Desiderio
In the Brooder
- Jun 1, 2023
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Good morning, new member here, I have been around for a while but just officially joined today.
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but I wanted to share my recent experience with vent gleet.
It affected one of our younger lady, and it took me over a month to resolve, so don't feel like this is something that will be a quick fix (note to myself
).
I have trried the monistat, acidifying the water, probiotic, cleaning locally etc. but for the first 2-3 weeks, I didn't see any real result, also her vent was prolapsed, I am assuming due to the inflamation that was going on inside. (my note is that most of the vent gleet posts and suggestions, hardly mentioned about vent prolapse, and maybe was just my lack of experience with it, so I felt overwhelmed in the beginning).
With the help of this forum, I was able to purchse the Nystatin (sp) powder online https://birdpalproducts.com/products/fungistat-powder?_pos=1&_sid=d22f1a885&_ss=r (because it is a prescription only and I don' t really have a vet for my hens, and is not always easy to find one),
and started the treatment right away. I want to specify that she never lost her appetite or thirst, which was helpful in treating her. Because I don't have a lot of experience with treating chickens other than simple things, I have found the best way to administer the nystatin solution, was to soak small amount of food and give that to her. In the morning was a small piece of home made bread, and in the evening, when I washed her and applied topic treatment, I would make her a scrambled egg (because she also felt thin to me), let the egg cool down and then soak it with the solution. I would put her in the shower and use warm (not hot!!) water with the shower head on a gentle setting, and just slowly wash her bottom making sure to break down that cement that forms under the feathers ( if you do this every evening it will eventually stay cleaner and cleaner). Then I applyed, in the beginning, vetericyn, and bacitracin ointment https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Bacitracin-Zinc-USP-Ointment-First-Aid-Antibiotic-1-oz/301318046.
After further researches, I read that raw honey was suggested to help with the vent prolapse part of the issue, so I started using that directly at the vent location.
I have kep her inside for few nights only to keep her clean, as we didn't have any issue with peacking, and I find that unless I really need to, separating does more harm because they stress more (we had a dog attack and one of my old lady was hurt, so in that case I kept her in until the wound was closed, about 5 days or so, she did just great
)
I also wanted to share this product I found and I think it was a great discovery Absorbine Silver Honey spray might not be a new thing for many, but I think it was a game changer. I used that after washing and drying, and for good measure also used a bit or raw honey at the vent.
I am happy to say that her vent is all back in place, no more leaking, and I think her feathers are growing back.
The nystatin was given in solution form (followed the directions on the bag, I assumed she was about 5 lb, even though I felt she was little lighter) 20gr of distilled water/1.5 grms of powder, I split that solution in two and gave her 1/2 in the morning and the other 1/2 in the evening.
My next step was to purchase the metrodinazole and try that, since vent gleet could mean different issues, not necessarily a fungal infection.
Keep my fingers crossed.
I hope this can be of any help for anyone going through a similar issue, it looks like it might be a common illiness, which i have nver experienced since now.
Best of luck and thank to the wonderful people in this comunity, for the help and the compassion!
Vanessa
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but I wanted to share my recent experience with vent gleet.
It affected one of our younger lady, and it took me over a month to resolve, so don't feel like this is something that will be a quick fix (note to myself
).I have trried the monistat, acidifying the water, probiotic, cleaning locally etc. but for the first 2-3 weeks, I didn't see any real result, also her vent was prolapsed, I am assuming due to the inflamation that was going on inside. (my note is that most of the vent gleet posts and suggestions, hardly mentioned about vent prolapse, and maybe was just my lack of experience with it, so I felt overwhelmed in the beginning).
With the help of this forum, I was able to purchse the Nystatin (sp) powder online https://birdpalproducts.com/products/fungistat-powder?_pos=1&_sid=d22f1a885&_ss=r (because it is a prescription only and I don' t really have a vet for my hens, and is not always easy to find one),
and started the treatment right away. I want to specify that she never lost her appetite or thirst, which was helpful in treating her. Because I don't have a lot of experience with treating chickens other than simple things, I have found the best way to administer the nystatin solution, was to soak small amount of food and give that to her. In the morning was a small piece of home made bread, and in the evening, when I washed her and applied topic treatment, I would make her a scrambled egg (because she also felt thin to me), let the egg cool down and then soak it with the solution. I would put her in the shower and use warm (not hot!!) water with the shower head on a gentle setting, and just slowly wash her bottom making sure to break down that cement that forms under the feathers ( if you do this every evening it will eventually stay cleaner and cleaner). Then I applyed, in the beginning, vetericyn, and bacitracin ointment https://www.walmart.com/ip/Equate-Bacitracin-Zinc-USP-Ointment-First-Aid-Antibiotic-1-oz/301318046.
After further researches, I read that raw honey was suggested to help with the vent prolapse part of the issue, so I started using that directly at the vent location.
I have kep her inside for few nights only to keep her clean, as we didn't have any issue with peacking, and I find that unless I really need to, separating does more harm because they stress more (we had a dog attack and one of my old lady was hurt, so in that case I kept her in until the wound was closed, about 5 days or so, she did just great
)I also wanted to share this product I found and I think it was a great discovery Absorbine Silver Honey spray might not be a new thing for many, but I think it was a game changer. I used that after washing and drying, and for good measure also used a bit or raw honey at the vent.
I am happy to say that her vent is all back in place, no more leaking, and I think her feathers are growing back.
The nystatin was given in solution form (followed the directions on the bag, I assumed she was about 5 lb, even though I felt she was little lighter) 20gr of distilled water/1.5 grms of powder, I split that solution in two and gave her 1/2 in the morning and the other 1/2 in the evening.
My next step was to purchase the metrodinazole and try that, since vent gleet could mean different issues, not necessarily a fungal infection.
Keep my fingers crossed.
I hope this can be of any help for anyone going through a similar issue, it looks like it might be a common illiness, which i have nver experienced since now.
Best of luck and thank to the wonderful people in this comunity, for the help and the compassion!
Vanessa
