Step-by-Step Tube Feeding Guide - Pictures - Under construction

[casportpony]

The important part is to get the 14 ml per pound in, then the next 14 ml per pound 60-90 minutes later. You want to do this to correct hydration. I like to do it one more time two hours after the second one. Once those three are done you can start tubing food.

How does her poop look now?

 

[SarahGfa]

The important part is to get the 14 ml per pound in, then the next 14 ml per pound 60-90 minutes later. You want to do this to correct hydration. I like to do it one more time two hours after the second one. Once those three are done you can start tubing food.

How does her poop look now?

She weighs 3.9 pounds. I did 35 mL and then, after 90 minutes, 55 mL. I need to leave and won't be back for 5 hours. Should I start over with the water schedule? Thank you very much for your advice!

Here is her poop.

 

[casportpony]

She weighs 3.9 pounds. I did 35 mL and then, after 90 minutes, 55 mL. I need to leave and won't be back for 5 hours. Should I start over with the water schedule? Thank you very much for your advice!

Here is her poop.

Go ahead and give her another 55 ml when you get back. The color and shape of that poop makes me think she has something very serious. If you're still in San Jose there is a vet in Cupertino that sees chickens. She's pretty expensive, but that would be close. The other two that see chickens are in Santa Cruz and Monterey.

 

[SarahGfa]

Go ahead and give her another 55 ml when you get back. The color and shape of that poop makes me think she has something very serious. If you're still in San Jose there is a vet in Cupertino that sees chickens. She's pretty expensive, but that would be close. The other two that see chickens are in Santa Cruz and Monterey.

Oh, no. Do you have any idea what serious thing it could be? I like my chicken, but I can't justify spending a lot of money on a vet. She is still talking a little and puts up a fight when I tube feed her.

 

[casportpony]

Oh, no. Do you have any idea what serious thing it could be? I like my chicken, but I can't justify spending a lot of money on a vet. She is still talking a little and puts up a fight when I tube feed her.

I fear it might be some type of infection or cancer.

 

[SarahGfa]

I fear it might be some type of infection or cancer.

I have fish mox (i have almost everything on the list in your First Aid Kit thread). Do you think I should add that to her water tubings?
There is probably not much I can do if it's cancer.

 

[SarahGfa]

I gave her another 55ml water plus amoxicillin. It was too much. She barfed some water after I removed the tube, and her crop looks distended. 5 hours was not enough to empty. She is eating a little bit.

 

[casportpony]

I gave her another 55ml water plus amoxicillin. It was too much. She barfed some water after I removed the tube, and her crop looks distended. 5 hours was not enough to empty. She is eating a little bit.

How much amoxicillin did you give?

 

[SarahGfa]

How much amoxicillin did you give?

125 mg (half of a fish mox). She is doing better this morning. Chowing down on layer crumble and very chatty. I want to tube more fluids into her since she has not touched her water.

 

[casportpony]

125 mg (half of a fish mox).

You might want to double that.

She is doing better this morning. Chowing down on layer crumble and very chatty.

That is good news!

I want to tube more fluids into her since she has not touched her water.

Try to get no less than 90 ml of water into her.