Dogwalker
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?mycoplasmosisPlease could some clever person use the search and find the posts about this, it's not working for me. 
One of my birds died overnight and another looks the same, puffy eye and a bit wheezy although not ill enough to catch her yet.
What are my options?
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Chez
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Isolate them, to start with and keep them hydrated.
Do you want to treat with antibiotics, or try and tough it out?
Check the house for red mite etc - if they are stressed or have a low immune system, that makes them more vulnerable.
Try cider vinegar and garlic in the water asap.
Ventilate the houses.
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Dogwalker
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By the time they're ill enough to catch they don't last the night.
I'd rather they built up immunity to things than keep having to treat but not sure I can face losing too many just now.
Waiting for the vet to phone back and discuss options.
Have to go out now but have set this afternnon to scrub the house out.
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Chez
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That sounds like a really bad strain of it. I find tylan the most effective - either by injection, twice in 48 hours, or the soluble kind, in the water, for seven to ten days.
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Dogwalker
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How catching is it from me handling the birds.
I've got chicks hatching this minute. Do I just wash my hands thoroughly or will it still be on my clothes.
And can ducks, geese and oung of these catch it?
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dpack
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tidy as possible is best with all nursing
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Chez
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I do my hands, thoroughly. Most common vector is water - they sneeze in it and then everyone drinks it. I think the cider vinegar/garlic might help with that.
My vet told me it was wind-born, too.
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spicycauldron
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Well, mycoplasma is a weird one, being a micro-organism with fungal characteristics and really quite unique. Yes, it's highly infectious but it needn't be a death sentence if treated early enough. As Chez said, Tylan is what you need to use. It is endemic - that is, everywhere. Keep your birds dry and ideally elevate the coop off the ground, ensuring it has very good ventilation. Don't use bark chips in the run as they often contain the spores.
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faerienono
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I successfully cured some birds by giving them vitamin c in the form of any berries I could find, us oranges and lemons, all boiled up with honey, echinacea, thyme, ginger and garlic.....gave it in their water!
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Dogwalker
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Well no more have died, the worst still sounds rattly and sneezy but looks brighter the other two I seperated are looking less sticky eyed.
And according to the vet, who checked with another at a different branch who's the expert, hens don't get lice. I told her I'd take the hen to show him next time they were crawling on me. 
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kirstyfern
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Well no more have died, the worst still sounds rattly and sneezy but looks brighter the other two I seperated are looking less sticky eyed.
And according to the vet, who checked with another at a different branch who's the expert, hens don't get lice. I told her I'd take the hen to show him next time they were crawling on me. |
