Treating for gleet, possible secondary infection. Duramycin?

[Angelight]

Pretty much as stated, my hen has symptoms of gleet. I've been giving her garlic and ACV in her water, yogurt, epsom baths for about 20 minutes when I can (I have 3 little ones so not every day, which is crappy, I know.), and she's not looking better. I've been spraying her vent with iodine solution, as well. Her vent smells, looks infected. She's still laying, walking, eating, drinking, etc. I have duramycin. The only things Tractor Supply has are duramycin and penicillin. Looked through all of the magazines and books on chickens in the store to try to get a better idea of what's going on and none of them mentioned yeast or gleet. Employees called around to other TSs and they hadn't heard of gleet so they recommended baths and said I could do duramycin or penicillin. I grabbed duramycin. Her water is in a water bottle, not a trough, so it stays clean. Her food is in a small dish so it gets changed and cleaned every day. She seems healthy, no sign of this in other birds. Before I give this to her, any other ideas? I prefer not to give antibiotics when they can be avoided but I don't know what else to do at this point.

 

[casportpony]

If she has vent gleet (yeast infection), antibiotics can make it worse. If you live in Canada, I think you can get Diflucan over the counter... Your other options are Nystatin or *maybe* Miconazole, but only Nystatin is labeled as oral medication and you would have to order it. Whatever you give, it will need to be oral since you have no way of telling how much of the intestine is affected and the meds mentioned will only work if they touch the affected parts. Make sense?

This is Nystatin and it can be ordered without a prescription, just do a google search for Medistatin.

 

[Krystalkate]

If she has vent gleet (yeast infection), antibiotics can make it worse. If you live in Canada, I think you can get Diflucan over the counter... Your other options are Nystatin or *maybe* Miconazole, but only Nystatin is labeled as oral medication and you would have to order it. Whatever you give, it will need to be oral since you have no way of telling how much of the intestine is affected and the meds mentioned will only work if they touch the affected parts. Make sense?

This is Nystatin and it can be ordered without a prescription, just do a google search for Medistatin.

Do they eat this or do you inject it in the vent?

 

[casportpony]

Do they eat this or do you inject it in the vent?

You would have to give it orally.