Silkie help.

[MartinsPoultry]

one of my silkies isn't doing well. I noticed she didn't come out of their coup yesterday and today so I took the back wall off to take her out and she was barely moving. We brought her in, and have her under a heating pad I think when the cold blast came through she might have pneumonia. We are dropper "feeding" her water to hydrate her she is fighting against up but we are worried she won't pull through the night. Right now we cannot afford to take her to the vet our well is broken and we have to shell out $1000 right now which we don't have.

Any at home remedies we can start her on?

 

[sylviethecochin]

Electrolytes--1 tbsp corn syrup, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 pinch salt, 1 pt. water. It's better than water.

if you can supply a low-iron poultry vitamin supplement, that would be good as well.

Don't force-feed. If she refuses to eat, ask casportpony how to tube-feed, because they can easily choke.

Good luck. I hope she pulls through.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

what type of tube would I need? I don't have one on hand unless i can carefully use and find a straw

 

[MartinsPoultry]

@casportpony help please

 

[casportpony]

Do not use a straw, it's too sharp. Can you go to Tractor Supply and get a 60 ml catheter tip syringe, then go to Petsmart or Petco for aquarium air line and Kaytee Exact baby bird food? I also suggest using Pedialyte instead of water.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Sounds good. We might be going out again tomorrow. Right now its late are we are about to head over to my nephews house is is allowing us to use his water until we figure out what is wrong

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Cast do you have a photo of which one we need to get?

 

[casportpony]

Cast do you have a photo of which one we need to get?

Google 60 ml catheter tip syringe. On iPad now and can't post pictures easily.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

sad news she passed away while we were gone. We are going to bury her come thaw, for now she will be in an unused freezer down in our basement. Thanks for the help.

 

[micstrachan]

Aw. So sorry.