Crop Feeding Sick Hen, Losing Wt, Slow Crop, Liquid from Beak, Wiggling Neck

[PostageStampRanch]

Who did you call?

I called a couple of exotic bird stores in the area, regarding the Baytril/ Enrofloxacin 10%. (Before your suggestion for injectable.)

 

[casportpony]

I called a couple of exotic bird stores in the area, regarding the Baytril/ Enrofloxacin 10%. (Before your suggestion for injectable.)

Ah, yeah, selling something like that out of a store is illegal. Not sure how the online places get away with it. Enrofloxacin is prescription only, but the pigeon and game bird websites have found a way around the law, that or the FDA doesn't have the manpower to deal with them.

 

[PostageStampRanch]

The fish mox will be fine. Enrofloxacin injectable is what you should get, and it can be given orally. Fear not, giving injections is easier than tube feeding, so I am 100% sure you'll have no trouble.

For the Fish Mox, I don't have a scale for mg. How precise does the measuring need to be?

 

[casportpony]

For the Fish Mox, I don't have a scale for mg. How precise does the measuring need to be?

What's her current weight?

 

[PostageStampRanch]

What's her current weight?

My timer went off to weigh her right before reading your post. She's 3 lbs., 8 oz. (down an oz. from yesterday) on my kitchen scale.

 

[casportpony]

My timer went off to weigh her right before reading your post. She's 3 lbs., 8 oz. (down an oz. from yesterday) on my kitchen scale.

Okay, so let's round that up to 1.6 kg. If she were mine I would give her one 250 mg capsule twice a day. It's a little more than the 125 mg/kg amout, but I think there are some formularies that say as much as 150 mg/kg can be given.

 

[orrpeople]

So Kathy, you can inject the same oral enrofloxacin? Same dosage?

 

[orrpeople]

I would much rather inject than "hope for the best" (ie: that I don't end up wearing part of it) with oral. Subcutaneous? Or do you need to find a vein?

 

[casportpony]

I forgot to mention that you can get nystatin and ketoconazole without a prescription, just google Medistatin and ketoconazole for fish.

 

[casportpony]

So Kathy, you can inject the same oral enrofloxacin? Same dosage?

I would not suggest injecting the oral unless there was no other choice.