sirenaspring
Chirping
- May 1, 2022
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Hello folks! I made a post a few days ago and I didn't have a ton of information to go off on since it was my dad's hen and I only visit once or twice a week.
Previously, I wrote about the hen's head being swollen, one eye being shut completely, and bleeding ears. She was still eating and drinking okay. Just the head was looking rough. I took her to the vet and the vet tech freaked out. It didn't look good.
The Vet said it was fowl pox and that she was having some respiratory issues, and gave me some antibiotics, a cream (silver sulfadiazine), a cleaning solution, and anti-inflammatory medicine. (I did warn my dad that his flock might have fowl pox so he's keeping an eye on things.)
It's been 2 days and it has gotten so much worse! Both her eyes are nearly shut and she has bloody scabs on her head. I have her inside a small cage, lined up with pee pads and there's a lot of her dander there. On the positive, she's still eating and drinking okay. I kept giving her the medications and cleaned up her wounds, and she took them pretty well. Better than my own socialized hens.
As I was checking up on her recently, I saw little mites crawling around her face. I have no idea how I missed this! There aren't that many, just spotted one or two but that usually means there's more. So I rushed to clean her up again with a cotton ball and solution, then put some Vaseline on the worst of the wounds with a Q-tip. I avoided the nostrils and the eyes as much as possible. I also sprayed some Poultry Protector under her wings and rubbed it on her neck area and her back.
I still think she has fowl pox and the mites might be a secondary issue but I'm not totally sure.
Any other advice would be appreciated. I want to keep trying to help her and I want to avoid culling her until we know it's time to do so.
Previously, I wrote about the hen's head being swollen, one eye being shut completely, and bleeding ears. She was still eating and drinking okay. Just the head was looking rough. I took her to the vet and the vet tech freaked out. It didn't look good.
The Vet said it was fowl pox and that she was having some respiratory issues, and gave me some antibiotics, a cream (silver sulfadiazine), a cleaning solution, and anti-inflammatory medicine. (I did warn my dad that his flock might have fowl pox so he's keeping an eye on things.)
It's been 2 days and it has gotten so much worse! Both her eyes are nearly shut and she has bloody scabs on her head. I have her inside a small cage, lined up with pee pads and there's a lot of her dander there. On the positive, she's still eating and drinking okay. I kept giving her the medications and cleaned up her wounds, and she took them pretty well. Better than my own socialized hens.
As I was checking up on her recently, I saw little mites crawling around her face. I have no idea how I missed this! There aren't that many, just spotted one or two but that usually means there's more. So I rushed to clean her up again with a cotton ball and solution, then put some Vaseline on the worst of the wounds with a Q-tip. I avoided the nostrils and the eyes as much as possible. I also sprayed some Poultry Protector under her wings and rubbed it on her neck area and her back.
I still think she has fowl pox and the mites might be a secondary issue but I'm not totally sure.
Any other advice would be appreciated. I want to keep trying to help her and I want to avoid culling her until we know it's time to do so.
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I hope I can help her but there are 0 vets that specialize in poultry medicine in my area.
