Help Please

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

Can you get Metacam tomorrow?

Yes, we carry that at work.

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by TerriB

Sounds like you're doing a wonderful job supporting this little hen. If it's egg-paralysis (pressure on the nerve), she should recover with a few days of your good TLC.

Thank you and I hope so

[Charis]

Originally Posted by Msfreebird

Yes, we carry that at work.

Maybe you could take her to work with you, get a weight and have the vet prescribe some for her. It's a good thing to have on hand anyway. The directions I have are...0.1 cc for each KG.

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

Maybe you could take her to work with you, get a weight and have the vet prescribe some for her. It's a good thing to have on hand anyway. The directions I have are...0.1 cc for each KG.

I don't work tomorrow, have to take my mother to Portland (Maine) for her cancer check up. But I can swing in and pick some up. Now thats .10 per KG, NOT .01? Just making sure!

[Charis]

Originally Posted by Msfreebird

I don't work tomorrow, have to take my mother to Portland (Maine) for her cancer check up. But I can swing in and pick some up. Now thats .10 per KG, NOT .01? Just making sure!

The instructions I have are, 0.1 cc For each KG. It a very small amount. These are the instructions on the bottle.

Just to add, if she is doing great, no need to give her the Metacam.

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

The instructions I have are, 0.1 cc For each KG. It a very small amount. These are the instructions on the bottle.

Just to add, if she is doing great, no need to give her the Metacam.

OK Thank you, I just peeked in on her and she's sleeping. I'll give update tomorrow.

[Maggie-NC]

I sure hope this little girl is doing well this morning. It does sound like temporary leg paralysis and I think she was being pecked simply because she was down and not able to walk. Pigeons will do this to others - I think it is a automatic reaction when they think another pigeon is ill and don't want it to harm the flock.

I have used Metacam but don't have dosing info available since I usually get it on a bird by bird basis and the vet has already figured it out for me. I would check with the vet to see what they advise on the dosage amount because .1 and .01 does make a difference.

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Lady Tarheel

I sure hope this little girl is doing well this morning. It does sound like temporary leg paralysis and I think she was being pecked simply because she was down and not able to walk. Pigeons will do this to others - I think it is a automatic reaction when they think another pigeon is ill and don't want it to harm the flock.

I have used Metacam but don't have dosing info available since I usually get it on a bird by bird basis and the vet has already figured it out for me. I would check with the vet to see what they advise on the dosage amount because .1 and .01 does make a difference.

Sorry I didn't get back sooner, I was away for the day.
I know, thats why I double checked on the dose. Still no change with her. She's just sitting (looks like nesting) looking around. Very alert, eating and drinking. But still having trouble walking. Seems at times like its one leg more than the other. I took her into the bathroom to watch her walk. Its kinda like a limp, she takes a couple steps then sits down. She can fly though! - she tried to get away from me and flew up on top of the shelf - and sat down. If this is an egg paralysis, will she pass it? She doesn't seem uncomfortable at all.

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

I'm back although you have been well taken care of. You also can heat rice in a sock and put that around her.
You need to put the nest boxes back in the coop. Removing them won't slow anyone down.Pigeons will lay anywhere. In your thread about Runts, I recommended buying some wooden eggs. Really, they need to complete their cycle. without hatching any babies. If they just keep laying eggs, it will deplete their systems of calcium which is not good.... t could have something to do with the current situation.

I found wooden eggs at the craft store ("Michaels") today! They had small, medium, chicken and goose eggs!!

[Charis]

Congratulations on you wooden egg purchase! Hopfully you won't have as many new additions now.
Could she have laid an egg in the coop and you didn't see it ?
Did you happen to pick up a heating pad?

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

Congratulations on you wooden egg purchase! Hopfully you won't have as many new additions now.
Could she have laid an egg in the coop and you didn't see it ?
Did you happen to pick up a heating pad?

She could have laid an egg in the loft, I don't know. There was a couple of new ones on the floor, but no one was around them. I usually let them sit on them for about a week or so, then I take them out. Some hens have 3 eggs some have 1, they steal each others eggs.
No, I forgot the heating pad, but I still have her on the heated ringers bags. She gets on and off of it, shifting position.

[Charis]

Could be she has already laid one or two already. MY EXPERIENCE is that when they lay too often, that nerve we've been talking about becomes painful and they can't or don't walk Since you got the wooden eggs, you will be able to put the nest boxes back and they can do their nesting thing and hopefully this won't happen again. Don't remember...are you giving them oyster shell?

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

Could be she has already laid one or two already. MY EXPERIENCE is that when they lay too often, that nerve we've been talking about becomes painful and they can't or don't walk Since you got the wooden eggs, you will be able to put the nest boxes back and they can do their nesting thing and hopefully this won't happen again. Don't remember...are you giving them oyster shell?

She is not quite a year old yet. She was born last summer.
They get pigeon grit w/vitamins and minerals, and oyster shell.


I just gave her some whole wheat bread (they like that as a treat) and she gobbled it all up.

[Charis]

Originally Posted by Msfreebird

She is not quite a year old yet. She was born last summer.
They get pigeon grit w/vitamins and minerals, and oyster shell.


I just gave her some whole wheat bread (they like that as a treat) and she gobbled it all up.

Mine enjoy minced carrots, minced broccoli, greens and defrosted corn and peas...sprouts too.
I'm glad you gave her a treat.

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Charis

Mine enjoy minced carrots, minced broccoli, greens and defrosted corn and peas...sprouts too.
I'm glad you gave her a treat.

I know she's young. I don't recall her laying any eggs before. Will she be able to walk again? What else can I do for her?