Suspected Botulism

[MysteryChicken]

I change their food, bedding, and water daily but it’s always humid here so mold growth is very possible. Do you have any recommendations moving forward? I have their feed stored in a plastic tub with a lid and it looks okay but I’m wondering if I should throw it out and start over. I’m sure it was probably something in their pen rather than the feed but I want to consider all possibilities you know.

Just to throw out anything that smells, or looks funky.
Activated Charcoal can reverse/ Neutralize the toxins from the mold if ingested. But you literally have use alot of it for it be effective.

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know what you find out at the vets.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@BaileyPoole any news?

 

[BaileyPoole]

Thank you all for checking on her! The vet couldn’t find anything definitive at this point. X-rays showed fluid in her lungs so possibly a bacterial infection. She also has an egg stuck in her tract that she couldn’t lay today. We started her on dewormer tonight and antibiotics were ordered. She goes back to the vet tomorrow and if she has declined then we have to make that very difficult decision that I have been dreading.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did they do anything to help her lay the egg? we use
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calcium-gluconate-for-egg-bound-ducks-preliminary.959537/
Did they give her a shot of antibiotics to get her started?
I sure hope she hasn't declined.

 

[BaileyPoole]

Did they do anything to help her lay the egg? we use
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calcium-gluconate-for-egg-bound-ducks-preliminary.959537/
Did they give her a shot of antibiotics to get her started?
I sure hope she hasn't declined.

The vet said at this point she wouldn’t consider her to be egg bound. She seems to think she will pass it on her own. No antibiotics yet but they did give her an anti-inflammatory shot, I forgot to mention that. I just got her to eat a handful of mealworms and she drank some water. So that’s a good sign I think!

 

[BaileyPoole]

Here she is getting weighed. 7 lbs 15 oz!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I had this with my geese I did charcoal flushes from pills i got from a drug store then opened them up mixed them with water and syringed it in as I had two ducks die from it before I had the stuff

 

[Miss Lydia]

The vet said at this point she wouldn’t consider her to be egg bound. She seems to think she will pass it on her own. No antibiotics yet but they did give her an anti-inflammatory shot, I forgot to mention that. I just got her to eat a handful of mealworms and she drank some water. So that’s a good sign I think!

That's great, hoping to hear she is still with you this morning and hopefully doing better.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Poultrybonkers any update?