My White Wyandotte pullet "Pearl" has had bouts with the bubbly eyes/runny nose associated with CRD in the past. Since she was last sick, I treated her with Tylan 50 (.5cc x day for 7 days), she hasn't really grown as quickly as the other birds of the same age. She's very petite, and her coloring in her face isn't red--it's light pink, barely pink at that. She looks anemic.
We've been having 100 degree heat with the index around 110, mixed with smoke (from fires in south Georgia) and regular Florida humidity making the air quality in the negative. I'm keeping the coop/pen well ventillated with fans. Pearl is showing signs of distress. Just yesterday, I found her in the far corner of the pen, sleeping, gasping and not even startling when I touched her. It was when I picked her up that she snapped out of her sleepy state and began to fight being held. She ran around, ate some of the treats I'd previously tossed out and seemed to be back to normal.
This evening, once again I came out to give treats, and there she was---sleeping with her head tucked under her wing, unresponsive to my talking to her, calling her name, etc. It took me, clapping my hands rather loudly to awaken her. This time, her eyes were watery and her beak was wet with a clear slime. She ate some treats, but she was shaking her head a lot--obviously bothered by her eyes and nose. She also smells foul, for lack of a better word--deadish even.
Because I love her, I want to fix her, but know I'm fighting a chronic illness. My instinct is to bring her inside, isolate her, treat her again with the Tylan 50 and see if that helps. It's my fear however, is that this disease will become resistant to the Tylan50 and will develop as a superbug in my other birds in the future. All of my birds have been exposed to Pearl's illness from the beginning and none are symptomatic.
So here's the hard questions: Do I let the disease run it's course and do nothing? Do I follow my first instinct and abandon all logic? Do I euthanize Pearl to keep her from suffering any more than she already is?
I would really appreciate your honest opinion/experienced answers. I'm not looking for sympathy, I just need help making the right choice.
Thank you in advance,
Ashleigh
We've been having 100 degree heat with the index around 110, mixed with smoke (from fires in south Georgia) and regular Florida humidity making the air quality in the negative. I'm keeping the coop/pen well ventillated with fans. Pearl is showing signs of distress. Just yesterday, I found her in the far corner of the pen, sleeping, gasping and not even startling when I touched her. It was when I picked her up that she snapped out of her sleepy state and began to fight being held. She ran around, ate some of the treats I'd previously tossed out and seemed to be back to normal.
This evening, once again I came out to give treats, and there she was---sleeping with her head tucked under her wing, unresponsive to my talking to her, calling her name, etc. It took me, clapping my hands rather loudly to awaken her. This time, her eyes were watery and her beak was wet with a clear slime. She ate some treats, but she was shaking her head a lot--obviously bothered by her eyes and nose. She also smells foul, for lack of a better word--deadish even.
Because I love her, I want to fix her, but know I'm fighting a chronic illness. My instinct is to bring her inside, isolate her, treat her again with the Tylan 50 and see if that helps. It's my fear however, is that this disease will become resistant to the Tylan50 and will develop as a superbug in my other birds in the future. All of my birds have been exposed to Pearl's illness from the beginning and none are symptomatic.
So here's the hard questions: Do I let the disease run it's course and do nothing? Do I follow my first instinct and abandon all logic? Do I euthanize Pearl to keep her from suffering any more than she already is?
I would really appreciate your honest opinion/experienced answers. I'm not looking for sympathy, I just need help making the right choice.
Thank you in advance,
Ashleigh
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