watery white poo picture..3 year old polish Hen lethargic,droopy wings

[ochochicas]

Do I need to give the tylan and metronidazole for two weeks then?

 

[SunkenRoadFarms]

Albon is sulfadimethoxine, which is sold at some feed stores as Dimethox liquid and it's also sold as a powder.

-Kathy

Yes, the Albon I used was left over from my dog. I do keep Di-Methox (as well as a variety of other meds on hand) but I have to save them for my cattle herd. It's probably important that I point out for the OP that for me, my chickens are livestock and not pets. So my husbandry approach is driven more by cost than emotions (and I don't mean that in a negative way, just couldn't think of better wording!)

 

[casportpony]

Do I need to give the tylan and metronidazole for two weeks then?

When vet suspected clostridium in one of mine she recommended that I give metronidazole at 50mg/kg twice a day for two weeks, then I think I was supposed to do it once a day for another two weeks, but I can't remember.

-Kathy

 

[ochochicas]

Quote: Thanks, I'm giving mine 50 - 60 mg once a day since she is a small bird and also getting the tylan. She's outside right now eating grass and looks better than she did on Sunday.

 

[casportpony]

Dosing info:

 

[windhillmom]

Do you think I should be giving Polish Flagyl instead of the Clavamox? I do have some from about a year ago in pill form.

 

[casportpony]

Do you think I should be giving Polish Flagyl instead of the Clavamox? I do have some from about a year ago in pill form.

I found this:

Quote:

CLAVAMOX / METRONIDAZOLE: This is a combination that would be a good choice for a deep absess or a deep flesh infection that doesn't seem to respond to any "one" drug. Metronidazole is a very penetrating drug, and allows the Clavamox "access" to cell entry in an abscess that it might otherwise not have used on its own. Metronidazole also gets some specific anaerobic bacteria of its own, while Clavamox is broader-spectrum, but the two work synergistically together.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Thanks for chiming in Kathy. You are so helpful on this forum - you should definitely get a paycheck here!

x2 on that. I wonder how many chickens and other birds she has saved through the years.

 

[MrsBrooke]

x2 on that. I wonder how many chickens and other birds she has saved through the years.

You can count one for me.

MrsB

 

[ochochicas]

I totally get the cost factor. When I was treating my rooster for an infection I had to consider how much I was willing to spend on a $5 rooster that could be replaced for free. He was a good rooster though, and fought hard, but in the end he decided it was time and we culled him. Like you said, it isn't right to make them suffer.

On a better note, my hen ate some actual chicken pellets last night. Today is her last day on corid and then I'll start her back up on some vitamins again. I put another pullet in with her and she is eating more now. She is very competitive and doesn't want the other pullet eating all the food. I think it has helped bring her spirits up. The other pullet is younger and sleeps with her head laying across the back of the larger pullet.