Sour crop

[JacksonPearce]

Thanks so much, everyone! Unfortunately, my obgyn will no longer call in yeast infection RXs without seeing the patient so that's a bust-- but that's exactly what a friend will do with her own obgyn tomorrow in order to hook me up with the nystatin. If my hen is doing awful tomorrow morning though, I'll go ahead and take her in to the vet. Fingers crossed.

To verify, because I see people mentioning miconzaole-- I can't give her a topical vaginal itch cream orally, correct?

 

[Jantu345]

I've given her about 5ml of 50/50 apple cider vinegar, and didn't want to do much more than that all at once. I've got some friends who are able to get nystatin for me tomorrow, but does anyone know what the dosage would be?

Hi I have the dosage from willow brook pharmaceutical index. V

 

[casportpony]

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To verify, because I see people mentioning miconzaole-- I can't give her a topical vaginal itch cream orally, correct?

There are people that do it. I guess I would give it if I was positive it was yeast and I had no other option.

 

[Jantu345]

I’m dealing with sour or doughy crop. Not a domestic bird person but tonight I brought an adult female chicke on her haunches, raised keel, rubbernecking, as if botch/toxicosis. It has been down2 days before I returned to work with no tx. Day theee today I started tubing warm electrolytes to rehydrate, bit b+ IM, and because I had been told a cat was involved I gave 2 doses of chepalexin today even as it’s a qid anti biotic, and a dose of dexameth IM, maintained heated kennel, massages the crop, and tonight at home I continue small doses of warm fluid with panacure to address any parasites and nystatin for the ungodly smell emoting from the crop. Now if it is doughy crop do I try to drain it or sour crop and if so can I draw it out with a gavage tube instead because it is very weak

 

[Jantu345]

There are people that do it. I guess I would give it if I was positive it was yeast and I had no other option.

Nystatin is what I use for yeast. It is t libel to cause toxic reactions and I am pretty sure flagyl (metacomizol) is a treatment for flagellates. I can look it up if anyone needs the skinny

 

[JacksonPearce]

I'm looking all over the internet and see that a decent number of people seem to like topical clotrimazole for treatment. I'm worried about her and will kick myself if I don't try something else tonight, so I think I'll go grab a tube and give her a little, just to see how things go.

 

[casportpony]

I'm looking all over the internet and see that a decent number of people seem to like topical clotrimazole for treatment. I'm worried about her and will kick myself if I don't try something else tonight, so I think I'll go grab a tube and give her a little, just to see how things go.

How weak is she? Can you keep her inside where it's warm?

 

[azygous]

@azygous , one can get Nystatin OTC from pigeon supply stores:

Thanks! I just ordered some from this place. https://www.canadavetexpress.com/pigeons-treatment/medistatin-for-birds/p263.aspx Don't have a pigeon store anywhere within a couple hundred miles. Nystatin has been on my wish list for years!

 

[JacksonPearce]

Er, well, scratch that. The store is closed. I've got a single monistat suppository in my house, so I'll divide that in three and give her one piece tonight, just to see if it has an impact before calling the vet tomorrow afternoon! Whew. What a process this one is...

 

[JacksonPearce]

How weak is she? Can you keep her inside where it's warm?

Yes! I've moved her indoors, though that has it's own set of problems since she's now housed with my URI birds...but they've been recovering, so perhaps she won't catch it. Only so many chicken sick bays available.

She's actually not terribly weak, but is clearly not her normal self.