I would keep giving the Corid for now. Just remember to give the probiotics/yogurt and vitamins when it is finished. I hope she starts getting better.
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Okay, I will. Today is day three, though, and I don't see much improvement. She's so light and tired... I wish I could start the vitamins now, but as long as she is on Corid, I can't. Do you think it is all right to feed chickens raw egg yolk? I want her to get nutrients, but since she isn't eating much on her own, they need to be in a liquid, eye-dropper feedable form.I would keep giving the Corid for now. Just remember to give the probiotics/yogurt and vitamins when it is finished. I hope she starts getting better.
Don't forget to give vitamins when you stop the Corid. Did you worm again? Will you attempt to tube feed? Since the Corid hasn't helped maybe try an antibiotic?
I won't forget--I've been dying to get her started on them to help build her strength. Yes, I probably will worm again. For now, I am not going to try tube feeding. I will probably try an antibiotic next, though if I do that, do you think I"ll be able to use vitamins? The antibiotic I'm thinking of using would probably be Oxytetracycline (in the form of Tetroxy HCA-280).
I don't want to sound harsh or rude, really, but these things almost always start and end the same way... People post on Monday with similar symptoms, they don't weigh their birds, so they don't realize that they are losing weight each day until it's too late, which is almost always on a Friday night. By then they then can't get proper antibiotics or items to tube feed with and by Sunday the bird is usually dead. I really would love to be wrong here, and I'll be *very* happy for you if you bird pulls through.
You say you're going to use Tetroxy HCA-280, but how will you get your bird to drink enough water? This is where having a good broad-spectrum antibiotic in pill or injectable form is helpful, IMO.
-Kathy