Vent Gleet! Advice?-- HELP PLEASE SHE'S GETTING WORSE

[SulkyBantam]

I believe my hen has vent gleet. She lays less, smells a great deal, has a filthy vent and white discharge. I originally thought is was diarrhoea but now think differently.

I've dealt with this before and am going to bathe her in Epsom right now.

I have 2 problems:

A) is isolation necessary? I don't think it is contagious.
B) what could have caused it? Am I missing something here?

Thanks so much. The last hen who got this was OK so I' trying not to panic.

--Sulky


Ok so I'd love more help she needed to lay so I put her in an eggbox but she's pale and seems to find it hard to breath I need help and advice thanks so much

--Sulky

 

[MGG]

@Eggcessive @azygous @Wyorp Rock

 

[SulkyBantam]

 

[SulkyBantam]

I just bathed her...
She's kinda thin. Could it be sour crop?

 

[SulkyBantam]

@TwoCrows

 

[azygous]

Yeast can take advantage of poorly balanced microbes in the intestines. If it smells very bad, that's likely why. The treatment is two-fold. Restore her good microbes with a probiotic, yogurt, etc. And get the yeast under control with an anti-yeast med. Vent gleet is very, very stubborn, so you need this double attack strategy, and it may take a while for it to work.

It wouldn't be surprising if the yeast extends from the crop all the way to the bitter "end". Use miconazole vaginal yeast cream given by mouth as well as used liberally on the vent. You do need to keep washing her rear until this is under control, as the yeast can spread to the others.

 

[azygous]

If this does crop up in the others, you can use accidified copper sulfate in the water to treat the whole flock.

 

[SulkyBantam]

If this does crop up in the others, you can use accidified copper sulfate in the water to treat the whole flock.

Ok. I'm going to isolate her and put her on a diet of yogurt until I can get medication. Tysm.

Was I doing anything terribly wrong to have caused this? Just wondering how it can be avoided in the future.

 

[SulkyBantam]

miconazole vaginal yeast cream

where to find this?

 

[SulkyBantam]

I'm out of yogurt! What should I give her until I can get some? @azygous