Wet pox

[Eddie12109]

Hi all,
I have two hens who both have fowl pox. I noticed Eddie had a little bump on her comb, just above her nare and @azygous brought up fowl pox. This was on April 30, since then, Eddie, my 9 year old, has had a super easy time with this. She has no wet pox and the dry pox she started out with has not spread and it contained to the front part of her comb.
Dev, my 7-8 year old, has had it worse. Her dry pox has spread more on her comb but now seems to be slowly going away. Throughout this time I have noticed that Dev does have one lesion in her throat. It first showed up, then the actual protruding part went away and later grew back. I have not been concerned over this lesion since it is not big and has not spread. This morning though, the lesion has two bloody spots on it. They appear to be open wounds and are very small. More like pinpricks. Any idea why this would happen? The lesion is behind her tongue.
@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @dawg53 @TwoCrows

I have been changing their waters everyday and cleaning out their food bowls every night. I have been putting betadine on their dry pox.

 

[azygous]

The lesion, if not interfering with eating and swallowing may be simply a tissue overgrowth associated with aging. As long as Dev is behaving normally, eating well, try not to worry!

 

[Eddie12109]

I am attaching a recent picture of Devs wet pox. It is spreading even though Dev has had wet pox since April 30. Is there anything besides betadine on the dry pox and, only if it is severe, removing the wet pox? I am not interested in removing the wet pox, just don’t want it to become like threatening. The picture only shows a portion of it. She also has the lesions on the other side of her mouth and in the back of her throat.
She also has a few new dry pox dots popping up.

Meanwhile Eddie has not had any wet pox or and new dry pox since April 30.

Could dev have gotten bit by another mosquito carrying fowl pox during this time and got it again even though she still has it?

 

[azygous]

Pox is supposed to give immunity to further outbreaks in the affected chicken, or that's the way I've understood if. If the lesions in the mouth are very numerous, it could be canker. It would need to be treated with metronidazole. If the lesions are numerous and threatening to close off her airway and esophagus, I wouldn't wait to be sure of a diagnosis.

 

[Eddie12109]

Would it harm her to give metronidazole now just in case?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is there a bad odor? Canker usually has a bad odor.

 

[Eddie12109]

I will see tomorrow but I have checked twice a day since April 30 and I can’t remember a bad odor... do you know what kind of odor it is?

 

[TwoCrows]

@dawg53

Isn't wet pox more cheesy looking? That might be canker instead. In which case you would want to use Metronidazole along with Acidified Copper Sulfate in her water.

 

[dawg53]

@Eddie12109 Canker has a foul odor that cant be missed, smell Devs breath if you can. Metronidazole or Acidified Copper will treat it. Birds remain carriers for life and will spread it via waterers. The Acidified Copper Sulfate will keep it in check if given once a month.
Canker can initially show yellow lesions but turn necrotic in time. ACS would be the best choice IMO. Metronidazole is more expensive than ACS.

There isnt any treatment for wet pox.

Personally. Whether it's wet pox or canker, I would cull in a heartbeat.

 

[Eddie12109]

I smelled Eddie’s first and nothing was noticeable, Eddie doesn’t have any lesions in her mouth.
I then smelled Devs and there was really no bad odor. It might have been a little stronger than Eddie’s but it didn’t smell bad to me at all.
And I’m surprised to see that some of it has reduced in size overnight, it seems like it does that though. Where sometimes there’s a lot of it and other times they are small.

I already have both metronidazole and acidified copper sulfate ready.

Should I go ahead and give metronidazole just in case? Her mouth did not smell pungent though.