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alligatorr said:
Just wanted to make an update. The right eye (the one with the iris that turned reddish brown and the pupil that turned cloudy) seems like it's back to normal but now the previously good eye has gone cloudy, not in the same way as the other one. It started with whitish spots on the outside of the iris and now half the eyeball is pretty cloudy.

It took my chick 13 hours to poop again after the night it pooped blood then it pooped again after 7-8 hours (poop was wet and pinkish). Today, it took about 10 hours before it pooped (wet orangey brown) but it's only pooped once today which is very unusual and idk what this is a symptom of.

The cloudy eyes make me think it has Marek's. It's consistent with other symptoms like wry neck and weak legs but idk how likely that is since the chick has been living inside our house away from the rest of the flock outside. Also, the other chicks have grown with 0 problems.

I also fear it has coccidiosis but its diarrhea and bloody poop are also consistent with Vitamin E overdose which I think I did.

I also think it has a respiratory problem because despite tube feeding it at least 5x a day for the last 2 weeks, I still mess up sometimes and the food goes back up its throat. I'm not sure if it's breathing heavier than normal or of I'm imagining it but when the food goes up, it starts gasping. Sometimes it opens and closes its mouth a bit while sleeping. Idk if it's cause of pneumonia or trouble breathing from its twisted neck. I feel like I've really messed up. Now I don't know what to treat it for. Do I rule out Marek's and treat it as vitamin deficiency? should I treat it for coccidiosis? should I treat it for aspiration pneumonia?

Idk which to handle first since I know amprolium shouldn't be mixed with vitamins but my chick needs them. I've also given it antibacterial but idk if that'll mess with the amprolium or vitamins. I don't know where to start and I feel like there's nothing I can do 😞
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Poor little chick. I'll tag the experts.
@azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive
 
My chick just passed away. Thank you to everyone who gave advice. I'd been caring for it? him? her? for two weeks and I'm honestly surprised and proud she made it this long because I thought she would pass so many times before. Every night, before bed, I would wonder if that was the last night I would see her. But she really kept fighting.

She got better then worse then better and then just kept declining from there. But there were small wins I celebrated like solid poop and eyes opening but they were unfortunately short-lived.

I'm kind of beating myself up because I think I accidentally caused her to aspirate today and maybe that's why she died. With all the conditions she had, I would be so upset with myself if she passed because of a dumb mistake I made. But for the past few days she already had trouble breathing whenever her neck was in the wrong position. Today, she was gasping so much it scared me but I still couldn't find it in me to cull her. I just held her in my hand until she passed. Her body shook, her eyes opened and then she just stopped. Kind of traumatizing tbh. Even while holding her lifeless body, I still hoped I'd get a glimpse of her chest going up and down or that she'd wake up but she was gone. I wrapped her up like a burrito (I would do that to feed her so I called her Burrito) and will bury her in the morning.

I spent a good time crying but I'm glad she doesn't need to suffer anymore. Thank you again to everyone who responded. This is a bit of a long post but I'm just feeling a lot of feelings right now. I just wanted her to make it so bad.
 
alligatorr said:
My chick just passed away. Thank you to everyone who gave advice. I'd been caring for it? him? her? for two weeks and I'm honestly surprised and proud she made it this long because I thought she would pass so many times before. Every night, before bed, I would wonder if that was the last night I would see her. But she really kept fighting.

She got better then worse then better and then just kept declining from there. But there were small wins I celebrated like solid poop and eyes opening but they were unfortunately short-lived.

I'm kind of beating myself up because I think I accidentally caused her to aspirate today and maybe that's why she died. With all the conditions she had, I would be so upset with myself if she passed because of a dumb mistake I made. But for the past few days she already had trouble breathing whenever her neck was in the wrong position. Today, she was gasping so much it scared me but I still couldn't find it in me to cull her. I just held her in my hand until she passed. Her body shook, her eyes opened and then she just stopped. Kind of traumatizing tbh. Even while holding her lifeless body, I still hoped I'd get a glimpse of her chest going up and down or that she'd wake up but she was gone. I wrapped her up like a burrito (I would do that to feed her so I called her Burrito) and will bury her in the morning.

I spent a good time crying but I'm glad she doesn't need to suffer anymore. Thank you again to everyone who responded. This is a bit of a long post but I'm just feeling a lot of feelings right now. I just wanted her to make it so bad.
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:hugsI'm very sorry about your little chick.
You gave her comfort and cared for her. Sometimes no matter what you do, they can fail to thrive.
 

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