strange behavior

[chicknmania]

Excellent. Glad your persistence has paid off. Yes, follow up in a week to ten days with another dose of Ivermec. He'll secretly thank you.

I hope so. We are going to get up to his roosts to treat those as well. Thank you everyone for your help!

 

[KsKingBee]

He could have face lice, a smaller version of the normal body lice that live in and around the ears. They can be seen drinking from the eye in this pic. Treatment is Ivermec pour on, 0.40ml divided up between the shoulders on the skin, under the wings and a tiny drop on the back of the crest, again on the skin. Body lice can also bring a bird down if not addressed.
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[chicknmania]

We have treated him for the lice, cleaned his ears again, he's on vitamins and also the Baytril. He ate all his dinner and looks slightly happier. He is lying on the ground instead of a roost, that's weird, but maybe just because he's in a pen and doesn't feel comfortable with it yet. We'll see what the near future brings. One of my family members works for an exotics vet and mentioned Sapphire to the vet today. The vet suggested an additional dose of injectible Ivermec, given orally in a treat, in three or four weeks.

 

[KsKingBee]

Repeating in ten to fourteen days to get the eggs that are hatching. You don't want the new hatches to start laying before you retreat. There are a few different medications you can use but the Ivermectin injectable given orally or the pour-on given topically works very well.

 

[chicknmania]

Just an update...he's so much better, but was still gulping/ yawning a bit. Today we treated him again for the mites with the Ivermec pour-on, and found a bunch of dead ones. We cleaned his ears, eyes and face again, and were going to let him out, but we decided to check his mouth and throat and discovered this time that he has Canker lesions also on one side of his mouth/ throat. Surprising, as he is eating very well and is quite cheerful and alert. So we started him on Metronidazole today, 250 mg. Just thought I'd mention this as I'm guessing this is most of the cause of his holding his beak slightly open and his gulping and yawning.

 

[azygous]

Great catch! A lot of chicken keepers forget to check on bottoms of feet and inside mouths.

 

[KsKingBee]

Can you post a pic of the mouth?

 

[chicknmania]

I don't have anyone to help me with him til later this week and I dislike stressing him out by constantly catching him. I am sure it is canker, we've had it before a couple of times in chickens, though never in peafowl, so I am familiar with what it looks like and how to treat it. I can post a picture of his mouth mid week this coming week, though hopefully by then it will be going away.

 

[casportpony]

Glad you spotted that. FWIW, as I understand it, canker cannot be cured, you can treat affected birds, but they will still be carriers.

 

[casportpony]

Great catch! A lot of chicken keepers forget to check on bottoms of feet and inside mouths.

The BYC learning center really could use an article that explains how to do an exam. You wanna do one?