Kanajumala
In the Brooder
- Sep 11, 2024
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My rooster, a 3 year old araucana lost both of his spurs during the summer, took a month for the other spur to fall off.
The first was an accident, he flew down from the coop but hit the chicken wire instead. I don’t know how he lost the second one, I randomly found it on the ground one day.
After the second spur fell off, he started limping and after two weeks of limping with no improvement I took him to the vet, but they said to give it a week and he’ll be fine: it’s been two weeks now and his health is declining, he barely gets up to stand and has trouble with balancing.
I took him inside the house 3 days ago, got antibiotics and pain meds, he’s been two days on those now.
Bottom of his feet had a black spot, similiar to bumble foot, I took it off and tried to squeeze it if anything would come out, but there was nothing inside.
Eats and drinks well, can change positions but prefers not to stand up at all. Poop is normal looking and frequent. Weighs 2kg now, he was a bit skinnier before I took him inside the house, but 2kg is definetly not his normal weight, I feel like he should weight at least 500grams or 1kg more than that.
Did I start his treatment too late? Or could there be a more serious issue present?
I’m willing to go to the vet, but there are no chicken expert vets that I’d know of around here.
The first was an accident, he flew down from the coop but hit the chicken wire instead. I don’t know how he lost the second one, I randomly found it on the ground one day.
After the second spur fell off, he started limping and after two weeks of limping with no improvement I took him to the vet, but they said to give it a week and he’ll be fine: it’s been two weeks now and his health is declining, he barely gets up to stand and has trouble with balancing.
I took him inside the house 3 days ago, got antibiotics and pain meds, he’s been two days on those now.
Bottom of his feet had a black spot, similiar to bumble foot, I took it off and tried to squeeze it if anything would come out, but there was nothing inside.
Eats and drinks well, can change positions but prefers not to stand up at all. Poop is normal looking and frequent. Weighs 2kg now, he was a bit skinnier before I took him inside the house, but 2kg is definetly not his normal weight, I feel like he should weight at least 500grams or 1kg more than that.
Did I start his treatment too late? Or could there be a more serious issue present?
I’m willing to go to the vet, but there are no chicken expert vets that I’d know of around here.