Young blue gouldian hen, watery eyes and bloody droppings

[finchbob]

A young blue gouldian hen I have fell ill recently, she seemed perfectly healthy but then I suddenly noticed a change in how active she is. I looked closely at her and noticed her eyes looked very watery, she gradually got worse and now she is often found with her head in her wing. It looks like she may have trouble completely opening her eyes, though i'm not sure, when she opens her eyes there is kind of a white substance glossed over them a little though this pulls back if she keeps them open.

I also noticed today that there was some bloody droppings in her cage, I assume they came from her.

Anyone know what it could be, and what I can do to help?

[B CAMP]

The only thing I can suggest is give her a little extra heat on part of her cage she will use it ,hopfuly some other member will have a better idea good luck

[nixity]

It sounds like a respiratory/sinus infection or at worst, something like Mycoplasma.. which can spread really rapidly through your flock if you haven't separated her.

The good thing is that respiratory/sinus infections are usually pretty easy to treat with the right antibiotic.

I would start with something like Amoxitex or Spectovet for Mycoplasma.

[finchbob]

The ill hen is in a seperate cage to the other birds except for her partner who is also in with her. The two of them are both seperated from the other birds as they are all in seperate cages, seperated by sheets of wood, so the other birds have no touch contact with them. They are about a foot away from the nearest closest birds but cannot see or interact with them.

Is it safe to leave them where they are? Moving them would mean moving from away from the warmest room in the house, into much colder temperatures. I don't want my other birds to get infected, but like I said, they have no direct contact with the other birds, and obviously do not share the same feeders/drinker.

[nixity]

The ill hen is in a seperate cage to the other birds except for her partner who is also in with her. The two of them are both seperated from the other birds as they are all in seperate cages, seperated by sheets of wood, so the other birds have no touch contact with them. They are about a foot away from the nearest closest birds but cannot see or interact with them.

Is it safe to leave them where they are? Moving them would mean moving from away from the warmest room in the house, into much colder temperatures. I don't want my other birds to get infected, but like I said, they have no direct contact with the other birds, and obviously do not share the same feeders/drinker.

It's probably not air born, if it was, you'd see other infected birds, so to me I see no reason to move them from their present location