SICK PEACOCK, HEN

[guyeshepherd]

Can anyone tell me what they think my birds have? I lost a pheasant to something that the vet couldn't identify, just said that it was dying from liver failure and put it down.
Now I've got a juvenile peacock and a hen, in a different part of the yard, that might be suffering from the same thing: weakness, thin, unable to walk. They eat fine, poop appears normal color but runny. I have been treating the peacock with oxytetracyline, not really doing anything. Should I treat them for worms?

 

[Mulberry]

I would say yes definitely, and consult your vet its the best thing you could do if your vet not as helpful as should be find a new vet. It's seems they got something nasty.
(My vet comes to the house even if I call her at night) .

 

[casportpony]

Can anyone tell me what they think my birds have? I lost a pheasant to something that the vet couldn't identify, just said that it was dying from liver failure and put it down.
Now I've got a juvenile peacock and a hen, in a different part of the yard, that might be suffering from the same thing: weakness, thin, unable to walk. They eat fine, poop appears normal color but runny. I have been treating the peacock with oxytetracyline, not really doing anything. Should I treat them for worms?

When my peafowl are sick I treat for many things all at once.

• Coccidiosis with Corid
• Worms with Safeguard
• Blackhead with metronidazole
• E.coli with Baytril

Once they get to a point where they can't walk and are thin they are usually very close to dying, so I would call your vet and talk to him about the four thing I mentioned. I also provide supportive care with tubed and subcutaneus fluids, and once hydrated, tubed baby bird food.

-Kathy