Sick Pea Chick Died - Going to Vet School For Necropsy - Will Post Results

[kuntrygirl]

What strength of metronidazole powder are we talking about?  I can try to figure it out...

Amoxi and Metronidazole are totally different.  The metronidazole is actually the same thing that they give to recovering alcoholics... if they drink anything alcoholic (or even use mouth wash) it makes them violently ill.  Nasty stuff... I was on it for a while and HATED it.  Even the alcohol in dish detergent made me sick.  So keep anything with alcohol away from the chick if you use the stuff

5grams of powder Scientist Frosty.

 

[kuntrygirl]

As for where blackhead could have come from? It would just take one contaminated earthworm... or one song bird that ate a worm somewhere else and pooped while flying over. One wild turkey wandering through... I just hope if that's it, that it remains an isolated case.

ONE CONTAMINATED EARTHWORM?????????? And casportpony is trying to get me to feed them worms!

 

[Frosty]

ONE CONTAMINATED EARTHWORM?????????? And casportpony is trying to get me to feed them worms!

Trying to get you to feed MEALWORMS, not earthworms! And a mealworm is just a baby bug!

My peachick loves mealworms!

OK, 5 grams of powder... are we talking the 5 gram/25 cc scoop?

 

[casportpony]

Trying to get you to feed MEALWORMS, not earthworms!  And a mealworm is just a baby bug!    My peachick loves mealworms!

OK, 5 grams of powder... are we talking the 5 gram/25 cc scoop?   

If she can't get the pills from her friend, I've asked her to take a picture of the container of metronidazole so we can be sure of the dose. FYI, I've been dosing at the max therapeutic dose of 60mg/kg.

 

[Frosty]

Using the 5g/25cc as a base line, the 5g/25cc would be 1g(1000mg)/5cc... so 1.25cc would be the same as a 250 mg pill. So 1/4 of a pill would be about .3cc

 

[Frosty]

I'll check in later... gotta go feed critters.

 

[kuntrygirl]

ONE CONTAMINATED EARTHWORM?????????? And casportpony is trying to get me to feed them worms!

Trying to get you to feed MEALWORMS, not earthworms!  And a mealworm is just a baby bug!    My peachick loves mealworms!

OK, 5 grams of powder... are we talking the 5 gram/25 cc scoop?   

Oh ok. They only sell it in 5 grams. Not sure the directions. I will find out.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Trying to get you to feed MEALWORMS, not earthworms!  And a mealworm is just a baby bug!    My peachick loves mealworms!

OK, 5 grams of powder... are we talking the 5 gram/25 cc scoop?   

If she can't get the pills from her friend, I've asked her to take a picture of the container of metronidazole so we can be sure of the dose. FYI, I've been dosing at the max therapeutic dose of 60mg/kg.

Did you have any that died from having blackhead?

 

[kuntrygirl]

I'll check in later... gotta go feed critters.

Ok.

 

[casportpony]

Did you have any that died from having blackhead?

Yes, two turkey poults last summer and two peachicks this summer. All four had necropsies that were positive for blackhead.

But I also have survivors that were treated and doing just fine... Two peas and three turkeys from last year and six peachicks and two turkeys from this year.