Sick bird

[CarriBrown]

With the yawning thing... Do they do it all the time or just every once in a while? I've seen her do that once or twice. Should I treat her for it anyway?

 

[Aun <HIS><]

My 4 1/2 week old RIR was doing the exact same thing last night, so I came on here to find out what to do... Like someone suggested, I opened her beak and looked inside. I thought it looked like maybe something was at the back of her throat that wasn't supposed to be, but I wasn't sure. So I looked into another chick's mouth for comparison and decided something wasn't quite right with the RIR. So, I got a Q-tip, pulled off most of the cotton, and smoothed the rest of the cotton down. The first few times I opened her beak, she screamed like I was killing her, but after several tries, she settled down and got used to it. After a bit, she would let me open her beak and look inside without a fight. Then I touched the Q-tip on her tongue a few times, until she got used to that. Then I rubbed the Q-tip from back to front on her tongue, It took a few tries, and the first few I didn't really try to touch her tongue, as much as to just gradually convince her that she would survive, lol. Well, after slowly and gradually getting her used to the process, I was able to swipe the back of tongue a few times, and the Q-tip caught the end of a 1 1/2 inch long gauzy like strand/string, that she had tried to eat! As soon as I got that out, she was fine!

My Welsummer did the same thing at 2 days old, right after I got her home, shipped from Ideal. I made her drink water and it went away. At that time, I thought it was dehydration after her trip, but now I'm convinced she had a little something stuck in her throat.

Anyway, now all's well with us. Hope your gal feels better soon!

Aun

 

[dlhunicorn]

Carrie , gapeworm is often confused with respiratory illness... if she has no snot or such and is yawning it would be my guess too...
http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/merial/Strongls/strong_4.htm

 

[CarriBrown]

Well, I had a fecal float done today. She has coccidia and roundworm. I have to take her in for them to give me meds to treat her and the rest of my flock.
At least I figured out what it was! Sounds like the snotty nose was a different thing all together because she is no longer having respritory problems.