[too many girls]

still got 5 although 2 are very poorly (pippin and popcorn) the vet did a post mortem on pootle and confirmed it is coccidiosis, i wasn't really ready for that and neither was pip, but we held on to our breakfasts, we were lucky enough to get refered to a vet that specialises in poultry in Barnard Castle, although he admitted he hadn't seen anything like our polands before, he has given them a drug called Baycox 2.5%, 3 mls in 1 litre of water, for 2 days, he said it was safe to use for 4 days but only licenced for 2 (whatever that means) he made no promises on recovery, as he doesn't know how much of the intestine has been damaged, but if another bird dies and the rest still seem poorly we are to take the dead one to a lab in Thirsk, where for a fixed fee they'll run more tests, if one dies and the rest seem to get better it means we didn't get the drug to it fast enough, we have to poo watch the rest of the birds outside (apparently the ex bats will have been vacinated for coccidiosis, but the vacine only last 12 months, i didn't know that) when i asked him how they'd got it he said from the enviroment, i found that hard to believe as they have never been beyond my bedroom, he gave us what was left of pootle to bring home (actually he's still in the car) and even showed me where to take the photo of the damaged bit of intsetine if anyone would like to see what it looks like,
 thank you all  for your support, keeping fingers and toes crossed,
pip eventually went to bed at five but left pootle on my bed where i laid on him, she left him wrapped in kitchen roll on the front seat of my car while she went to open the gate and then sat on him, he was a bit squashed by the time he got to the vet.

[Vember]

Keeping fingers tightly crossed that the medication does it's stuff TMG

What a sad day  :cry:  Your ikle ones & Kates duckies  :cry:


Sarah

[too many girls]

what's happened to Kates ducks? have i missed something?

[Vember]

Have a look here   :cry:

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=25895

Sarah

[too many girls]

oh dear, how did i miss that? poor Kate...............sending get well wishes from here Kate.

[too many girls]

Popcorn's gone and Pippin's not far behind, we are devastated.

[Vember]

I'm really poop at words

 :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Sarah x

[Jellyhead]

big heaps of brown stuff. SO VERY SORRY TMG AND GIRLS SO SORRY
XXXXX

[Foxy]

oh TMG this is just awful,so so sad my heart goes out to you all

[too many girls]

still got 4, Pippin, Frodo and Darcy are all asleep in the hutch, pumpkin is asleep on Pip's bottom!

[Jellyhead]

Everything crossed over her TMG

[Kate and her Ducks]

I'm so sorry Romney.

What an awful day. I'm sending loads of big hugs to you and Pip and the survivors. I know that they are just birds but they are our birds and it breaks my heart. I cried when I had to kill Jemmima. :cry:

Sending you all the good luck wishes I can.

[too many girls]

thank you Kate,  they are all in the rabbit hutch asleep in the boxed section (that's where the lamp is, in their bedroom) pip and i take turns to check on them every 10 mins or so, i'm afraid to open the door because i don't know if another one will have died, today has been horrible.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Know what you mean. Was really scared coming home incase I found any of the others dead. Will feel better if they are alright in the morning. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Will be better when today is over.

[chickenlady]

What an awful day you guys! im so sorry! :cry: what with kates poor ducks, really hope tomorrow brings good news for you all xxx