Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Your animals are so fortunate to have your
nursing skills I remember amoxicillin was used for one of my respiratory infections.

Are the 'cillins-related antibiotics for general body infections or are they for specific infections? What can tetracyclines be used for?

Different 'antibiotics' act on different bacterium. There a basically gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, and the different antibiotics usually act on one of the other.

Amoxicillin is what is known as 'broad-spectrum' antibiotic. It will work with both types of bacteria - usually. It's in the same family as penicillin, usually used in respiratory infections, ear infections, etc.

Tetracycline are also a broad-spectrum antibiotic, it seems to be out of favour these days, likely due to resistance. It used to be used for treating coccidiosis in livestock, but now they are using Sulpha-Trim, that is what I used with the youngest chicks last year when they were ill.

I generally try not to use antibiotics, but with sever diarrhea, or a respiratory illness, retained eggs, lash egg, I will whack the antibiotics to them and not take any chances.

Last year Sophia became very ill and had respiratory issues, I assessed some sort of ascitis, when I drained her abdomen it was a terrible green/black fluid. I immediately put her on a heavy does of Amoxicillin for 10 days. She started feeling better after a couple days thankfully. I keep a very close eye on her, and she gets aspirin at night to help with any inflammatory response to any internal egg laying.

 

[TOMTE]

Different 'antibiotics' act on different bacterium. There a basically gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, and the different antibiotics usually act on one of the other.

Amoxicillin is what is known as 'broad-spectrum' antibiotic. It will work with both types of bacteria - usually. It's in the same family as penicillin, usually used in respiratory infections, ear infections, etc.

Tetracycline are also a broad-spectrum antibiotic, it seems to be out of favour these days, likely due to resistance. It used to be used for treating coccidiosis in livestock, but now they are using Sulpha-Trim, that is what I used with the youngest chicks last year when they were ill.

I generally try not to use antibiotics, but with sever diarrhea, or a respiratory illness, retained eggs, lash egg, I will whack the antibiotics to them and not take any chances.

Last year Sophia became very ill and had respiratory issues, I assessed some sort of ascitis, when I drained her abdomen it was a terrible green/black fluid. I immediately put her on a heavy does of Amoxicillin for 10 days. She started feeling better after a couple days thankfully. I keep a very close eye on her, and she gets aspirin at night to help with any inflammatory response to any internal egg laying.

Do you give probiotics during antibiotic treatment? When I had my last 2 wisdom teeth pulled, they put me on amoxicillin for I think 10 days. My stomach hurt so bad for the first few days until my grandma bought me some probiotic yogurt to eat a couple hours before and a couple hours after taking the pills. Antibiotics kill good bacteria along with the bad so probiotics help protect and reestablish the culture in the guts.

 

[Ponypoor]

Do you give probiotics during antibiotic treatment? When I had my last 2 wisdom teeth pulled, they put me on amoxicillin for I think 10 days. My stomach hurt so bad for the first few days until my grandma bought me some probiotic yogurt to eat a couple hours before and a couple hours after taking the pills. Antibiotics kill good bacteria along with the bad so probiotics help protect and reestablish the culture in the guts.

No, but eating regular meals is one way to ensure that your gut isn't empty and irritated by the medication.

Amoxicillin is best take with a meal so that you don't get nauseated. The chooks eat continuously so that helps them. And their method of digestion is different than a mammals.

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes they drive the cats wild. Usually I get woken by the cats to find the poor exhausted bat hanging from the curtain pole.
Apparently the reason bats are such an issue is that you wouldn't know if you had been bitten and if they fly over you might get fluids in your eye, nose, mouth without knowing.
It has only happened a few times and I have had a bat expert come to try and figure out where they got in - but it remains a mystery.
The flying squirrel's port of entry is also a mystery.

Bat tax: BFTP the beautiful Eli who died way too young. So sorry Eli.
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And bats are so small they can fit through the tiniest of cracks.

How about under a cupboard? or the counter? I would look inside your cupboards to see if there are any areas they can be getting in from.

The squirrel would be a bit more of a larger opening. Could it have been brought in by one of the cats? Mine have gifted me snakes, rabbits, birds, mice.....

 

[Ponypoor]

Yes they drive the cats wild. Usually I get woken by the cats to find the poor exhausted bat hanging from the curtain pole.
Apparently the reason bats are such an issue is that you wouldn't know if you had been bitten and if they fly over you might get fluids in your eye, nose, mouth without knowing.
It has only happened a few times and I have had a bat expert come to try and figure out where they got in - but it remains a mystery.
The flying squirrel's port of entry is also a mystery.

Bat tax: BFTP the beautiful Eli who died way too young. So sorry Eli.
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She had a lovely life with you - that is the most important thing.

 

[Ponypoor]

OK - good night all, it's going to be a chilly one tomorrow, we are once again under extreme cold warnings. But just for one day, then it gets milder.

Of course then back to being cold again, then mild again - crazy weather!

 

[TOMTE]

Zzz... Time for me to go to bed, too. Hopefully my cat won't lick his butt right next to my face tonight

 

[RoyalChick]

And bats are so small they can fit through the tiniest of cracks.

How about under a cupboard? or the counter? I would look inside your cupboards to see if there are any areas they can be getting in from.

The squirrel would be a bit more of a larger opening. Could it have been brought in by one of the cats? Mine have gifted me snakes, rabbits, birds, mice.....

The bat guy and I looked everywhere!
Old house though so probably many cracks.

 

[featherhead007]

The bat guy and I looked everywhere!
Old house though so probably many cracks.

Maybe it was a vampire and you caught him on a bad day? They move thru walls you know!

 

[featherhead007]

No word from anyone about the whereabouts of my missing rooster Rudy. He was such a great guy. Tame, non aggressive and so much fun to have around the yard. I miss him so much.