Vent gleet help

[Ivygrows8]

I have to go to town now but i gave her a boiled egg and she GOBBLED it up. Ill give her some more when i get back

 

[BugStalker]

I think a boiled egg would be ok, if she likes it. Oh. Good, it seems she does!

 

[Ivygrows8]

Im going to pick her up some yogurt (reading what type she can get rn) and proper probiotics along with anything else i can find that might help today in town. We have a grocery store and a small farm store that i know has probiotics but not many other sick chicken things, any ideas what i should get her? I dont think she has enough strength to eat her normal food or really do anything besides very slowly walk so im not very hopeful for her

 

[BugStalker]

Digestive issues are hard on birds. They can recover, if it doesn't become too complicated, but it can be scary. It's important that they keep eating and drinking.

They can't digest milk, so it can make droppings look weird if the yogurt is milk-based. This can sometimes hide improvement. Probiotic powder sprinkled on her food, or a tiny bit in her beak, (maybe as a wet paste so she doesn't inhale it,) can be helpful.

Sometimes I try unsweetened applesauce for pectin, or meal worms or bsfl for protein. Sometimes their needs and interest in foods change, so it's good to have a variety on hand.

 

[Ivygrows8]

Yea i just got her yogurt, thanks for the tip on the poop with that. Gonna get probiotics for her water. We have a chick recovering after having coccidiosis (we didnt have them on medicated feed unbeknownst to me) and it really is scary. She was in horrible condition and now she looks like she just wont grow or anything even though she no longer has it. Im gonna give her (the adult hen who this is about) yogurt, some mashed wet chicken feed, and boiled eggs while shes too sick to eat so she should have enough options. I have whole apples i can mash and dried soldier fly larvae (which has a good amount of protein), would you recommend i offer her some? I know she likes them

 

[BugStalker]

Bsfl are usually a good food to try. I would recommend it.

I would try a little applesauce to see if she likes it. Sometimes they don't.

They sometimes like leafy green vegetables chopped, for fiber and nutrition. They sometimes eat kale when they don't want grass, or vice versa. I try anything the others eat, but choose tender leaves and cut it up small. She might not want much fiber, yet.

Have grit available to her, too.

Coccidiosis does seem to try to stunt them, because it can basically scar intestines, making it harder to absorb nutrients. Vitamin supplements can sometimes make it easier.

 

[Ivygrows8]

I dont have applesauce on hand but like i said ill try some mashed apple, i gave her a few bsfl, some yogurt and mashed a bit of her usual food for her. Im thinking ill give her chick grit since for some reason we dont have adult grit (and since its smaller it might be easier for her to eat). Ill also see about some greens cause they all ate the grass in the pen shes in so she cant have any of that. Thanks!

 

[BugStalker]

Sorry, I meant Apple mash. Sounds good. She'll be a picky eater, but it sounds like she'll have a good menu to choose from.

 

[Ivygrows8]

Shes been enjoying these foods (especially the yogurt) but now theres a new issue: she isnt drinking. I dont have an available syringe and shes not very well handled so she hates my attempts to grab her head. I need to get her hydrated cause i doubt she is at all right now. Any ideas? I have some foods with high water content i could try: cucumber, apple (unfortunately we currently have expensive apples that someone i live with wants all for himself so if we could avoid that that would be great), chia seeds (she loves them and when soaked in water they have a lot of water content), and im giving her mashed chicken feed with water but she doesnt love it.