Weak Peahen, Can't walk without stumbling and toppling over.

[casportpony]

I heard a story about a vet that tubed mineral oil to a horse and accidentally aspirated some of the oil... He died.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

I heard a story about a vet that tubed mineral oil to a horse and accidentally aspirated some of the oil... He died.

-Kathy

the vet or the horse?

 

[casportpony]

 
I heard a story about a vet that tubed mineral oil to a horse and accidentally aspirated some of the oil... He died.

-Kathy

the vet or the horse?

Sorry... It was the vet! He removed the pump, went to blow what was left in the tube and aspirated a little oil.

-Kathy

 

[enola]

Lord, did i misread that! I was feeling sorry for the horse and his owner.......

 

[casportpony]

Lord, did i misread that! I was feeling sorry for the horse and his owner.......

It's my fault, I can't tell stories very well.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

Lord, did i misread that! I was feeling sorry for the horse and his owner.......

X 2! Me too! and I still feel sorry for the horse,,,,, owner.

 

[casportpony]

How is she?

-Kathy

 

[Cheeptrix]

UPDATE ON WEAK PEAHEN!! SHE HAS RECOVERED!!
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and concern about my sick hen, "Darla". I particularly want to thank Kathy (Castportpony) for all of her knowledge and encouragement. Darla would not have survived without her help. She checked up on us throughout the whole treatment process which lasted from December 9 through January 11.

I brought her in and put her in our garage workroom in a large dog kennel. I kept the room temperature at 80 degrees. She was at death's doorstep. Fecal analysis revealed she had a heavy load of both coccidia and capallaria. I started tube feeding her with baby bird formula 5 times a day, adding doses of metronidazole, Corid, Safeguard, and Baytril. Trying to cover all the bases.

After about 2 weeks, she was getting stronger, and her poop looked better, but she still was not eating enough on her on. I had another fecal checked, and it showed she still had some capallaria. So I gave another round of Safeguard. The following week, another fecal check showed she still had some coccidia, so another week of Corid.

By this time she is starting to eat well on her on, so I stopped with the tube feedings. One more fecal sample and it finally came out clear. I thought she might be ready to go back to the pen, but the weather was awful. The temperatures didn't get above 20 degrees all week.

I had been gradually turning down the temperature in her room for a couple of weeks to acclimate her back to the outside. The coolest I could get the room was 50 degrees. But yesterday, the temperature got into the 40's so we made the decision to put her back in her pen with her mate, "Buckwheat".

It was quite a sweet reunion.



Who can tell me why the male lowers his head like this? He did this when we first introduced Darla to him 2 years ago. Is it a sign of submission as to not appear threatening?

Anyway, they are happy to be back together.

 

[DylansMom]

UPDATE ON WEAK PEAHEN!! SHE HAS RECOVERED!!
Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and concern about my sick hen, "Darla". I particularly want to thank Kathy (Castportpony) for all of her knowledge and encouragement. Darla would not have survived without her help. She checked up on us throughout the whole treatment process which lasted from December 9 through January 11.

I brought her in and put her in our garage workroom in a large dog kennel. I kept the room temperature at 80 degrees. She was at death's doorstep. Fecal analysis revealed she had a heavy load of both coccidia and capallaria. I started tube feeding her with baby bird formula 5 times a day, adding doses of metronidazole, Corid, Safeguard, and Baytril. Trying to cover all the bases.

After about 2 weeks, she was getting stronger, and her poop looked better, but she still was not eating enough on her on. I had another fecal checked, and it showed she still had some capallaria. So I gave another round of Safeguard. The following week, another fecal check showed she still had some coccidia, so another week of Corid.

By this time she is starting to eat well on her on, so I stopped with the tube feedings. One more fecal sample and it finally came out clear. I thought she might be ready to go back to the pen, but the weather was awful. The temperatures didn't get above 20 degrees all week.

I had been gradually turning down the temperature in her room for a couple of weeks to acclimate her back to the outside. The coolest I could get the room was 50 degrees. But yesterday, the temperature got into the 40's so we made the decision to put her back in her pen with her mate, "Buckwheat".

It was quite a sweet reunion.



Who can tell me why the male lowers his head like this? He did this when we first introduced Darla to him 2 years ago. Is it a sign of submission as to not appear threatening?

Anyway, they are happy to be back together.

What a wonderfully happy ending!

I do not know why the males do that, several of mine do it as well, and several do not.

My green has never had a crest as he does this constantly and the ladies peck his crest right off the minute it starts to grow in!

 

[thndrdancr]

Thrilled to hear she is all better!