vent gleet cures

babychickens321

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One of my chickens has vent gleet. She has some yellowy whitish discharge but its really not a lot and im giving her yogurt.
Ive read in a lot of websites that you can apply anti fungal cream to the vent area, but I have epaderm cream. I searched it up online and it said it had anti fungi properties, but it isn't REALLY clear on the bottle if its anti fungal or not. I would use it, but I am wondering if it is harmful or bad for chickens (my epaderm cream not the anti fungal one) , or if she accidentally pecks at it whilst cleaning herself? I know that you can use athletes foot cream but will the epaderm cream work?
And ive also read that you can apply coconut oil to their vent, is this true? It will be really easy for me to apply coconut oil to her vent.
I know about the ACV in water and giving them a bath but im looking for more cures.

Thanks a lot for your help!
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this is my cream bottle

thanks for your help!

another edit: when my other chicken was laying an egg, all my chickens were up watching her. so I took the advantage and grabbed my chicken which had vent gleet and looked closer up her butt. her feathers anent caked together, but they have small yellow powder on top. Is this something else?
 
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Photo of the hen and her vent?

If she's got vent gleet, then I would use an antifungal cream. Often you can find Clotrimazole (Athlete's foot cream) at the dollar store for $1-2.

I don't know anything about the cream you have in the photo so couldn't say if you can use that or not.
 
Photo of the hen and her vent?

If she's got vent gleet, then I would use an antifungal cream. Often you can find Clotrimazole (Athlete's foot cream) at the dollar store for $1-2.

I don't know anything about the cream you have in the photo so couldn't say if you can use that or not.
thank for telling me where to buy it! Im so sorry, I really cannot get a picture of her vent, she moves too much (and that's if I manage to catch her) :rolleyes:
 
Are you in the UK? Do they sell miconazole cream or clotrimazole over the counter? That would be good, or you could get sulfur powder and mix with your cream of choice. The cream in your picture is very good for moisturizing, but not antifungal. It looks like our Working Hands cream in the US.
 
Are you in the UK? Do they sell miconazole cream or clotrimazole over the counter? That would be good, or you could get sulfur powder and mix with your cream of choice. The cream in your picture is very good for moisturizing, but not antifungal. It looks like our Working Hands cream in the US.
yes im in the uk, ill see I think I can order it from online. Would coconut oil help?
 
Coconut oil would be about the same as any other cream. Can you describe all of the symptoms she has that makes you think it is vent gleet? Here is an article about gleet in the UK that recommends soaking the hen in warm water with Epsom salts, and then using canesten cream:
https://www.bhwt.org.uk/hen-health/health-problems/vent-gleet/
Canesten is clotrimazole.
 
Coconut oil would be about the same as any other cream. Can you describe all of the symptoms she has that makes you think it is vent gleet? Here is an article about gleet in the UK that recommends soaking the hen in warm water with Epsom salts, and then using canesten cream:
https://www.bhwt.org.uk/hen-health/health-problems/vent-gleet/
Canesten is clotrimazole.
the only thing she has is some yellow things near her vent sticking her feathers together. Its not a lot, and you can barely notice it, only way I did was that in the morning there was some poop stuck there, but after a while it came off and she has had some pale yellow something stuck on her vent feathers, so when I came to look at her poop again, I just saw it.
thanks for the article!
 
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