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Wobbly, lethargic, not eating Silkie- sad update
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:25 am    Post subject: Wobbly, lethargic, not eating Silkie- sad update Reply with quote
She's not interested in food, just sits there like a lump. DH reckons she's wobbly on her feet (I haven't noticed that)
I've isolated her.

I've had a look at her and she looks OK to the touch.

It's been about a week since she's been off colour but eating a little whereas today she doesn't seem interested in life at all.

Can anyone help please?

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Gilly C



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
have you any canned or frozen sweetcorn ? I find my Silkies cannot resist it , I feed them with it when off colour or broody, maize is supposed to warm them up too, worth a try imho
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll do that right away
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Diane



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe she's just gone broody?
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Gilly C



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
makes the poos a bit liquid sorry forgot to say
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
She's not interested in the sweetcorn.

I too wondered if she'd gone broody...Here's a really stupid question: could she be broody even if she's not sitting on any eggs?
I put some eggs in there but she's not sitting on them although she is sitting in what (I'm guessing) is an egg-sitting position.
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Welsh Duck



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Has she been wormed? Birds that have not been wormed have a lower system of defence.
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yes, all of them have diatom in their feed once a week
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Henwife



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Get her on her feet and see how she moves. If unsteady, being a silkie, suspect Mareks although it doesn't sound like the classic form (they remain hungry but very unbalanced).
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i know DH would disagree but i wouldn't say she's unsteady - just not interested in moving.
But she did move off the eggs I tried to put under her 3 times
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Henwife



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Diatom isn't a wormer, so Welsh Duck's suggestion is valid. Mind you, if she's not eating you won't get Flubenvet down her either. A vet will quite often give Panacur paste for chicken which at least you can squirt straight into their beak.
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Her condition has worsened. Crying or Very sad

I'll try some antibiotics and then if nothing improves I'm going to have to do what's kindest for her. I can't stand the thought of her starving to death and think it would be more humane to spare her any more suffering.
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NannyP



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Doesn't sound good....sorry Sad
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Henwife



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
An uncomfortable decision, but once made it's best to carry it out immediately. You really aren't having much luck at the moment.
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ntsmama



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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You really aren't having much luck at the moment.


Yep. Crying or Very sad
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