I have an adult hen that about a month and a half ago I found her sneezing and gasping and her one eye seemed swollen. I medicated everyone in the cage for respiratory problems and begin putting neosporin on her eye. NOONE else developed anything and she stopped sneezing and gasping, but the eye problem remains.
I moved her inside into an old brooder. It hadn't been cleaned out but I put fresh food in it. (I'm pregnant and really sick and just hadn't had the chance.) After a couple of days I noticed she wasn't standing right and seemed to put her wing and leg out.
I looked it up in the Poultry Health Handbook and it mentioned botulism and suggested a flush. I put her in the bathtub with fresh food and water and began flushing her system with the molasses flush. I did this for a day. Nothing. A couple of days later, I shoved the liquid down her 2-3x a day. Still nothing.
She seems to eat, just not as much as before. She can't walk normally.
MEDS SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN: We did a sulfa med for 4 days, nothing. 2 days later I tried Penicillin 2x a day for 2 or 3 days, nothing. I also tried another antibiotic, but I don't remember what it is off hand.
ABOUT HER EYE: Hot rags and neosporin seem to have done NOTHING. I JUST got Teramycin in and will try that. It doesn't seem to be the eye itself but a mass in front of the eye. I'm kind of wondering if she developed a tumor or something and perhaps this has also affected her walking/stability.
I moved her inside into an old brooder. It hadn't been cleaned out but I put fresh food in it. (I'm pregnant and really sick and just hadn't had the chance.) After a couple of days I noticed she wasn't standing right and seemed to put her wing and leg out.
I looked it up in the Poultry Health Handbook and it mentioned botulism and suggested a flush. I put her in the bathtub with fresh food and water and began flushing her system with the molasses flush. I did this for a day. Nothing. A couple of days later, I shoved the liquid down her 2-3x a day. Still nothing.
She seems to eat, just not as much as before. She can't walk normally.
MEDS SHE HAS BEEN GIVEN: We did a sulfa med for 4 days, nothing. 2 days later I tried Penicillin 2x a day for 2 or 3 days, nothing. I also tried another antibiotic, but I don't remember what it is off hand.
ABOUT HER EYE: Hot rags and neosporin seem to have done NOTHING. I JUST got Teramycin in and will try that. It doesn't seem to be the eye itself but a mass in front of the eye. I'm kind of wondering if she developed a tumor or something and perhaps this has also affected her walking/stability.
