As soon as Freckles had her antibiotic and then a drink from the water with the tylan in it, she seemed to perk up and looked back to normal.
If I hadn’t seen her dozing and then wobbling yesterday, I wouldn’t know anything had been wrong with her. Today she seemed fully back to normal.
Freckles has some dandelion leaves
Freckles looks fine now. You can also see in this photo how tiny Cinnamon is in comparison.
She looks back to normal
I called the vet and it turned out that they had called me but I have them programmed into my phone as “vet” and they came up as “private number” on my missed calls so I hadn’t realised the call was from them.
The receptionist said that the vet would talk to me and I thought it was very kind and helpful that he took the time to talk to me. He said that the tylan powder would be okay to use but liquid antibiotic should be thrown away as it only keeps for a short time.
He said that there was no need for both as tylan would be best for the whole flock. He said he couldn’t prescribe more medicines without seeing Freckles. There are legal implications. I said that I felt there was no point in bringing Freckles in as there is nothing to see at the moment. I just know from experience now, what the first signs are and that I needed to act quickly.
He said that as I have enough tylan for five days that I could continue with that and if any symptoms present themselves in the future I should bring the effected bird in and we would take it from it there.
I am feeling optimistic now that having acted right away we should be okay. I have done lots of research and the quicker they are treated the more chance of full recovery. I have so much more experience now of keeping seramas and of what symptoms point to mycroplasma. I feel in a better place to react to this than last year and I feel hopeful now that we are going to be okay. I am keeping everything crossed.
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Awe, I hope your baby is better. Sounds like she is.
I am now quite hopeful that I have caught this in time and she will be okay. They do give us worry as well as all the good bits. I am hopeful that we will all be okay.
You’ve acted fast and Freckles seems to have responded well; fingers crrossed that the worst is over.
I think acting fast was the key factor. I realise looking back on it that Caramel and Pebbles were advanced whereas this time round I could spot the very first sign.
So pleased that Freckles is picking up. I’ve started Jasmine on the powder Tylan in her water too (I hadn’t read your post properly and didn’t realise you had Tylan liquid too). xx
It was tylan powder and the liquid was a different antibiotic. It seems that just the tylan is enough though which is good. I am just glad that I still had some. It was because my vet overestimated how much I would need and rather than waste it last time I just used half which has come in handy now.
So glad they are on the mend, Hope it all keeps going that way.
I am so relieved. I have been doing lots of research and catching it early is the important factor. I am writing an in depth post about it in case it may help others.