
He was 100% fine 30 minutes prior- I was out with the flock and he was there foraging, crowing loud and clear. He has not been sick. I thought he might have gotten stung by yellow jackets or maybe ate one?? There’s an underground nest in the bushes where the hens were earlier.
He is not likely to eat something when out with hens- he gives it up to them but can’t rule out something getting in the trachea.
He won’t drink water on his own. I droppered a tiny amt to moisten his tonge and he did ok- he’s not drooling.
Will it be ok to re-dose benadryl in the morning? If he’s still wheezing should give Tylosyn? Not sure of dose— Spatch is 6 lbs. Oral or IM?
I already lost two hens last week (egg peritonitis and mystery GI but not respiratory. I can’t lose my Spatch, too.
What am I missing here?
I am open to any and all suggestions at this point.
Mouth clear, no swelling of face or tongue, no foreign body in throat. I popped in a 1/4 benadryl tab…all I could think of in case of allergic rxn —and VetRx to comb and nares, and kept him quiet on my lap.
It’s been 2 hours. He’s isolated in my basement- but still with inspiratory wheezes, worse when he gets excited but no more stridor. Comb now red but gets dusky when excited or disturbed.
He was 100% fine 30 minutes prior- I was out with the flock and he was there foraging, crowing loud and clear. He has not been sick. I thought he might have gotten stung by yellow jackets or maybe ate one?? There’s an underground nest in the bushes where the hens were earlier.
He is not likely to eat something when out with hens- he gives it up to them but can’t rule out something getting in the trachea.
He won’t drink water on his own. I droppered a tiny amt to moisten his tonge and he did ok- he’s not drooling.
Will it be ok to re-dose benadryl in the morning? If he’s still wheezing should give Tylosyn? Not sure of dose— Spatch is 6 lbs. Oral or IM?
I already lost two hens last week (egg peritonitis and mystery GI but not respiratory. I can’t lose my Spatch, too.
What am I missing here?
I am open to any and all suggestions at this point.