Tetratex

[BigBear0007]

Hi,

My gouldian hen looked under the weather the last few days.
I think it may have been the stress of her getting out of the cage
and being alone all night.
I have been using the tetratex on
her for two days, the treatment is for five days.
She looks and acts better already.
This stuff works fast!
I will have to get more, i only had an 1 oz. sample.

Anybody else use it?

Jerry

[BigBear0007]

The hen took a turn for the worse
and was on the ground all fluffed up.

So I took her back and got another yellow hen
but with a red face.

I wasn't going to wait for her to die.

This was is nice a lively and calling to the male
and he is singing and calling back.

Jerry

[nixity]

What do you mean took her back and got another bird??

It could easily have been the Tetratex that made her ill.. Tetracycline is a very strong antibiotic and if she wasn't sick at all, 2 days worth could have easily given her a yeast infection if she was otherwise healthy

[CandoAviary]

I sure hope the best for that hen. I agree with Tiffany, the treatment of any antibiotic should be the last resort. If the bird was out all night she was probably just dehydrated from lack of water and weak from no food. Probably just letting her drink and eat and rest without any stress for 24 hours would have been best. You can also add electrolytes to the water for birds that are dehydrated. They will usually come around soon.
I hope you told the breeder you had treated her with the antibiotics so they could administer some probiotics.
Hope you have better success with your new hen, sounds like they like each other already

[BigBear0007]

Thanks for everyone's input,
but that wasn't doing to good even
before she pulled the Houdini trick.
Her droppings were wet and all she did was puff and sleep.
I wasn't taking a chance with her dying.

Jerry

[CandoAviary]

Understand totally, now where are the pics of the happy couple

[BigBear0007]

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