Hi,
We have a 1 ½ yr old Silkie, 1074g who has gone downhill really quickly in the last day.
We noticed 4 days ago she was sleeping more than usual, but otherwise eating as normal and not showing any signs of illness until yesterday evening when she failed to join the others in the coop and seemed even more lethargic. We brought her inside and gave her 1.25g Tetracycline hydrochloride to 250ml water with electrolyte and energy supplement thinking maybe she had a respiratory infection. She only ate a little cucumber and poultry mix.
This morning when I checked on her, she was even worse, just sitting huddling in one spot, barely eating and won’t touch the poultry mix and weighs 20g less. We tried booking her in with our vet but they had no availabilities, we’ll phone again tomorrow morning.
She sneezed once and has a little mucus around her mouth. She seems to be dizzy when closing her eyes. Could her head movement be vertigo due to an inner ear infection or could it be more serious and neurological in nature?
Just over a year ago our first Silkie died within a week of showing symptoms very similar to what this poor girl is experiencing. It appeared neurological in nature and caused loss of balance, lethargy, weight loss, loss of appetite and nystagmus. We received this Silkie 10 months ago as a pullet.
I’ve taken photos and video, hopefully someone here might have an idea of what’s going on.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
We have a 1 ½ yr old Silkie, 1074g who has gone downhill really quickly in the last day.
We noticed 4 days ago she was sleeping more than usual, but otherwise eating as normal and not showing any signs of illness until yesterday evening when she failed to join the others in the coop and seemed even more lethargic. We brought her inside and gave her 1.25g Tetracycline hydrochloride to 250ml water with electrolyte and energy supplement thinking maybe she had a respiratory infection. She only ate a little cucumber and poultry mix.
This morning when I checked on her, she was even worse, just sitting huddling in one spot, barely eating and won’t touch the poultry mix and weighs 20g less. We tried booking her in with our vet but they had no availabilities, we’ll phone again tomorrow morning.
She sneezed once and has a little mucus around her mouth. She seems to be dizzy when closing her eyes. Could her head movement be vertigo due to an inner ear infection or could it be more serious and neurological in nature?
Just over a year ago our first Silkie died within a week of showing symptoms very similar to what this poor girl is experiencing. It appeared neurological in nature and caused loss of balance, lethargy, weight loss, loss of appetite and nystagmus. We received this Silkie 10 months ago as a pullet.
I’ve taken photos and video, hopefully someone here might have an idea of what’s going on.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks