Wry neck...Treat or euthanize?? UPDATED with GREAT results!!

[Trophamus]

Just thought i would say i had a round araucana with wry neck twisting her neck completally sideways after a few weeks she just got better and i can't tell her apart from the others anymore!!

 

[BetsyOK]

Sounds like she is in pretty good shape. A friend showed a silkie roo at Shawnee last December that had had wry neck. I asked him, because he was "tucking" his beak in toward his chest some. That's how mine started, and she occasionally tucked it a little bit after she recovered. When she did that, I gave her a dose or two of Vitamin E and it eventually stopped completely. He said, yes, he'd had wry neck. He was a beautiful bird and showed well.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I wanted to revive this thread and report a positive result! The silkie pullet has completely recovered from the wry neck and is now enjoying being back out with her buddies.

This was the regimen we use:

Vit. E (400mg) snip the tip off a capsule and squeeze into mouth twice a day for 10 days, then every other day for another 5 days
Selenium (25mcg) dissolve one 250mcg tablet in 2 ml water and give 0.2cc once a day for 10 days, then every other day for another 5 days
Prednisone 1mg. dissolve one 10 mg tablet in 2 ml water and give 0.2cc twice a day for 5 days, then once a day for 5 days, then every other day for 5 days
B-Complex purchased in liquid form from Walgreens; 0.5 cc twice a day for 5 days, then once a day for 5 days, then every other day for 5 days

 

[Bat Cave Silkies]

so good to hear your little girl is better!!

I have to ask~~where do you get your Prednisone~~the vet?

 

[spike844]

Where do you get the prednisone???

I need some now for my chicken.

-Noah

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I had a family member on it and used some of theirs.

 

[Squishypuff]

The one I treated for Wry neck (also Silkie), I used the same regimen- though I cut the pills up into the right dosages, crushed the pills, and put them into water to squirt them into the beak. My small animal vet refused to prescribe the Prednisone, and suggest an avian specialist. My horse vet called the Pred into Walmart's pharmacy. Boy were they confused by my picking up an order for "Chicken Lesovoy"

It is totally worth it to treat wry neck. The PRed was only $4, and the rest of the vitamins were under $7 all together.

 

[dolly85]

I had a black silkie with wry neck last month. All I did was give her some liquid baby vitamin and vit E mixed together once a day. Within a week she was fine. I really don't think prednisone is neccessary in treating wry neck, the extra vitamins work just fine and don't carry the risk of side effects.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

If a vitamin deficiency is the cause of the wry neck, then it makes sense that the supplements would work to correct the problem. Unfortunately, that is not the only thing that causes wry neck and I have used the vitamins for 10 days with no results..until I added the prednisone.

 

[Squishypuff]

I only used the Pred because of the severity. Mine had massive swelling of his head, without the Pred he would not have made it. On a minor case, I'd probably not go the Pred route.