URGENT!!! Please help...Hes got worse!!

[Bigcreekpeafowl]

I have seen what injecting tylan into the breast of a bird can do. Especially the 200 mg. It made a hole big enough you could stick a bottle cap through in a pheasant.

When I was working as a vet tech I was taught to dilute the tylan with sterile water. It lessens the possibility of necrosis of the muscle and tissue.

 

[deerman]

I have seen what injecting tylan into the breast of a bird can do. Especially the 200 mg. It made a hole big enough you could stick a bottle cap through in a pheasant.
When I was working as a vet tech I was taught to dilute the tylan with sterile water. It lessens the possibility of necrosis of the muscle and tissue.

yes , only reason i would inject a bird is in the case its near death.

people need to remember tylan 200 is for a animal like cattle , so a small dime size damage not that large on a steer, but a 10 lbs bird big differents.

tylan 50 is what i us most,

 

[animalloverabh]

Thank you everyone..I have found one ( is this it? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Durvet-Tyla...?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1327140990&sr=1-1 ) But it has to be shipped over from the US....we dont have any shops around here that will sell it otherwise..but do you guys think it would be shipped over in time? And does it come with everything I need to use it? Thanks guys..I appreciate all your help

 

[animalloverabh]

Guys! He has got worse! He was laying on the floor this morning, just like my other hen a few days ago! The swelling has gone down but hes looks like he is going to die! Please tell me what to do!!!!

Some rats have got to him to...but I hope he can make it!!!!

 

[ruth]

I'm so sorry. Do you have a vet that might have some in stock? If this is second bird in a week you need to really be concerned about any others that you have. I'm also concerned that rats ate the first one and have eaten on this one while he's still alive. You might want to address the rat problem - it could be the source of the illness and death you are seeing. Meanwhile I would get him up and somewhere safe (from rats) and warm and at least ask your local vet what antibiotics they have on hand that could be given to a peacock. You will need to do a shot or have someone do it for you - IMMEDIATELY.

I wish you well.....I'm sorry but it's not sounding good.

 

[ruth]

I'm just realizing that you are a minor. Please get your parents to help you with these birds. If they are penned up the pens need to be cleaned and you must get rid of the rats. I fear that something bad is about to spread through all the birds and I think I read you have over a dozen in the pen. Please get someone to help you.

 

[Bigcreekpeafowl]

I agree with Ruth. You need to get some help fast.
That degree of rat infestation is dangerous and will take some drastic measures to stop them.

You should move them out of that pen. I realize you may not readily have another place for them but what you have described sounds like it is going to mean death to your birds if you don't.
We had a serious rat infestation 25 years ago when we had large cattle and hog herds. We did not have peafowl at that time but we had silkies and ducks. The rats seemed centered under a brooder house. They were pulling young chickens down their rat holes.
Horrible. We ended up filling it with poison and closed it up completely. Not moving anything in it for over 5 years.

Not giving my age away (ha) but I was still young then and believe me that scene left a lasting impression on me.
My Dad was in charge and he was right about the rats being one of the most tenacious, nasty, disease carrying creature. They were my silkies but without his help I would have not known what to do.

Without knowing your situation it is hard to advise you on exactly what to do. If rats were doing that to our peafowl I would be livid.
And they could be the source or carriers of disease to your peafowl.

Please try to get some help from someone, another poultry person, anyone who could assist you in securing a safe pen and who can help you with medication for them. Sorry I can't be anymore help.

 

[animalloverabh]

Thank you guys. I went up to see him today, but we were half an hour too late...he had passed away. This was our second peafowl death of the week. We have filled the holes up and put a wormer in their water to be on the safe side. Our local vet(s) don't look at peafowl and I doubt that even if we did find one..that they would just be a waste of time and money. We only have one female and 3 males left. There are two nearly yearlings in an opposite pen, but they have no access to the ground/rats as they stand on a plastic sheet, so I am guessing that they will be alright?

Do you guys know of a way to get rid of the rats? They are (and have always been) a serious problem where we live, and I think that If we put poison down, then the birds will eat it.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

So sorry about your sweet guy!

I'd try lots of rat traps where the peas can't possibly get at them.
Or, maybe a (big burly) cat as a deterrent? In my experience cats and peas pretty much ignore each other.
You do want to act on this right away, I think.

Your peas do have perches, right?

 

[ruth]

I put bait stations around my farm. They are large, locking plastic boxes which require a key to open. There is hole to the outside with a type of maze inside. Inside there is a skewer that you load wheels of rat poison on and lock it down inside. When you are done setting the trap it is safe to put out in your barns, etc. because only mice and rats can climb in it and it can be secured to walls, etc. and the poison stays inside. All of our animals freerange including lots of dogs and cats and goats so I needed something to get the mice/rate population under control since no one had lived here for 10 years when we bought the house 4 years ago and the barn had been abandoned for 40 years but I needed something safe that other animals couldn't knock over or get into. My son in law works for a professional termination company and he got the bait stations for us.

I'm so sorry about your guy and your girl that you lost this week. Please do act fast on moving them if possible. I'm not sure what you mean by the yearlings stand on plastic. And, as was asked, you do have perches for all of them right? They must be able to get off the ground. Get your parents or someone to help you. Obviously there is a disease amongst your flock and you could lose them all if you don't take drastic measures.