Unsecure chicken perches

[Rubyismyduck]

hi,

 

My hen has a problem with her stomache and we have been to the vets and got medicine, me being incredibly stupid gave her 1.0 ml of antibiotics instead of 0.1, I am afraid that my hen may die because of my mistake.

 

please write back soon, I am so scared

[fluffy chick]

How long ago did you give the dose? What does your hen look like?

[Rubyismyduck]

i gave her it this morning and thus evening (before noicing the dosage) she has just been sleepy, but she has been for days before vet

[fluffy chick]

so did you give 1.0ml twice or in total?

[Rubyismyduck]

twice

 

is there a way i could make her throw it up? in her crop is just water/meds

[fluffy chick]

Right. If it is recent it may stay in the crop for a little while. Although her crop may well be empty if she is unwell so it may have passed straight through.

 

I would wait to see tbh. Are you meant to give any more tomorrow? I would miss the next dose if that's the case. Can you call your vet or are they close?

 

 

Just read your reply. Have you ever emptied a crop?

[Rubyismyduck]

she has an apointment tommorow morning. When my other hen was ill we had to empty her crop, putting her head down and massaging her crop as so the vet did.

[gongladosh]

It's not that big a dose anyway - she should be fine. We've done similar with no adverse effect.

 

I wouldn't empty her crop - there's little to be gained and it may complicate things if you do it wrongly.

[fluffy chick]

In that case perhaps emptying her crop will stress her and if it's not a huge dose I would wait and see till the morning.

[Rubyismyduck]

ok, thank you very much!

[taz1967]

Sorry fort jumping in on this. But how do you empty a crop. One of our new chickens has been making funny sounds most of the day. I think she has got something stuck in her crop. I cant be sure as ive not been in all day but ,my wife says shes not seen her eat since starting to make the sounds, but she did eat some veg that was put in.........

 

Is it a bad move for me to try and massage out the crop????

 

Dont really want to go to the vets on a bank holiday as will cost a fortune.......... Yes I know mean ol me. But as much as I cant see suffering I cannot justify paying a callout fee for something that cost me a few pounds. OK, I know i sound like a right ol git and a horrible man so I apologise upfront and now for my comments.

 

Gary

[Chucky Mama]

She should be fine, I wouldn't worry too much, there is quite a margin of error allowed for most antibiotics and it is too late to do anything now anyway.

[fluffy chick]

How are things this morning?

[Rubyismyduck]

hey,

 

sorry i havn't been on in a while.

well she had to be put down by the vet, not because of the antibiotics but because whatever she had was unknown to the vet and not something we could deal with. sadly i am now down to 1 hen (i have another post about that) and some advise on this 1 would be great

 

thanks

[gongladosh]

poor girl. RIP!!

[mollyripkim]

Sorry to hear that, at least you know it wasn't something you did and obviously tried your best for her.