So, I've been ill, which isn't much fun when you are trying to deal with a chook who won't eat anything other than chinese leaf! We've muddled through though!
Her Ladyship is still into chinese leaf big time! She has it everyday but not til about 11.30am-12.00 ish, this way she will eat a bit of her proper food first, and graze on her feed throughout the day too. She is still very light, but it seems to vary day to day now, the other day she hit 1500g (having been 1836g when she very first had the implant done) which is a mahoosive loss! Then she will put a little weight on for a couple of days averaging out at just below 1600g, then drops again! She is a bit subdued, but nothing major *touches wood* so as long as she is still active and alert, and still picking at food we will let her be. She is back on the metoclopramide twice a day (orally) which does seem to be helping. Her moult seemed to be pretty much done, just the last bit of shedding the sheaths to go, then yesterday she started dropping a few more feathers. Most odd!
Nowt else to report really, I'll be back soon, hopefully minus this hacking cough! *splutter*
Showing posts with label moult. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moult. Show all posts
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Wednesday, 8th June 2011, day 11
Well my theory was right, Miss Lola is indeed going into moult. She's been doing ok with her eating today, and isn't guzzling water like yesterday. She has been a little bit snoozy today but nothing like it was before.
My main concern is the amount of weight she has lost. Overall, since being implanted she has lost over 200g. That is a huge amount to lose in such a short space of time- in fact she has lost that since Saturday really which shows how little she has been eating. I am hoping that now her appetite is increasing a bit, she will put some weight back on, a few of the girls on the ex-bats forum have said their hens lost weight after implanting. I've ordered some more CCF, and also some hand rearing food to try and build her up a bit and to support her through this moult. The alfamix arrived today and both girls seem to like it, so they now have that alongside their allen and page ex-bat feed. I have also put Lola on 'feather up' from the birdcare co, as I have always had good results with this. It ups their protein levels, and also has sulphur containing amino acids which make up a large portion of the protein in the feathers. It helps them get over the moult quicker, while supporting them through it.
Then just to top that, I walked into the lounge to discover Simba (African grey parrot) has decided to drop his feathers all over the floor too, oh joy of joys! He tends to get grumpy when moulting which will be fun!
I was emptying the dishwasher earlier while the girls were having a preen in the kitchen, and bent down to put stuff away in the under-counter cupboard when Lola wasted no time at all jumping up onto my shoulder, it was lovely to see her up to her old mischief! She is in bed with Ellie again tonight, perhaps these are going to be the new sleeping arrangements now!
No metoclopramide
No egg
My main concern is the amount of weight she has lost. Overall, since being implanted she has lost over 200g. That is a huge amount to lose in such a short space of time- in fact she has lost that since Saturday really which shows how little she has been eating. I am hoping that now her appetite is increasing a bit, she will put some weight back on, a few of the girls on the ex-bats forum have said their hens lost weight after implanting. I've ordered some more CCF, and also some hand rearing food to try and build her up a bit and to support her through this moult. The alfamix arrived today and both girls seem to like it, so they now have that alongside their allen and page ex-bat feed. I have also put Lola on 'feather up' from the birdcare co, as I have always had good results with this. It ups their protein levels, and also has sulphur containing amino acids which make up a large portion of the protein in the feathers. It helps them get over the moult quicker, while supporting them through it.
Then just to top that, I walked into the lounge to discover Simba (African grey parrot) has decided to drop his feathers all over the floor too, oh joy of joys! He tends to get grumpy when moulting which will be fun!
I was emptying the dishwasher earlier while the girls were having a preen in the kitchen, and bent down to put stuff away in the under-counter cupboard when Lola wasted no time at all jumping up onto my shoulder, it was lovely to see her up to her old mischief! She is in bed with Ellie again tonight, perhaps these are going to be the new sleeping arrangements now!
No metoclopramide
No egg
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