Sick peahen please help!!!!

[Ambrosia17]

My peafowl is about 4 months old. Came from an excellent breeder and has been healthy. The past 3 days she wont eat much and very lethargic. Yellow liquidy stool. Now she is having a hard time breathing. I treated with safeguard (tho I only did 1/4 tab cuz shes not full grown) and corrid. Ive been force feeding egg/yogurt/gatorade but I dont know how much of that slurry she should get in a day. Shes getting progressively worse and I dont know what to do. Please help - she is just the sweetest bird Ive ever met!

 

[Ambrosia17]

I worry about dosing Ivermectin safely

 

[Dany12]

Histomoniasis = protozoan disease an urgent problem!
Ivermecting = effective against many types of parasites ... not urgent ... good for next week!

You need dimetridazole or nitroimidazole poder mix in water make drink with a syringe.

 

[Ambrosia17]

Thank you very much! Sounds like those are in the metronidazole family - can I use metronidazole? Does anyone know the doseage? Im also going to start Ivermectin IM at 0.037 for 4-5 days and Ive been treating with Corrid. Anyone aware of any contraindicatians? I have oxytetracycline inj (LA-200), would it help to do a course of ABs?

 

[KsKingBee]

Thank you very much! Sounds like those are in the metronidazole family - can I use metronidazole? Does anyone know the doseage? Im also going to start Ivermectin IM at 0.037 for 4-5 days and Ive been treating with Corrid. Anyone aware of any contraindicatians? I have oxytetracycline inj (LA-200), would it help to do a course of ABs?

Metronidazole dosage is 250mg per day for a grown bird, reduce for smaller sized birds. Given for five days orally. It is also an antibiotic that kills protozoans which is what Black Head is.

 

[casportpony]

Thank you very much! Sounds like those are in the metronidazole family - can I use metronidazole? Does anyone know the doseage? Im also going to start Ivermectin IM at 0.037 for 4-5 days and Ive been treating with Corrid. Anyone aware of any contraindicatians? I have oxytetracycline inj (LA-200), would it help to do a course of ABs?

Metronidazole is what most people in the US use to treat blackhead.

Metronidazole dose is 14-23 mg per pound of body weight once a day orally, not in water. I use the large dose.

If you can, I suggest finding a vet that and see if you can get some Baytril because if it's blackhead, there is a very good chance that there is a secondary E. coli infection, for which you will need an antibiotic like Baytril.