thought my bird was dying

[mickmck 716]

took my bird out today with my mate and his fhh i got a male flys at 1-5 , gets to the wood where we let them go , mates female darting about here and there . my male( bob) follows on for about 100 yards then starts to get a bit slugish , so we plod on my mates bird having a pop at a phesy and bob just looking at the floor all the time , so i get bob down to me glove and he just not interested at all , so we decide to go , now on the way back we stopped at a little strip wood just for a quick look and see if bobs any better. mate throws his bird up and i let bob off , bob just hit the deck wings spread and lay there not even trying to move so i pick him up and he was really struggling to stay on me glove , i could feel all his strength drain from his body his head was just wobbling , so we rushed him home and gave him a shot of gluecose and he seems ok now , but i really thought he was gonna croke it never seen a bird nearly pass out like that , does any one have any idea what it could have been ???

[jasper65 6]

any chance he was low/light? with this cold weather we're having now they need to be up in condition with a few more reserves. a bird that is already well down in condition can litteraly go low while you look at it expecially when its burning more calories while flying.

 

think I would give him some food thats easy to digest little and often with some Vit supplement and extra calcium, let him put his crop over between feeds to avoid sour crop. CCF is great in bringing birds round from the brink which are poorly or in need of some extra care.

 

he could well be fitting too? may well be a trip to the vets mate if he's not showing any signs of getting better

[mick1212 389]

took my bird out today with my mate and his fhh i got a male flys at 1-5 , gets to the wood where we let them go , mates female darting about here and there . my male( bob) follows on for about 100 yards then starts to get a bit slugish , so we plod on my mates bird having a pop at a phesy and bob just looking at the floor all the time , so i get bob down to me glove and he just not interested at all , so we decide to go , now on the way back we stopped at a little strip wood just for a quick look and see if bobs any better. mate throws his bird up and i let bob off , bob just hit the deck wings spread and lay there not even trying to move so i pick him up and he was really struggling to stay on me glove , i could feel all his strength drain from his body his head was just wobbling , so we rushed him home and gave him a shot of gluecose and he seems ok now , but i really thought he was gonna croke it never seen a bird nearly pass out like that , does any one have any idea what it could have been ???

 

was he empty if so how long for what was he like before you got him out feed him anything different

[mickmck 716]

i think you could be right jasper , he was light this morning , ive been keeping him in at night while its been cold but hes looking better now . ill give him some vit suppliment and keep an eye on him . cheers mick

[mickmck 716]

took my bird out today with my mate and his fhh i got a male flys at 1-5 , gets to the wood where we let them go , mates female darting about here and there . my male( bob) follows on for about 100 yards then starts to get a bit slugish , so we plod on my mates bird having a pop at a phesy and bob just looking at the floor all the time , so i get bob down to me glove and he just not interested at all , so we decide to go , now on the way back we stopped at a little strip wood just for a quick look and see if bobs any better. mate throws his bird up and i let bob off , bob just hit the deck wings spread and lay there not even trying to move so i pick him up and he was really struggling to stay on me glove , i could feel all his strength drain from his body his head was just wobbling , so we rushed him home and gave him a shot of gluecose and he seems ok now , but i really thought he was gonna croke it never seen a bird nearly pass out like that , does any one have any idea what it could have been ???

 

was he empty if so how long for what was he like before you got him out feed him anything different

he was light today but was keen as when i got him out , not had anything different and was fed as normal yesterday

[mick1212 389]

i think you could be right jasper , he was light this morning , ive been keeping him in at night while its been cold but hes looking better now . ill give him some vit suppliment and keep an eye on him . cheers mick

start giving him more food my male getting extra chick and a half or more of what i feed him to stay on weight

[mick1212 389]

also try not to bring him in at night temperature changes will afect him hope hes ok

[mickmck 716]

also try not to bring him in at night temperature changes will afect him hope hes ok

he goes in the shed thats attached to his aivery not in the house , our lass wouldnt have it lol !

[jasper65 6]

i think you could be right jasper , he was light this morning , ive been keeping him in at night while its been cold but hes looking better now . ill give him some vit suppliment and keep an eye on him . cheers mick

 

easily done in this weather mate. Mick1212 has the right idea bringing him in doors to keep him warm until his condition goes up and he perks up a bit, even if you stand him in his carrying box for the evening somehwere warm in the house. remove all the castings or should I say basically skin everything when feeding, hopefully he will take food himself if not its a crop tube job with some blended meat and vitamins. let him put it over before giving him some more, don't crop him out just little and often until he starts to put his food over at the normal rate, if he is low his whole digestive system will have slowed down and you basically need to kickstart it again slowly.

 

I have cropped tubed birds in the past with blended supplemented skimmed chicks. also brought them back with just CCF <Critical Care Formula> crop tubed, its cracking stuff with everything the bird will need to aid its recovery.

 

if he is pulling himself make sure the food is well lactated or wet, the fluids will help him to digest it easier.

 

Hope it helps a bit mate and good luck with him .

 

Jasp

[mickmck 716]

i think you could be right jasper , he was light this morning , ive been keeping him in at night while its been cold but hes looking better now . ill give him some vit suppliment and keep an eye on him . cheers mick

 

easily done in this weather mate. Mick1212 has the right idea bringing him in doors to keep him warm until his condition goes up and he perks up a bit, even if you stand him in his carrying box for the evening somehwere warm in the house. remove all the castings or should I say basically skin everything when feeding, hopefully he will take food himself if not its a crop tube job with some blended meat and vitamins. let him put it over before giving him some more, don't crop him out just little and often until he starts to put his food over at the normal rate, if he is low his whole digestive system will have slowed down and you basically need to kickstart it again slowly.

 

I have cropped tubed birds in the past with blended supplemented skimmed chicks. also brought them back with just CCF <Critical Care Formula> crop tubed, its cracking stuff with everything the bird will need to aid its recovery.

 

if he is pulling himself make sure the food is well lactated or wet, the fluids will help him to digest it easier.

 

Hope it helps a bit mate and good luck with him .

 

Jasp

cheers jasper good advice that ill take on board