Sneezing EE, please help

[Sengge]

You are right. Her sneezing has not stopped yet and rest of the body is not showing any signs of sickness. She is hungry as always and eats well. Thanks for being supportive

 

[Sengge]

Eggcessive, thank you for the link to the diseases. I have gone through the whole page and cannot find anything that fits with the symptoms that marmalade has. She is fine, no drainage thru nose, eyes, beaks, eating well, drinking water, very active. The only problem is continuous sneezing / coughing that goes every 20 seconds or so.

 

[Cynthia12]

It is highly possible/likely that your other birds are going to come down with whatever this is in time, they have already been exposed to this bird. Quarantine at this point is almost pointless but I won't say don't do it.

Watch and listen to her very carefully. When birds have any kind of respiratory disease, doesn't matter if it's bacterial or viral, their odd's of developing pneumonia/secondary bacterial infections is very, very high. That's why many people treat respiratory disease outbreaks immediately with antibiotic's. You can reduce or remove the risk of pneumonia and infections and birds recover faster and with far fewer complications. They can usually recover from these diseases, it's the complications that most often kill them. Though, as mentioned, they will remain carriers.

If you bird starts coughing more or you hear any wheezing or rattling when she breaths you may want to switch to Tylan 50, either injected or orally, rather then dosing in the water. Dosing birds via water is hit and miss at best. You are delivering low doses of medication randomly and sick birds often drink less then normal. Injecting or oral dosing is a much more sure way of getting the proper daily dose into them.

Totally agree here with most said..only I use Denagard. I use it as a precautionary dose twice a year. If your bird has an upper respiratory, which it certainly sounds as though it has, it will be a carrier ... forever! I don't keep birds that get sick. I love my birds..it is so sad if I have to cull one because of illness, but I only have a small flock, and I don't want my other girls sick. Yes, your bird can and probably will get better. bit it will carry this illness around your flock. I haven't had an outbreak in years because of .. what I believe to be..the use of the Denegard..and, I do not buy chicks, or chickens from other people. I hatch, or, make sure that a shipment has ...just...come in at a local feed store in the spring. That way, I know they haven't been handled by a lot of folks. (I love to hatch though. )
Or do I let other people that have chickens walk around my back yard. They may not think they have any illness in their flock, then bam, I'm getting a phone call...my chicken is sick! So glad I didn't let a friend go in my back yard a few weeks ago..that's exactly what happened. She would have carried it right in on her shoes, she doesn't change shoes to go out to her flock. I only wear the same shoes out to them every day.
Good luck with your little one. A lot of folks don't mind getting a chicken well and keeping them. You will learn from this experience. What works, what doesn't. Having this chicken separated from the others right now is the first step. Trying ani-biotics is good if you can't afford, or find a vet in your area. It's always sad to have a pet get sick.

 

[Sengge]

Sneezing is much better. Thank you all for the info and advices.