Vent Gleet

[casportpony]

Quote: But only if there is no water in her crop. Doing this when there is water in the crop could cause her to vomit, aspirate the fluids and drown or get aspiration pneumonia.

-Kathy

 

[julie42a]

Oh that sounds even worse than giving them a bath! Louise tolerates stuff pretty well, but Thelma gets all kinds of mad. I have a huge scratch from dusting them for mites. But I will try. Is the advantage that it gets the whole feather and doesn't leave pokey ends for stuff to get stuck on?

 

[casportpony]

Oh that sounds even worse than giving them a bath! Louise tolerates stuff pretty well, but Thelma gets all kinds of mad. I have a huge scratch from dusting them for mites. But I will try. Is the advantage that it gets the whole feather and doesn't leave pokey ends for stuff to get stuck on?

That's why I do it.

-Kathy

 

[julie42a]

Well that does make sense. I'm still pretty sure Louise has vent gleet based on the mess and the smell, but I've read so much scary stuff on worms that I definitely want to worm everybody even though I haven't seen any worms. I bought Safeguard liquid for goats but the dosing is a little confusing. What do you use?

 

[casportpony]

How old is she and what breed?

-Kathy

 

[julie42a]

And how long after treating them are you not supposed to eat the eggs? And WHY aren't you supposed to eat the eggs? Is the stuff poisonous? Because if it is, why can the chickens eat it? (I'm sorry if that makes me sound like an idiot, I swear I'm not always, but the egg withdrawal seems strange to me.)

 

[casportpony]

And how long after treating them are you not supposed to eat the eggs? And WHY aren't you supposed to eat the eggs? Is the stuff poisonous? Because if it is, why can the chickens eat it? (I'm sorry if that makes me sound like an idiot, I swear I'm not always, but the egg withdrawal seems strange to me.)

I think it's because the low amount of residual medication could cause problems to people that have allergies to that drug. Could also cause resistance to that drug if you have parasites, lol. Safeguard is very safe and is used in pregnant horses, breeding stallions, foals, cats, kittens, dogs, puppies, cows, calves, goats, sheep, pigs, reptiles, etc. and poultry.

-Kathy

 

[julie42a]

Thelma and Louise are approximately 22 weeks and are BIG. They were labled red sex links and red rangers at the feed store, so I don't really know their breed for sure I guess. I was told they were dual purpose birds, but the kid at the store wasn't too sure of things. Then I have Marshmellow who is a leghorn and 20 weeks and 2 SLW's who are around 16 weeks.

 

[casportpony]

Any chance you could weigh them?

-Kathy

 

[julie42a]

So if I DID eat the eggs it probably wouldn't be catastophic?