Vent Gleet

[LeePetty15]

I have a 6 day old chick that I am concluding has vent gleet. She is really protruded and REALLY impacted. She has white discharge draining from her vent.
She started not eating/drinking and panting noticeably yesterday. I finally figured out what the problem was this morning after (A LOT of research) she was trying really hard to poop and basically was "prairie dogging it".
I spent an hour trying to help "free her" after a 10 min epsom salt bath. I separated her from the other 3 so she can rest in her own box. I did more research and then spent another 2 hours this afternoon repeating the same steps as this morning. I feel like I got at least half of the marble size poop ball from her.
I feel like I completely tortured her. I added vaseline to the opening/lining of the vent with a Qtip to help it slide out and also applied Monistat to her vent (I tried to inject a little and she just squeezed it out) I am hoping the Monistat might help with some swelling so she can maybe push some out after what we did all day.
I did get her to drink some water with Olive oil this morning and a tiny bit of epsom salt water this afternoon. Other than that, nothing.
They have all been getting ASV in their water as well as the vital pack w/ electrolytes the hatchery gave me. They are eating medicated chick feed and the other 3 are doing great, except one is chirping at the sick one from her box and the sick one will answer. I just want her to poop so I can get her back to her girls.
I'm letting nature run its course at this point ( with some "mom" help) but she sounds so bad when she starts chirping loudly when she tries to poop.

It's prayers for her at this point.......

 

[dunnmom]

Poor baby! I'm so sorry... Hope she pulls through. If this comes up again, you could maybe try some probiotics to help get rid of the yeasties that cause it. I use human probiotics on my girls whenever they get sick-ish and it seems to help, but they do make some specifically formulated for chickens.

 

[LeePetty15]

Poor baby! I'm so sorry... Hope she pulls through. If this comes up again, you could maybe try some probiotics to help get rid of the yeasties that cause it. I use human probiotics on my girls whenever they get sick-ish and it seems to help, but they do make some specifically formulated for chickens.

Thank you. I will get some to have on hand.
Sadly she passed last night. I felt so bad for her, so little and helpless. Her friend (JackJack) seems to have stopped calling for her. They may have been sisters. They have the same markings on their head and are the same size. And honestly that was almost as sad listening to them chirp back and forth.
She will be buried in the yard with 2 lizards and our first cat. On the other hand, the other 3 seem to be doing very well. They are eating, drinking and pooping.
Do you think that it would be wise to give them a bit of yogurt for a boost or would it cause any issues?

 

[dunnmom]

Thank you. I will get some to have on hand.
Sadly she passed last night. I felt so bad for her, so little and helpless. Her friend (JackJack) seems to have stopped calling for her. They may have been sisters. They have the same markings on their head and are the same size. And honestly that was almost as sad listening to them chirp back and forth.
She will be buried in the yard with 2 lizards and our first cat. On the other hand, the other 3 seem to be doing very well. They are eating, drinking and pooping.
Do you think that it would be wise to give them a bit of yogurt for a boost or would it cause any issues?

Awww! That is so sad. I'm sorry you lost her. Rest in peace little baby. As young as they are, I would avoid giving dairy. You can give them probiotic, but it should be non-dairy if you can find it, and mixed into their water or wet mash made from their crumble.

If you can't find it, yogurt is an ok second choice. Plain yogurt is best because the gleet yeasties feed off of sugars. My hens tried yogurt as chicks, but were not a big fan. I wouldn't think it was necessary unless other chicks seemed to be having problems. Best of luck with your other chicks!

 

[LeePetty15]

Awww! That is so sad. I'm sorry you lost her. Rest in peace little baby. As young as they are, I would avoid giving dairy. You can give them probiotic, but it should be non-dairy if you can find it, and mixed into their water or wet mash made from their crumble.

If you can't find it, yogurt is an ok second choice. Plain yogurt is best because the gleet yeasties feed off of sugars. My hens tried yogurt as chicks, but were not a big fan. I wouldn't think it was necessary unless other chicks seemed to be having problems. Best of luck with your other chicks!

Thank you!