Weak, thin peahen -- Help please!

[casportpony]

Quote: Is there a petsmart or petco near you? If so, go get some aquarium air line, but be sure to melt the end with a lighter so it's not to sharp. As for amount, my hens get 60 ml at a time. Might be best to tube pedialtye or gatorade instead of water.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Don't worry about tubing food, just get the fluids into her.

-Kathy

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Don't worry about tubing food, just get the fluids into her.

-Kathy

Okay! She does actually have some water in her crop so I think she's drinking some on her own, but of course that doesn't rule out dehydration. In fact she has some clear mucus in her mouth so I'm definitely thinking I need to get some hydration in her.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Can you get your hands on some lactated ringers and give subcutaneous fluids?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

And does she feel warm to the touch or cool?

-Kathy

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I put her on a heating pad and gave her just a little bit of warm water by syringe, and she had a seizure in my arms and passed away.

Very sad.... Rest in peace, Charlotte, I'm going to miss you a lot...

She didn't look so bad off earlier in the day but went downhill awfully fast. Poor thing. She was warm to the touch and alert up to the end.

I'm considering having a necropsy done.

 

[casportpony]

I put her on a heating pad and gave her just a little bit of warm water by syringe, and she had a seizure in my arms and passed away.

Very sad.... Rest in peace, Charlotte, I'm going to miss you a lot...

She didn't look so bad off earlier in the day but went downhill awfully fast. Poor thing. She was warm to the touch and alert up to the end.

I'm considering having a necropsy done.

I am so sorry!

-Kathy

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

I'm so sorry, i hate saying this but, sometimes no matter what we do we will still have a bird that look good in the morning and dead in the evening.