Wry neck chick! How often to give her food and water, and how much at a time

[Lizzy733]

Got no experience with tube feeding. The tube goes down the left side when the bird is facing you right? right??

Which side isn't what's important, as long as you don't put it in the trachea. As in the pic I put up before, it's the hole at the base if the tongue - with their mouth open, you will see it move as they are breathing. Anywhere but there is good and the further down from there, the better.

 

[Anime2lover]

Keep doing what @Lizzy733 has told you. You shouldn't need to tube or syringe feed for more than a couple days as long as you're giving vitamin E 400iu each day. Most chickens with wry neck respond very quickly to the vitamin E. Many chicken vitamins do not contain E, though. Get some at your people pharmacy in the vitamin section.

Give one whole capsule right into the beak each day. If you give it with egg, it will work faster.

We've been giving vitamin b. Will children's vitamins be alright to use??

 

[Anime2lover]

Which side isn't what's important, as long as you don't put it in the trachea. As in the pic I put up before, it's the hole at the base if the tongue - with their mouth open, you will see it move as they are breathing. Anywhere but there is good and the further down from there, the better.

OK. So it shouldn't be to hard to get the tube in the right spot then.

 

[azygous]

No. Get the adult vitamin E 400iu capsules. It's the only treatment for wry neck that works that I know of. B-vitamins can help strengthen nerve connections, but E works on the brain where wry neck comes from.

There really is no treating wry neck without E and it needs to be the right strength - 400iu.

 

[Anime2lover]

No. Get the adult vitamin E 400iu capsules. It's the only treatment for wry neck that works that I know of. B-vitamins can help strengthen nerve connections, but E works on the brain where wry neck comes from.

There really is no treating wry neck without E and it needs to be the right strength - 400iu.

Mom says we have e capsules for adults.

 

[azygous]

400iu?

 

[Anime2lover]

400iu?

We don't know. We will be checking tomorrow morning for her next feeding.*

 

[Shyon]

This is my home made “c- collar” that I used on a juvenile Silkie roo with Wry Neck. I cut a piece of pool noodle and then separated it into two halves and used hockey stick tape (lol, it’s what I had on hand) to close it together. It’s light weight, soft, but also offered a nice amount of support.

 

[Lizzy733]

OK. So it shouldn't be to hard to get the tube in the right spot then.

Not really, no. They can be really fiesty about it sometimes - they tend to like to 'back up' when you're trying to do it solo. - hence one person controlling the body and another the head, a good idea. Controlling them and their head and the syringe all by yourself can be tricky. I usually put mine on the floor and sit right on top of them with them between my legs so they can't go backwards.

There are grooves in their skull by their ears which are a great spot to hold them by when you're getting control of the head.

As mentioned though, if you can get her to eat without tube feeding, that is best as tube feeding can put birds off their food too.

I'd still keep with the smaller syringe and tube for water or stuff like polyaid - the latter only just fits through my little tube if it's thin enough and my girls don't fight the tiny tube at all.

 

[Lizzy733]

This is my home made “c- collar” that I used on a juvenile Silkie roo with Wry Neck. I cut a piece of pool noodle and then separated it into two halves and used hockey stick tape (lol, it’s what I had on hand) to close it together. It’s light weight, soft, but also offered a nice amount of support.

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Nice!