St. John's Wort

[chicknmania]

what does Peter Brown think it could be? He's a good guy, do what he says. And if you can, tell him what all you are doing.

 

[schnebbles]

I keep in contact with Peter, he's awesome! I got to talk to him on the phone a long time the other day. I told him I'm sure the silkie has mareks (had another one die of same thing 2 months ago). He advised the vaccine and also curcumin/bioperine in very high doses.

I read this thread and decided to switch to the sjw/hemp oil.

He doesn't know what's wrong with my cochin, the tylan kicked the respiratory I think but she's still just sleeping all the time and skinny. Picks at food. Started tube feeding today.

The silkie is very alert and she eats what she can. she's crossbeak, but she eats well. I need to buy more mealworms, I cleared out my bunch the other night. I have a colony.

I wonder if I can give her the curcumin/bioperine along with the sjw. It might be a good idea to do both. I am so tired of stressing out my babies by forcing everything down their throats. I try to tell them it's for their own good

 

[chicknmania]

I wouldn't do both at the same time. I would start with the SJW, see what it does, and use the curcumin as a followup. Sparkle did not like the curcumin at all, especially not the high dose he said to use. But if you're force feeding her I guess that doesn't really apply. If you see significant improvement with the SJW, stop, and switch to the curcumin at that point.

 

[schnebbles]

will do, she is not improving at all. I thought she was dead this morning but she's eating scrambled eggs now. I think the paralysis is spreading. I am about to just have her put down.

I just coat those pills with oil and slide them down her throat.

chickenmania - where in ohio are you? I'm at Indian Lake.

 

[ChicknsRock]

you should not give her a whole pill. only a pinch of the St. Johns Wort. You are doing more harm than good by giving her an entire capsule.

 

[schnebbles]

The whole pills I was talking about were the curcumin/bioperine. I'm not giving a whole SJW.

I had the silkie put down today, she was doing worse and I didn't want her to just keep getting worse and I don't think she was going to get better. Like have her get bad on a sunday or a day I'm gone to work and then she has to suffer longer.

I'm tube feeding my other one now and I almost am wondering if one leg is starting to act up. I'm putting a bit of SJW in her tube food now.

 

[chicknmania]

will do, she is not improving at all. I thought she was dead this morning but she's eating scrambled eggs now. I think the paralysis is spreading. I am about to just have her put down.

I just coat those pills with oil and slide them down her throat.

chickenmania - where in ohio are you? I'm at Indian Lake.

I'm in western Licking County, not too far from Columbus, about an hour and a half from you. Been over where you are quite a bit in the past though. I can't figure what your chickens have that involves respiratory AND paralysis.....so weird. Can you get a necropsy done on the Silkie? I can't imagine one of those horse pills sliding down a Silkie's throat..but I'm a wimp.

Sorry you lost her.

 

[schnebbles]

I didn't like giving her the pills, but had it worked it would have been worth it. It wasn't near as bad as I thought it would be. Neither is tube feeding the cochin.

That silkie had respiratory issues long before mareks got her. She got sneezy when I first got her in June I think it was, it got cool and she started sneezing right away, then she was ok when it was warm, but when it cooled off again, sneezing came back. I think she was a weakened immune system bird or something.

Now, my cochin, I have NO clue. I don't know if her leg is starting paralysis or not, I don't know why she isn't eating much. She was sneezing and had lost lots of weight before I realized how thin she was and brought her in. She is not sneezing anymore, but still lethargic for the most part. I'm hoping tube feeding her gets her feeling well enough to eat and get back to normal but then I fear putting her back outside.

You are close. Do you go to the show? I was thinking of it, but not now, not with mareks in my birds.

It was sad putting Patch down, but I know it was the right decision. I tried but I couldn't let her hang on like that any longer, she was just too bad today. And her neck went all out of wack the other day and I didn't want that to happen again and not be able to get her in to get it done for hours to a day. I had the shelter guy do it. I know them b/c I try to volunteer some and I have a foster dog from them since June.

 

[chicknmania]

Well that's a good resource to have.

Yes, we always go to the Ohio National, too bad you can't go, it would be fun to meet you. It's kind of like going to a candy store to go there....
can't leave without getting SOMETHING...

 

[schnebbles]

I'd like to go to the show. I guess if I put clean clothes on and spray lysol on my shoes, I'd be ok. And wash arms.