hen drinking loads

Hi, I have a copper-black maran who I got at POL last June.  She looks healthy enough, eats ok but drinks masses.  Up til now she's been laying well too.

She must have slept in the nest box last night (I have a Cube) and it is soaking wet in there and her undercarriage is soaked.  I bathed her because I didn't want the urine to burn her skin. Although there is no ammonia smell from her or the cube.

Her tail is up and seems her normal self.  I have separated her this morning as I want to see how much she is eating.  I do know that she never does a normal poo, whenever they are out FR, I notice her squirting water only out.  I should add that she has always been squirting water rather than pooing, it's not new.  It's just that she was soaked through this morning.

Any ideas please people?

I'm going through this with one of mine at the moment, causes could be kidney failing this increases their thirst, also stress, or injury also makes them have diarrhea, as long as she is eating and seeming OK not sure there is much you can do. If you decide to go to the vets anti-biotics can have a bad effect on the kidneys so I would steer clear of them, I think that is the problem with what is happening with mine.

Hi,  I took Mabel to the vets last night to have her checked over.  the vet couldn't find anything wrong at all.  She's given me Baytril for her for 7 days just in cast it's an underlying infection.

I'll keep an eye on her to see what happens.